Bibliography — Applied Psychology for Everyday Life


Complete reference list for sources cited across all 40 chapters. Organized alphabetically by first author surname.


A

Ainsworth, M. D. S., Blehar, M. C., Waters, E., & Wall, S. (1978). Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation. Erlbaum.

Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Addison-Wesley.

Asch, S. E. (1951). Effects of group pressure upon the modification and distortion of judgments. In H. Guetzkow (Ed.), Groups, leadership, and men (pp. 177–190). Carnegie Press.

Asch, S. E. (1955). Opinions and social pressure. Scientific American, 193(5), 31–35.


B

Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191–215.

Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Prentice-Hall.

Barlow, D. H. (2002). Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.

Barrett, L. F. (2017). How emotions are made: The secret life of the brain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Baumeister, R. F., & Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower: Rediscovering the greatest human strength. Penguin.

Baumeister, R. F., Twenge, J. M., & Nuss, C. K. (2002). Effects of social exclusion on cognitive processes: Anticipated aloneness reduces intelligent thought. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(4), 817–827.

Beck, A. T. (1979). Cognitive therapy of depression. Guilford Press.

Berry, J. W. (1997). Immigration, acculturation, and adaptation. Applied Psychology, 46(1), 5–34.

Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and loss, Vol. 1: Attachment. Basic Books.

Bowlby, J. (1973). Attachment and loss, Vol. 2: Separation. Basic Books.

Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss, Vol. 3: Loss. Basic Books.

Brady, W. J., Wills, J. A., Jost, J. T., Tucker, J. A., & Van Bavel, J. J. (2017). Emotion shapes the diffusion of moralized content in social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(28), 7313–7318.

Bretherton, I. (1992). The origins of attachment theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Developmental Psychology, 28(5), 759–775.

Brown, B. (2010). The gifts of imperfection. Hazelden.

Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84(4), 822–848.

Burger, J. M. (2009). Replicating Milgram: Would people still obey today? American Psychologist, 64(1), 1–11.


C

Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection. Norton.

Carr, N. (2010). The shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains. Norton.

Cialdini, R. B. (2001). Influence: Science and practice (4th ed.). Allyn & Bacon.

Cialdini, R. B. (2016). Pre-suasion: A revolutionary way to influence and persuade. Simon & Schuster.

Cialdini, R. B. (2021). Influence: The psychology of persuasion (New and Expanded ed.). Harper Business.

Clear, J. (2018). Atomic habits. Avery.

Coan, J. A., & Sbarra, D. A. (2015). Social baseline theory: The social regulation of risk and effort. Current Opinion in Psychology, 1, 87–91.

Compton, J., van der Linden, S., Cook, J., & Bashart, M. (2021). Inoculation theory in the post-truth era: Extant findings and new frontiers for contested science, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15(6), e12602.

Cowan, N. (2010). The magical mystery four: How is working memory capacity limited, and why? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19(1), 51–57.

Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 139, 139–167.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. Harper & Row.


D

Darley, J. M., & Latané, B. (1968). Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8(4), 377–383.

Darley, J. M., & Latané, B. (1970). The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn't he help? Appleton-Century-Crofts.

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. Plenum.

Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11(4), 227–268.

Dovidio, J. F., & Gaertner, S. L. (2004). On the nature of contemporary prejudice. In J. L. Eberhardt & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Confronting racism: The problem and the response (pp. 3–32). Sage.

Duhigg, C. (2012). The power of habit. Random House.

Duncan, B. L., Miller, S. D., Wampold, B. E., & Hubble, M. A. (Eds.). (2010). The heart and soul of change: Delivering what works in therapy (2nd ed.). APA.

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House.


E

Ebbinghaus, H. (1885/1913). Memory: A contribution to experimental psychology (H. A. Ruger & C. E. Bussenius, Trans.). Teachers College, Columbia University.

Edmondson, A. C. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44(2), 350–383.

Edmondson, A. C. (2018). The fearless organization. Wiley.

Ekman, P. (1992). An argument for basic emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 6(3–4), 169–200.

Ellul, J. (1965). Propaganda: The formation of men's attitudes. Knopf.

Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R. T., & Tesch-Römer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological Review, 100(3), 363–406.

Erikson, E. H. (1950/1993). Childhood and society (2nd ed.). Norton.


F

Festinger, L. (1954). A theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations, 7(2), 117–140.

Festinger, L. (1957). A theory of cognitive dissonance. Stanford University Press.

Festinger, L., & Carlsmith, J. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58(2), 203–210.

Fogg, B. J. (2002). Persuasive technology: Using computers to change what we think and do. Morgan Kaufmann.

Fonagy, P., Gergely, G., Jurist, E., & Target, M. (2002). Affect regulation, mentalization, and the development of the self. Other Press.

Frankl, V. E. (1946/2006). Man's search for meaning. Beacon Press.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218–226.


G–H

Gaertner, S. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (2005). Understanding and addressing contemporary racism: From aversive racism to the common ingroup identity model. Journal of Social Issues, 61(3), 615–639.

Gelfand, M. (2018). Rule makers, rule breakers: How tight and loose cultures wire our world. Scribner.

Gelfand, M. J., Raver, J. L., Nishii, L., Leslie, L. M., Lun, J., Lim, B. C., ... & Yamaguchi, S. (2011). Differences between tight and loose cultures: A 33-nation study. Science, 332(6033), 1100–1104.

Gollwitzer, P. M. (1999). Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. American Psychologist, 54(7), 493–503.

Gottman, J. M. (1994). What predicts divorce? The relationship between marital processes and marital outcomes. Erlbaum.

Gottman, J. M., & Silver, N. (1999). The seven principles for making marriage work. Crown.

Greenwald, A. G., McGhee, D. E., & Schwartz, J. L. K. (1998). Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: The Implicit Association Test. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(6), 1464–1480.

Gross, J. J. (1998). Antecedent- and response-focused emotion regulation: Divergent consequences for experience, expression, and physiology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(1), 224–237.

Guess, A. M., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2018). Selective exposure to misinformation: Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. European Research Council.

Haidt, J. (2024). The anxious generation: How the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness. Penguin Press.

Haney, C., Banks, W. C., & Zimbardo, P. G. (1973). Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison. International Journal of Criminology and Penology, 1, 69–97.

Harlow, H. F. (1958). The nature of love. American Psychologist, 13(12), 673–685.

Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2011). Acceptance and commitment therapy: The process and practice of mindful change (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.

Henrich, J. (2020). The WEIRDest people in the world: How the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Henrich, J., Hein, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). The weirdest people in the world? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(2–3), 61–83.

Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and recovery. Basic Books.

Hofstede, G. (1980). Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values. Sage.

Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G. J., & Minkov, M. (2010). Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill.


I–J

Janis, I. L. (1972). Victims of groupthink. Houghton Mifflin.

Janis, I. L. (1982). Groupthink: Psychological studies of policy decisions and fiascos (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.

Johnson, S. M. (2008). Hold me tight: Seven conversations for a lifetime of love. Little, Brown.


K

Kagan, J. (1994). Galen's prophecy: Temperament in human nature. Basic Books.

Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47(2), 263–291.

Kegan, R. (1982). The evolving self. Harvard University Press.

Kegan, R. (1994). In over our heads: The mental demands of modern life. Harvard University Press.

Kessler, D. (2019). Finding meaning: The sixth stage of grief. Scribner.

Koo, M., & Chiu, C. Y. (2012). Bicultural identity integration. In The Oxford handbook of multicultural identity (pp. 87–102). Oxford University Press.

Kübler-Ross, E. (1969). On death and dying. Macmillan.


L

Latané, B., & Darley, J. M. (1970). The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn't he help? Appleton-Century-Crofts.

Latané, B., Williams, K., & Harkins, S. (1979). Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37(6), 822–832.

Loftus, E. F., & Palmer, J. C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13(5), 585–589.

Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The how of happiness. Penguin Press.


M

Main, M., & Solomon, J. (1990). Procedures for identifying infants as disorganized/disoriented during the Ainsworth Strange Situation. In M. T. Greenberg, D. Cicchetti, & E. M. Cummings (Eds.), Attachment in the preschool years (pp. 121–160). University of Chicago Press.

Mark, G. (2023). Attention span. Hanover Square Press.

Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98(2), 224–253.

Masuda, T., & Nisbett, R. E. (2001). Attending holistically versus analytically: Comparing the context sensitivity of Japanese and Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81(5), 922–934.

Matsumoto, D., & Juang, L. (2016). Culture and psychology (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.

McAdams, D. P. (2001). The psychology of life stories. Review of General Psychology, 5(2), 100–122.

McGuire, W. J. (1964). Inducing resistance to persuasion: Some contemporary approaches. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 1, 191–229.

Meichenbaum, D. (1985). Stress inoculation training. Pergamon.

Mesquita, B. (2020). Between us: How cultures create emotions. Norton.

Milgram, S. (1963). Behavioral study of obedience. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371–378.

Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority. Harper & Row.

Miller, J. G. (1984). Culture and the development of everyday social explanation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46(5), 961–978.

Minuchin, S. (1974). Families and family therapy. Harvard University Press.

Moscovici, S., Lage, E., & Naffrechoux, M. (1969). Influence of a consistent minority on the responses of a majority in a color perception task. Sociopsychology, 32(4), 365–380.


N–O

Neff, K. D. (2003). Self-compassion: An alternative conceptualization of a healthy attitude toward oneself. Self and Identity, 2(2), 85–101.

Newport, C. (2016). Deep work: Rules for focused success in a distracted world. Grand Central Publishing.

Newport, C. (2019). Digital minimalism: Choosing a focused life in a noisy world. Portfolio/Penguin.

Nisbett, R. E. (2003). The geography of thought: How Asians and Westerners think differently — and why. Free Press.

Nisbett, R. E., Peng, K., Choi, I., & Norenzayan, A. (2001). Culture and systems of thought: Holistic versus analytic cognition. Psychological Review, 108(2), 291–310.

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Orben, A., & Przybylski, A. K. (2019). The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(2), 173–182.


P–R

Pariser, E. (2011). The filter bubble: What the Internet is hiding from you. Penguin Press.

Pennebaker, J. W. (1997). Writing about emotional experiences as a therapeutic process. Psychological Science, 8(3), 162–166.

Perel, E. (2006). Mating in captivity. Harper.

Pettigrew, T. F., & Tropp, L. R. (2006). A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90(5), 751–783.

Petty, R. E., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1986). The elaboration likelihood model of persuasion. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 19, 123–205.

Pink, D. H. (2009). Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. Riverhead Books.

Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013). Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1841–1848.

Ringelmann, M. (1913). Recherches sur les moteurs animés: Travail de l'homme [Research on animate sources of power: The work of man]. Annales de l'Institut National Agronomique, 2(12), 1–40.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55(1), 68–78.


S

Seligman, M. E. P. (1972). Learned helplessness. Annual Review of Medicine, 23(1), 407–412.

Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish. Free Press.

Seligman, M. E. P., & Maier, S. F. (1967). Failure to escape traumatic shock. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(1), 1–9.

Sherif, M. (1954). Experiments in group conflict. Scientific American, 195(5), 54–58.

Siegel, D. J. (2010). Mindsight: The new science of personal transformation. Bantam.

Simon, H. A. (1971). Designing organizations for an information-rich world. In M. Greenberger (Ed.), Computers, communication, and the public interest (pp. 37–72). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Skinner, B. F. (1938). The behavior of organisms. Appleton-Century-Crofts.

Steele, C. M. (2010). Whistling Vivaldi: How stereotypes affect us and what we can do. Norton.

Steele, C. M., & Aronson, J. (1995). Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(5), 797–811.

Sue, D. W., Capodilupo, C. M., Torino, G. C., Bucceri, J. M., Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L., & Esquilin, M. (2007). Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice. American Psychologist, 62(4), 271–286.

Sue, D. W., & Sue, D. (2016). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Wiley.

Surowiecki, J. (2004). The wisdom of crowds. Doubleday.


T–Z

Tajfel, H., Billig, M. G., Bundy, R. P., & Flament, C. (1971). Social categorization and intergroup behaviour. European Journal of Social Psychology, 1(2), 149–178.

Tajfel, H., & Turner, J. C. (1986). The social identity theory of intergroup behavior. In S. Worchel & W. G. Austin (Eds.), Psychology of intergroup relations (pp. 7–24). Nelson-Hall.

Tervalon, M., & Murray-García, J. (1998). Cultural humility versus cultural competence: A critical distinction in defining physician training outcomes in multicultural education. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 9(2), 117–125.

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Thomas, A., & Chess, S. (1977). Temperament and development. Brunner/Mazel.

Turner, J. C. (1985). Social categorization and the self-concept: A social cognitive theory of group behavior. Advances in Group Processes, 2, 77–122.

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Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185(4157), 1124–1131.

Vaillant, G. E. (1977). Adaptation to life. Harvard University Press.

Vaillant, G. E. (2012). Triumphs of experience: The men of the Harvard Grant Study. Belknap Press.

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Walker, M. (2017). Why we sleep. Scribner.

Wampold, B. E. (2001). The great psychotherapy debate. Erlbaum.

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