Roy F. Baumeister is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. He is a social psychologist who is known for his work on the self, social rejection, belongingness, sexuality, self-control, self-esteem, self-defeating behaviors, motivation, aggression, consciousness, and free will.
He has authored 500 publications and has written, co-written, or edited almost 30 books. He earned his AB summa cum laude from Princeton University and his MA from Duke University. He returned to Princeton University with his mentor Edward E. Jones and earned his PhD from the university’s Department of Psychology in 1978. He then taught at Case Western Reserve University for over two decades before transferring to Florida State. He is a fellow of both the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science. Baumeister was named an ISI highly cited researcher in 2003.
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Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty Buy the Book
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Advanced Social Psychology: The State of the Science Buy the Book
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Losing Control: How and Why People Fail at Self-Regulation Buy the Book
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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength Buy the Book
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The Social Dimension of Sex Buy the Book
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Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love Buy the Book
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Truth by Analysis: Games, Names, and Philosophy Buy the Book
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Identity: Cultural Change and the Struggle for Self Buy the Book
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Escaping The Self: Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, Other Flights From Burden Of Selfhood Buy the Book
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Meanings of Life Buy the Book
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The Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life Buy the Book
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The Self In Social Psychology (Key Readings in Social Psychology) Buy the Book
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Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (2 Volume Set) Buy the Book
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Social Psychology and Human Sexuality: Essential Readings (Key Readings in Social Psychology) Buy the Book
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Self-Esteem: The Puzzle of Low Self-Regard (The Plenum Series in Social/Clinical Psychology) Buy the Book
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Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men Buy the Book
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Public Self and Private Self (Springer Series in Social Psychology) Buy the Book
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Social Psychology and Human Nature, Comprehensive Edition (PSY 335 The Psychology of Social Behavior) Buy the Book
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Handbook of Self-Regulation, Second Edition: Research, Theory, and Applications Buy the Book
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Your Own Worst Enemy: Understanding The Paradox Of Self-defeating Behavior Buy the Book
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