Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science

The SPSP Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science is a prize for a single outstanding contribution that honors a book written by a psychologist that makes a distinctive and important contribution to the field by promoting an understanding of the science of social and personality psychology to the general public. Edited, ghost-written, and co-written books are eligible for this award, and submitters will be asked to clarify the roles of such contributors during the application process.

The recipient will receive a complimentary convention registration and a plaque and acknowledgment at the Awards Ceremony held at the SPSP Annual Convention.

• Impact: Demonstrated through influence on readers (through readership numbers, awards, reviews, or other metrics)
• Importance: Shares social and personality psychological perspectives and findings that are important to society
• Promotes science: Effective in promoting an understanding of the science of social and personality psychology to the general public
• Quality of writing for the general public: Demonstrated through organization, content, and mechanics of writing

Requirements

• For the 2023 Book Prize, eligible books are those published during the calendar year 2022, i.e. those with a 2022 copyright date.
• Books, unpublished and ‘in press’, are not eligible.
• Published in 2022 means (as rightly interpreted) appears in print in 2022 (i.e. not in press or published in 2021).
• The publication year is the year the book was first published, not subsequent publications, i.e. into paperback format.
• Edited, ghost-written, and co-written books are eligible for this award, and submitters will be asked to clarify the roles of such contributors during the application process.

Submission Material

Nominators should submit applications consisting of three parts:

1. A one-page (300-word maximum) nomination letter
2. A CV or resume
3. Summary describing the role of each contributor (if applicable)
4. A PDF of the book (either in final form or as typeset page proofs).

Applications Closed

2022

Christian Jarrett, Be Who You Want: Unlocking the Science of Personality Change.

2021

2020

Jennifer Eberhardt, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

2019

William von Hippel, The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy

2018

Abigail Marsh, The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between

2017

Robert B. Cialdini, Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

2016

Traci Mann, Secrets from the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again

2015

Nicholas Epley, Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want

2014

Matt Lieberman, Social: Why Our Brains are Wired to Connect

2013

Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

2012

James Pennebaker, The Secret Life of Pronouns: What our Words Say About Us

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