Ostracism - The Power of Silence

List of contents

1. Ostracism: Ubiquitous and Powerful
2. Forty Years of Solitude: Cases of Ostracism
3. A Model of Ostracism
4. Forty Minutes of Silence: Narratives of Short-Term Episodes of the Silent Treatment
5. The Scarlet Letter Study: Five Days of Ostracism
6. Laboratory Experiments: The Ball-Tossing Paradigm
7. More Laboratory Experiments: The Train Ride
8. Cyberostracism: Getting Silenced on the Internet
9. Ostracism in and by Organizations
10. Everyday Ostracism over Days, Months, and Years
11. Reflections and Future Aims

About the author

Kipling D. Williams, PhD, is currently Chair of the Psychology Department at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He has taught previously at Drake University, the University of Toledo, and the University of New South Wales. He received his doctorate in social psychology from Ohio State University. The coeditor of several books, Dr. Williams has written numerous articles and book chapters on social influence, group dynamics, and psychology and law.

Summary

This illuminating book provides a comprehensive examination of this pervasive phenomenon, exploring the short- and long-term consequences for targets as well as the functions served for those who exclude or ignore.

Product details

• Authors: Kipling D. Williams, Kipling D. (PhD Williams, Kipling D. (Purdue University Williams
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781572308312
• ISBN: 978-1-57230-831-2
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 400 g
• Illustrations: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Series: Emotions and Social Behavior; Emotions and Social Behavior
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology