Social Cognitive Psychology - History and Current Domains

Social Cognitive Psychology is the first text to provide comprehensive coverage of the field, including thorough discussions of its historical foundations cross-referenced with significant recent developments. Highlights include

• ;the discipline's origins in pragmatic philosophy and the need for a second social psychology;
• the contributions of cognition, affect, and direct perception to social knowing, and
• the development of positive and negative self theories in social context.

This valuable reference contains comprehensive chapter summaries, lists of key terms and concepts, and graphs of processing models from various theories.

Table des matières

Historical Foundations: The Conception of a Pragmatic Social Cognitive Psychology. The Social Gestalt and Social Learning Traditions. The Constructivist Tradition. The Information Processing Tradition. Knowing Others: Evolving Models of the Social Knower. Multiple Knowing Processes. Stereotyping and Prejudice. Self Processes: Negotiating Realities to Know Oneself. Goals in Personality, Emotion, and Subjective Well-Being. Self-Regulation. Interpersonal Processes: Communication-Based Social Judgements and Relationship-Based Self-Schemas. Close Relationships. The Clinical Context: Social Clinical Psychology. The Social Cognitive Construction of Difference and Disorder. Index.

Résumé

Features coverage of social cognitive psychology, including discussions of its historical foundations cross-referenced with significant developments. This book includes the contributions of cognition, affect, and direct perception to social knowing. It contains chapter summaries, lists of key terms and concepts, and graphs of processing models.

Commentaire

`This book reminds us that texts and scholarly books can be highly informative and intellectually stimulating without sacrificing a good read.'
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, March 1998

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Barone, David F Barone, David F. Barone, James Maddux, James E Maddux, James E. Maddux, C R Snyder, C. R. Snyder, C.R. Snyder
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9780306454745
• ISBN: 978-0-306-45474-5
• Pages: 494
• Poids: 1184 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 494 p.
• Thèmes: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology; The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology; The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie appliquée; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Psychologie > Psychologie appliquée; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités cliniques