Interpersonal Accounts - A Social Psychological Perspective

Informationen zum Autor John H. Harvey is Professor of Psychology at the University of Iowa. He was previously at Vanderbilt and Texas Tech Universities. He is well known for his work on attribution theory! especially as applied to dynamics in close relationships. His books include (with Ickes and Kidd as co-editors) the "New Directions in Attribution Research "series (Erblaum! 1976! 1978! 1981)! (with Weary) "Perspectives on Attributional Processes "(W. C. Brown 1981) and (with Kelley et al.) "Close Relationships "(Freeman 1983).Ann L. Weber is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She is author of chapters in "Accounting for Relationships!" edited by Burnett! McGhee and Clarke (Methuen! 1987)! "The State of Social Psychology!" edited by M. Leary (Sage! 1989)! and "Intimacy!" edited by R. Burnett (Salem House! 1990).Terri L. Orbuch is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan. She recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the department of psychology at the University of Iowa. She is editor of "Close Relationship Loss: Theoretical Approaches!" forthcoming from Springer-Verlag Publishing Co. Klappentext So fundamental an activity as account-making must! the authors believe! have evolutionary origins. Drawing on the work of Jaynes! they consider the process in relation to the origin of human consciousness and the beginnings of story telling as a human activity. Zusammenfassung Offers a systematic analysis from a psychological standpoint of the human capacity to create stories to explain events and frame relationships. Drawing on the work of Jaynes! the authors consider the process in relation to the origin of human consciousness and story-telling as a human activity.

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• Autori: John Harvey, John H. Harvey, John H. Weber Harvey, John Weber Harvey, HARVEY JOHN H WEBER ANN ORBUCH, Terri Orbuch, Terri L. (University of Michigan Orbuch, Ann Weber, Ann L. Weber
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.08.1990
• EAN: 9780631175926
• ISBN: 978-0-631-17592-6
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Developmental Management
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica