The Self (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Sedikides, Constantine; Spencer, Steven J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume provides a cutting-edge exposition to research on the self. Sixteen authoritative overviews highlight the role of the self around four themes.Throughout the volume, the exposition is both scholarly and accessible. It also offers critical assessments along with thoughtful discussions of challenges and problems ahead, as well as the generation of novel hypotheses. As such, the book aspires to influence the research agenda for several years to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136737114
• Artikelnr.: 38274979

Autorenporträt

Constantine Sedikides is Professor of Psychology at the University of Southampton, UK. He received his doctorate from the Ohio State University and has held faculty appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published prolifically (and co-edited special books) in the areas of self and identity, affect and motivation, close relationships, intergroup perception, and person perception. Steven J. Spencer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Social Psychology Division at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He received his doctorate from the University of Michigan and has held faculty positions at the State University of New York at Buffalo and Hope College. He maintains an active research program that investigates self-image maintenance processes, motivated social perception, and stereotyping. He has served his discipline as an associate editor at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and as a consulting editor at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Self and Identity. He is currently the secretary and chair-elect of the executive committee of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. Brain and Cognition. T. Heatherton
C.N. Macrae
W.M. Kelley
A Social Brain Sciences Approach to Understanding Self. S.L. Koole
T. DeHart
Self-Affection without Self-Reflection: Origins
Models
and Consequences of Implicit Self-Esteem. A.R. McConnell
L.M. Strain
Content and Structure of the Self-Concept. L. Libby
Autobiographical Memory. Part 2. Motivation. P. Lockwood
J. Matthews
The Self as a Social Comparer. W.K. Campbell
J.D. Foster
The Narcissistic Self: Background
the Extended Agency Model
and Ongoing Controversies. K.D. Vohs
B.J. Schmeichel
Self-Regulation: How and Why People Reach (and Fail to Reach) Their Goals. C. Sedikides
A.P. Gregg
C.M. Hart
The Importance of Being Modest. Part 3. Emotions and Self-Esteem. J.L. Tracy
R.W. Robins
Self-Conscious Emotions: Where Self and Emotion Meet. J. Arndt
J. Schimel
C.R. Cox
A Matter of Life and Death: Terror Management and the Existential Relevance of Self-Esteem. G. MacDonald
Self-Esteem: A Human Elaboration of Prehuman Belongingness Motivation. V.S.Y. Kwan
A.N. Mandisodza
Self-Esteem: On the Relation between Conceptualization and Measurement. Part 4. Interpersonal
Intergroup
and Cultural Context. C.L. Carmichael
F.-F. Tsai
S.M. Smith
P.A. Caprariello
H.T. Reis
Self and Intimate Relationships. J.M. Twenge
The Socially Excluded Self. H.S. Kim
D. Ko
Culture and Self-Expression.