Social identifications : a social psychology of intergroup relations and group processes / Michael A. Hogg and Dominic Abrams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hogg, Michael A., 1954-

Contributor:

Abrams, Dominic, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intergroup relations.

Group identity.

Collective behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors of Social Identifications set out to make accessible to students of social psychology the social identity approach developed by Henri Tajfel, John Turner, and their colleagues in Bristol during the 1970's and 1980's. Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams give a comprehensive and readable account of social identity theory as well as setting it in the context of other approaches and perspectives in the psychology of intergroup relations. They look at the way people derive their identity from the social groups to which they belong, and the consequences for their feelings, thoughts...

Contents:

Cover; Social identification: A social psychology of intergroup relations and group processes; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. the Social Identity Approach: Context and Content; 3. Intergroup Behaviour; 4. from Sterotyping to Ideology; 5. Intragroup Behaviour: Processes Within Groups; 6. Social Presence and Social Performance; 7. Collective Behavior; 8. Conformity and Social Influence; 9. Language, Speech, and Communication; 10. Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-46315-5

9786610463152

0-203-13545-8

9780203135457

OCLC:

70207331