The social outcast : ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying / edited by Kipling D. Williams, Joseph P. Forgas, William von Hippel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Kipling D.

Forgas, Joseph P.

Von Hippel, William.

Series:

Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series ; v. 7.

Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology series ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social.

Social isolation.

Bullying.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the ubiquitous and powerful effects of ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species. Most of our evolutionary success is no doubt due to our highly developed ability to cooperate and interact with each other. It is thus not surprising that instances of interpersonal rejection and social exclusion would have an enormously detrimental impact on the individual. Until 10 years ago, however, social psychology regarded ostracism, rejection and social exclusion as merely outcomes to be avoided, but we knew very little

Contents:

Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Social Outcast: An Overview; PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; Chapter 2. Ostracism: The Indiscriminate Early Detection System; Chapter 3. Varieties of Interpersonal Rejection; Chapter 4. The Inner Dimension of Social Exclusion: Intelligent Thought and Self-Regulation Among Rejected Persons; PART II: DEEP ROOTS OF EXCLUSION: NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SUBSTRATES OF ISOLATION AND EXCLUSION; Chapter 5. Adding Insult to Injury: Social Pain Theory and Response to Social Exculsion

Chapter 6. People Thinking About People: The Vicious Cycle of Being a Social Outcast in One's Own MindChapter 7. Why It Hurts to Be Left Out: The Neurocognitive Overlap Between Physical and Social Pain; PART III: INDIVIDUAL AND POPULATION DIFFERENCES AND THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND BULLYING; Chapter 8. Rejection Sensitivity as a Predictor of Affective and Behavioral Responses to Interpersonal Stress: A Defensive Motivational System; Chapter 9. The Rejected and the Bullied; Chapter 10. Role of Social Expectancies in Cognitive and Behavioral Response to Social Rejection

Chapter 11. Coping With Rejection: Core Social Motives Across CulturesPART IV: INFLUENCES OF REJECTION ON EMOTION. PERCEPTION, AND COGNITION; Chapter 12. When Does Social Rejection Lead to Aggression?: The Influences of Situations, Narcissism, Emotion, and Replenishing Connections; Chapter 13. The Social Monitoring System: Enhanced Sensitivity to Social Cures as an Adaptive Response to Social Exclusion; Chapter 14. Social Snacking and Shielding: Using Social Symbols, Selves, and Surrogates in the Service of Belonging Needs

Chapter 15. All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals Are More Equal than Others: Social Identity and Marginal MembershipChapter 16. Bye Bye. Black Sheep: The Causes and Consequences of Rejection in Family Relationships; PART V: EFFECTS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION ON PRO- AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; Chapter 17. Exclusion and Nonconscious Behavioral Mimicry; Chapter 18. The Effect of Rejection on Anti-Social Behaviors: Social Exclusion Produces Aggressive Behaviors; Chapter 19. Rejection and Entitativity: A Synergistic Model of Mass Violence

Chapter 20. Avoiding the Social Death Penalty: Ostracism and Cooperation in Social DilemmasChapter 21. The Psychological Impact of Social Isolation: Discussion and Commentary; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786611135652

9781135423377

1135423377

9781281135650

1281135658

9780203942888

0203942884

OCLC:

476078177