Relational models theory : a contemporary overview / edited by Nick Haslam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haslam, Nick, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations.

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Relational models theory, first developed by Alan Page Fiske, an anthropologist, provides a framework for understanding the psychological bases of social behavior that has in recent years attracted the interest of a diverse and growing group of behavioral and social scientists. It proposes that human activities are structured in accordance with four fundamental models--communal sharing, authority ranking, equality matching, and market pricing--different permutations of which guide thought and behavior in every domain of social life in all cultures. Just as children are biologically programmed

Contents:

Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Relational Models Theory 2.0; 2 Research on the Relational Models: An Overview; 3 Four Modes of Constituting Relationships: Consubstantial Assimilation; Space, Magnitude, Time, and Force; Concrete Procedures; Abstract Symbolism; 4 Social Expertise: Theory of Mind or Theory of Relationships?; 5 The Domain of Work in Households: A Relational Models Approach; 6 Hidden Bias: The Impact of Relational Models on Perceptions of Fairness in Human Resource Systems; 7 Relational Models, ""Deonance,"" and Moral Antipathy Toward the Powerfully Unjust

8 Proscribed Forms of Social Cognition: Taboo Trade-offs, Blocked Exchanges, Forbidden Base Rates, and Heretical Counterfactuals9 Values and Emotions in the Relational Models; 10 The Four Faces of Trust: An Empirical Study of the Nature of Trust in Relational Forms; 11 Depressed Mood as an Interpersonal Strategy: The Importance of Relational Models; 12 A Relational Approach to the Personality Disorders; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-32257-5

9786612322570

1-4106-1141-8

OCLC:

475941112