An introduction to social psychology [electronic resource] / by William McDougall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, William, 1871-1938, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

Thirteenth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : J.W. Luce & Company, 1918

[Place of publication not identified] : Ovid Technologies Inc., [2006?]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book serves as an introductory text which covers various aspects of social psychology. The book pays particular attention to the following topics: (1) the mental characters of man of primary importance for his life in society, and (2) the operation of the primary tendencies of the human mind in the life of societies." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The nature of instincts and their place in the constitution of the human mind

3. The principal instincts and the primary emotions of man

4. Some general or non-specific innate tendencies

5. The nature of the sentiments and the constitution of some of the complex emotions

6. The development of the sentiments

7. The growth of self-consciousness and of the self-regarding sentiment

8. The advance to the higher plane of social conduct

9. Volition

10. The reproductive and the parental instincts

11. The instinct of pugnacity

12. The gregarious instinct

13. The instincts through which religious conceptions affect social life

14. The instincts of acquisition and construction

15. Imitation, play, and habit

16. Theories of action.

Notes:

Description based on e-publication, viewed on February 13, 2018.

Other Format:

Print version: McDougall, William, 1871-1938. Introduction to social psychology.