Advances in experimental social psychology. Vol. 20 / edited by Leonard Berkowitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berkowitz, Leonard, 1926-

Series:

Advances in experimental social psychology.

Advances in experimental social psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social psychology.

Social psychology--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Other Title:

Experimental social psychology

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

ADV EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY,V 20

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 20; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Attitudes, Traits, and Actions: Dispositional Prediction of Behavior in Personality and Social Psychology; I. Introduction; II. Manifestation of Dispositions in Behavior; III. Proposed Solutions; IV. The Principle of Correspondence; V. Prediction of Specific Actions; VI. Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Prosocial Motivation: Is it Ever Truly Altruistic?; I. Introduction; II. Contemporary Psychological Discussions of Altruism

III. A Three-Path Model Comparing and Contrasting Egoistic and Empathically Induced Altruistic Motivation for HelpingIV. Making the Theoretical Assumptions Explicit: Three Hypotheses; V. Empirical Evidence for Empathically Evoked Altruistic Motivation; VI. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Dimensions of Group Process: Amount and Structure of Vocal Interaction; I. Introduction; II. Amount and Structure of Vocal Exchange; III. The Grouptalk Model; IV. Data Collection and Management; V. Initial Studies; VI. Amount of Vocal Activity; VII. Structure of Vocal Activity; VIII. Conclusion; References

Chapter 4. The Dynamics of Opinion FormationI. Introduction; II. Theoretical Background; III. Consensus and Informational Social Comparison; IV. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Positive Affect, Cognitive Processes, and Social Behavior; I. Introduction; II. The Influence of Positive Affect on Social Behavior; III. The Influence of Positive Affect on Cognition; IV. Concluding Comments; References; Chapter 6. Between Hope and Fear: The Psychology of Risk; I. Introduction; II. Psychological versus Motivational Theories of Risk; III. The Task and the Representation of the Stimulus

IV. A Two-Factor Theory for Risky ChoiceV. Evidence for the Two-Factor Theory; VI. The Things We Don't Talk About; References; Chapter 7. Toward an Integration of Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives on Social Inference: A Biased Hypothesis-Testing Model; I. Introduction; II. The Self-Serving Attributional Bias; III. The Hypothesis-Testing Model of Attributional Processing; IV. Motivational Influences on the Hypothesis-Testing Process; V. Responses to the Disconfirmation of Self-serving Hypotheses; VI. Summary and Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-16732-4

9786612167324

0-08-056734-7

OCLC:

476274322