The Self

ISBN-13: 9780805861563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str.

Jonathan Brown

Opis

Although social psychology has been traditionally focused on interpersonal relationships, the cognitive revolution in psychology has had the effect of refocusing some social psychology on intra-psychic processes. This book documents the changing conceptions and the value accorded the self in psychology over time.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.  2. The Nature of the Self.  3. The Search for Self-Knowledge.  4. Self-Development.  5. The Self from a Cognitive Perspective.  6. Self-Regulation of Behavior.  7. Self-Presentation.  8. Self-Esteem.  9. Depression.  10. Illusion and Well-Being.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

JONATHON D. BROWN is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1986. He has written and published numerous articles and chapters on the self, and is the recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. He is currently interested in understanding how self-esteem influences people’s responses to success and failure. In his spare time, he aggravates himself playing tennis.