Attraction and Hostility : An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation

ISBN-13: 9780202308869 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str.

Albert Pepitone

Opis

Attraction and hostility nd expression in almost every variety of human relationship, and have consequently provided a central theme for social psychology since its beginnings. Yet attempts to conceptualize the diverse phenomena embraced in these terms have produced theories of such wide generality that they have little explanatory or predictive force. The object of the present study is to bring precision to a vast and sprawling area by setting limits and dimensions to the phenomena and investigating them experimentally on the basis of a series of hypotheses derived from a critical analysis of current conceptual approaches, including frustration, need-satisfaction, and dissonance models.

O autorze

Anton Pelinka