Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior: Building on Jack Brehm's Contributions to Psychology

ISBN-13: 9780805842661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 290 str.

Rex A. Wright; Sharon S. Brehm; Jeff Greenburg

Opis

In honour of Jack Brehm's contributions to contemporary psychology, this volume revolves around the focus of most of his work - motivation and emotion in social context. It demonstrates Jack Brehm's enormous influence on the field by highlighting how others have taken his ideas and expanded upon them, especially in the areas of dissonance and reactance processes and motivational and emotional intensity. influence. It begins with two personal chapters, one written by the book's editors, and the other by Jack's oldest friend in academia, Peter Schonbach. The remaining chapters provide current and significant extensions of Jack Brehm's work on social motivation. Jack's former students including Stephen Worcel, Camille Wortman, Robert Wicklund, Tom Pyszczynski and Eddie Harmon Jones, contribute over half of the chapters. A list of all his PhD students is included. The book concludes with a chapter by Jack Brehm, offering insight into his reflections on the field of social psychology, an overview of his new theory on social influence, and ideas for future study.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: About Jack. R.A. Wright, J. Greenberg, S.S. Brehm, Biographical Sketch and Personal Perspectives. P. Schönbach, Early Friendship Lasting. Part II: Influences. J. Cooper, Dissonance Theory: History and Progress. E. Harmon-Jones, From Cognitive Dissonance to the Motivational Functions of Emotions. P.J. Silva, T.S. Duval, Self-Awareness, Self-Motives, and Self-Motivation. S. Solomon, T. Pyszczynski, J. Greenberg, Willful Determinism: Exploring the Possibilities of Freedom. R.A. Wicklund, The Role of Distance in Valuing Another Person. S. Worchel, The Diamond in the Stone: Exploring the Place of Free Behavior in Studies of Human Rights and Culture. T.C. Brock, P.J. Mazzocco, Responses to Scarcity: A Commodity Theory Perspective on Reactance and Rumination. F.X. Gibbons, M. Gerrard, E.A. Pomery, Risk and Reactance: Applying Social-Psychological Theory to the Study of Health Behavior V. Shoham, S.E. Trost, M.J. Rohrbaugh, From State to Trait and Back Again: Reactance Theory Goes Clinical. R.A. Wright, J. Franklin, Ability Perception Determinants of Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response: Mood, Optimism, and Performance Resources. G.H.E. Gendolla, The Intensity of Motivation When the Self Is Involved: An Application of Brehm's Theory of Motivation to Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response. G. Oettingen, C. Bulgarella, M. Henderson, P.M. Gollwitzer, The Self-Regulation of Goal Pursuit. Part III: Reflections. J.W. Brehm, Observations From Mount Oread. Part IV: Doctoral Students.

O autorze

Rex A. Wright, Jeff Greenberg, Sharon S. Brehm