Currents of Thought in American Social Psychology

Name: Currents of Thought in American Social Psychology
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ISBN: 9780195061291

ISBN-10: 0195061292

ISBN-13: 9780195061291

Edition: 1991

Authors: Gary Collier, Henry Minton, Graham Reynolds

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In this intriguing study, two social psychologists and an intellectual historian describe the people and intellectual currents which have given rise to the complex discipline of American social psychology. The authors examine the influence of British evolutionary theory, French social theory, American pragmatism, and the ideas of Freud, Marx and Lewin on the evolution of social psychological theory, and explain how these traditions contributed to later developments such as group dynamics, cognitive social psychology, and symbolic interaction. American social psychology during this century has shifted back and forth from a focus on individual psychological processes to a concern with the…

Book details

List price: $78.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/29/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English




Introduction



Social Psychology as Social Instinct



Psychosociology



Social Psychology as Social Interaction



Social Psychology as Individual Psychology



Socialization and Personality Development



Group Processes



Social Psychology and Social Commitment



Small Groups and Intergroup Relations



Cognitive Social Psychology



Symbolic Interaction



Crisis and Revision



Postmodernism