1st Edition
Attraction and Hostility An Experimental Analysis of Interpersonal and Self Evaluation
Edited By Albert Pepitone
Copyright 1964
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Attraction and hostility find 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... Read more
I: Theoretical Considerations; 1: Need-Satisfaction and -Frustration Models; 2: Cognitive-Consistency Models; 3: Cognitive Motivation in Social Behavior; II: Empirical Explorations; 4: The Reaction to Boastfulness; 5: Attraction and Legitimate Conceit; 6: Valid Boastfulness and Invalid Self-Depreciation; 7: The Reaction to Positive and Negative Biases; 8: Cognitive Validation and Self-Evaluation; 9: The Outcome of a Self-Evaluation Conflict; 10: The Projection of Unfavorable Personality Characteristics; 11: Self-Validation and Competitive Behavior; 12: Recapitulation and Perspective
Biography
Anton Pelinka
