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Self and Identity Personal, Social, and Symbolic
272 Pages
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Psychology Press
272 Pages
by
Psychology Press
272 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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This edited volume outlines the latest meta-theoretical and theoretical contexts of self-research. Self and Identity examines theoretical accounts of human experience within the contemporary socio-cultural milieu and attempts to answer the question of what it means to be human. It provides a clear structure within which to conceptualize contemporary empirical research on self and identity in... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Theories of the Mind. M. Foddy, Y. Kashima, Self and Identity: What Is the Conception of the Person Assumed in the Current Literature? M.S. Humphreys, Y. Kashima, Connectionism and Self: Distributed Representational Systems and Their Implications for Self and Identity. Part II: Personal Processes. J.M. Twenge, R.F. Baumeister, Self-Control: A Limited Yet Renewable Resource. H.J.M. Hermans, The Dialogical Self: One Person, Different Stories. Part III: Social Processes. C. Sedikides, W.K. Campbell, G.D. Reeder, A.J. Elliot, A.P. Gregg, Do Others Bring Out the Worst in Narcissists?: The "Others Exist for Me" Illusion. L. Smith-Lovin, Roles, Identities, and Emotions: Parallel Processing and the Production of Mixed Emotions. R.S. Onorato, J.C. Turner, Challenging the Primacy of the Personal Self: The Case for Depersonalized Self-Conception. Part IV: Symbolic Processes. Y. Kashima, M. Foddy, Time and Self: The Historical Construction of the Self. Y. Kashima, Culture and Self: A Cultural Dynamical Analysis. Part V: Conclusion. M.B. Smith, Self and Identity in Historical/Sociocultural Context: "Perspectives on Selfhood" Revisited. Y. Kashima, M. Foddy, M.J. Platow, Concluding Comments.
Biography
Yoshihisa Kashima, Margaret Foddy, Michael Platow
"The approach taken in the book is novel--i.e., contrasting new research on the personal, social, and symbolic aspects of the self with the traditional social cognitive view..."
—Cynthia Pickett
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
