448 Pages
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Routledge
448 Pages
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Routledge
438 Pages
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Routledge
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Reflecting the contributions of M. Brewster Smith to social psychology and personality study, this selection includes not only his best known essays but also previously unpublished material. Professor Smith's consistent striving for a psychology both scientific and humane unifies the collection; it is a valid and valuable overview of the relevance of social psychology to human experience and... Read more
Introduction; 1: Social Psychology and Human Values; Some Interdisciplinary Relationships of Sockl Psychology; 2: Personality in Politics: A Conceptual Map, with Application to the Problem of Political Rationality; 3: Anthropology and Psychology; 4: Samuel A. Stouffer; Attitudes and Values; 5: Opinions, Personality, and Political Behavior; 6: Attitude Change; 7: Personal Values in the Study of Lives; 8: An Analysis of Two Measures of “Authoritarianism” among Peace Corps Teachers; The Self, Mental Health, and Competence; 9: The Phenomenological Approach in Personality Theory; 10: The Self and Cognitive Consistency; 11: Optima of Mental Health; 12: Research Strategies Toward a Conception of Positive Mental Health; 13: Mental Health” Reconsidered; 14: Explorations in Competence; 5: Competence and Socialization; Some Social Problems; 16: The Revolution in Mental Health Care— A “Bold New Approach?; 17: Some Features of Foreign-Student Adjustment; 18: Foreign vs. Indigenous Education; 19: Motivation, Communications Research, and Family Planning; 20: The Schools and Prejudice; 21: The Crisis on the Campus; 22: Morality and Student Protest; Humanistic Values and Psychology; 23: Psychology in a Liberal Education; 24: Toward Scientific and Professional Responsibility; 25: Conflicting Values Affecting Behavioral Research with ChUdren; 26: Rationality and Social Process; 27: On Rereading Proust; 28: Some Thoughts on the Legitimation of Evil
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Anselm L. Strauss
