1st Edition

The Mask of Normalcy Social Conformity and its Ambiguities

By George Serban Copyright 2014
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Psychologists view well-adjusted behaviour as conformity the ability to navigate relationships and events within a framework of societal rules and regulations. George Serban argues that a better test is how well an individual is able to navigate adverse situations by handling conformity's ambiguities and incongruities. He uses clinical findings and content analysis to explore the interface... Read more
Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Unstable Social Conformity within Normal Behavior 2 Theories of Personality and the Equivocation of Normalcy 3 Stress, Coping, and Social Conformity 4 Conformists versus Nonconformists 5 The Normal Psychopath 6 Social Conformity in a Polarized Society Index

Biography

George Serban