Attribution Theory: Social and Functional Extensions

Politics & Social Sciences

Hewstone, Miles

Social Sciences

Blackwell Pub.

Attribution theory deals with how people explain social behaviour: their causal attributions or common-sense explanations. This book provides a major assessment of attribution theory in social psychology during the last 40 years. It reviews in detail the variety of theoretical perspectives and established phenomena in attribution theory and provides a unique integration. The book begins with a brief introduction to the classic attribution theories and then reviews some of its fundamental questions. The core of the book is made up of four central chapters, one on each of Doise's levels of explanation. Intra-personal' attribution has studied the logic, cognitive processes and knowledge structures underlying causal attributions. Interpersonal' attribution centres on two topics: attribution in social interaction close relationships (especially marriage). Intergroup' attribution highlights the consequences of social categorization; attributions at this level often favour the ingroup and sustain intergroup conflict. Societal' attributions link attributions to wider social beliefs (such as conspiracy theories) and refer to phenomena such as poverty, unemployment and riots. This volume draws attention to the breadth and depth of attribution research; it confronts critics with a view of a field that is more social, and less artificial, than they have claimed and it argues persuasively that an attributional approach has a promising future, as well as a distinguished past, in social psychology. Advanced students in social psychology and specialists in social psychology and in clinical psychology.

Causal Attribution: From Cognitive Processes to Collective Beliefs

Sociology

Attribution theory deals with how people explain social behavior - their causal attributions or common-sense explanations. Causal Attribution provides a major assessment of attribution theory in social psychology during the last forty years. It reviews in detail the variety of theoretical perspectives and established phenomena in attribution theory and provides a unique integration. 
A brief introduction to the classic attribution theories is followed by a review of some of the fundamental questions. The core of the book is made up of four central chapters, one on each of Doise's levels of explanation. Intra-personal attribution has studied the logic, cognitive processes and knowledge structures underlying causal attributions. Interpersonal attribution centers on attribution in social interaction and in close relationships, especially marriage. Intergroup attribution highlights the consequences of social categorization: attributions at this level often favor the ingroup and sustain ingroup conflict. Societal attributions link attributions to wider social beliefs, such as conspiracy theories, and refer to phenomena such as poverty, unemployment and riots. This volume emphasizes the breadth and depth of attribution research, and argues persuasively that an attributional approach has a promising future, as well as a distinguished past, in social psychology.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Wiley/Blackwell

Psychology, published in association with the British Psychological Society, is the definitive introductory textbook for students starting their study of psychology. <ul>
<li>written with style and authority by more than 20 leading psychologists from the UK and Australasia, in association with our editorial team; </li> <li>contains comprehensive and integrated coverage of all the major topics in first-year undergraduate psychology; </li> <li>also provides extensive treatment of cutting-edge applied areas such as health, organizational and forensic psychology; </li> <li>each chapter helps students to understand psychology on their own terms: <ul>
<li>'Research Close-ups' bring research to life via snapshot case studies; </li> <li>'Everyday Psychology' boxes apply real-life contexts to the basic principles;</li> </ul>
</li> <li>includes a host of additional useful features, from chapter maps, learning objectives, expert opinions and profiles of pioneering psychologists in each subfield, to chapter summaries, revision questions, suggestions for further reading and a glossary;</li> <li>supported by an interactive website containing a multiple choice testbank, essay questions, practice questions, downloadable figures and tables, electronic chapters and lecture-by-lecture instructor support. Visit www.bpsblackwell.co.uk/hewstone for more information.</li> </ul>

Psychology

Foster, Jonathan

Fincham, Frank D.

Mental Health

BPS Blackwell

This book analyzes how the socio-demographic and cultural diversity of societies affect the social interactions and attitudes of individuals and groups within them. Focusing on Germany, where in some cities more than one third of the population are first or second-generation immigrants, it examines how this phenomenon impacts on the ways in which urban residents interact, form friendships, and come to trust or resent each other. The authors, a distinguished team of sociologists, political scientists, social psychologists, anthropologists and geographers, present the results of their wide-ranging empirical research, which combines a 3-wave-panel survey, qualitative fieldwork, area explorations and analysis of official data. In doing so, they offer representative findings and deeper insights into how residents experience different neighbourhood contexts. Their conclusions are a significant contribution to our understanding of the implications of immigration and diversity, and of the conditions and consequences of intergroup interaction. This ground-breaking work will appeal to scholars across the Social Sciences. 

Diversity and Contact: Immigration and Social Interaction in German Cities (Global Diversities)

Vertovec, Steven

Stolle, Dietlind

Schönwälder, Karen

Petermann, Sören

Hüttermann, Jörg

Schmid, Katharina

Schmitt, Thomas

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The fifth edition of this highly successful text, An Introduction to Social Psychology has been fully revised and updated. Accessibility for students has been improved, including better illustrations, greater use of colour and a more approachable format, as well as a wealth of online resources. Combining its traditional academic rigour with a contemporary level of cohesion, accessibility, pedagogy and instructor support, the fifth edition of An Introduction to Social Psychology provides the definitive treatment of social psychology.

An Introduction to Social Psychology

Jonas, Klaus

Stroebe,Wolfgang

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European Review of Social Psychology: Volume 17

Psychology Press

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