<p>The concept of self-handicapping can be legitimately anchored in a vari ety of intellectual contexts, some old and some newer. As this volume reminds us, Alfred Adler was perhaps the first to articulate the signifi cance of various self-defeating claims and gestures for protecting the self concept. Thus the apparent paradox of "defeat" in the interests of "pro tection. " More recently (but still more than 30 years ago), Heider's "naive psychology" added attributional rhetoric to the description of self-defeat ing strategies. While predominantly cognitive in its thrust, the attribu tional approach incorporated several motivational influences-especially those involving egocentric concerns. Heider hardly violated our common sense when he suggested that people are inclined to attribute their performances in a self-serving manner: the good things I caused; the bad things were forced upon me. The notion of self-handicapping strategies, proposed by Berglas and myself a little more than a decade ago, capitalized on these homely truths while adding a particular proactive twist. We not only make ex cuses for our blunders; we plan our engagements and our situational choices so that self-protective excuses are unnecessary. In doing so, we use our attributional understanding to arrange things so that flawed and failing performances will not be interpreted in ways that threaten our self-esteem.</p>

Self-Handicapping: The Paradox That Isn’t (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Berglas, Steven

Higgins, Raymond L.

Snyder, C.R.

Mental Health

Springer

This book describes the roots and causes of excuse-making, and offers the first theory for explaining excuses, examining the ways that people "cope" with negative feedback through excuses. It presents an interdisciplinary approach drawing on philosophy, psychology, law etc to develop a complete explanatory picture of excuse-making. It also discusses the positive and negative aspects of the subject and reviews related research indicating applications of the the analysis in understanding behavior.

Excuses: Masquerades in Search of Grace

Stucky, Rita J.

Psychology & Counseling

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Why we make them--what to do when they get out of hand.

Excuses: Masquerade in Search of Grace/Audio Cassette

Business & Money

<p>"In the two decades since this book was first published, excuse- making has flourished - both as a practice and as a process inviting investigation and theory. Indeed, how could it be otherwise?" So write the authors in their new introduction. But they also maintain that excuse-making is a critical element in what social psychologists refer to as "reality negotiation." Originally published by John Wiley in 1983.</p>

Excuses: Masquerades in Search of Grace (Foundations of Psychology)

Eliot Werner Publications

The concept of self-handicapping can be legitimately anchored in a vari ety of intellectual contexts, some old and some newer. As this volume reminds us, Alfred Adler was perhaps the first to articulate the signifi cance of various self-defeating claims and gestures for protecting the self concept. Thus the apparent paradox of "defeat" in the interests of "pro tection. " More recently (but still more than 30 years ago), Heider's "naive psychology" added attributional rhetoric to the description of self-defeat ing strategies. While predominantly cognitive in its thrust, the attribu tional approach incorporated several motivational influences-especially those involving egocentric concerns. Heider hardly violated our common sense when he suggested that people are inclined to attribute their performances in a self-serving manner: the good things I caused; the bad things were forced upon me. The notion of self-handicapping strategies, proposed by Berglas and myself a little more than a decade ago, capitalized on these homely truths while adding a particular proactive twist. We not only make ex cuses for our blunders; we plan our engagements and our situational choices so that self-protective excuses are unnecessary. In doing so, we use our attributional understanding to arrange things so that flawed and failing performances will not be interpreted in ways that threaten our self-esteem.

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Self-Handicapping: The Paradox That Isn’t (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology)

Excuses: Masquerades in Search of Grace

Excuses: Masquerade in Search of Grace/Audio Cassette

Excuses: Masquerades in Search of Grace (Foundations of Psychology)

Self-Handicapping: The Paradox That Isn’t (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology)