Judgments of Responsibility

A Foundation for a Theory of Social Conduct
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-89862-843-2
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

Presenting a general theory of social motivation, this compelling work integrates research on achievement evaluation, stigmatization, helping behavior, aggression, and impression management. Bernard Weiner examines how responsibility inferences are reached, the manner in which such judgments affect emotions, and the role that cold judgments of responsibility versus hot feelings, such as anger, play in producing both pro- and antisocial behaviors. Ideal for students as well as researchers and mental health practitioners, the book includes experiments for the reader to complete that illustrate the main points of the text.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weiner, Bernard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Anatomy of Responsibility
2. Responsibility and Achievement Evaluation
3. Responsibility and Stigmatization
4. AIDS and Stigmatization
5. Responsibility, Stigmatization, Mental Illness, and the Family
6. Helping Behavior
7. Aggression
8. Reducing Inferences of Responsibility: Excuses and Confession
9. On the Construction of Psychological Theory and Other Issues

Über Autor(innen)

Bernard Weiner, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. A leading contributor to the field of attribution theory, he has written, coauthored, or edited 13 books and published more than 125 journal articles and book chapters. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, his work has also been honored by a Donald Campbell Distinguished Research Award from the Division of Personality and Social Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Bielefeld, Germany.