The Social Self: Cognitive, Interpersonal and Intergroup Perspectives (2024)

424 Pages47 Color Illustrations

byPsychology Press

424 Pages47 Color Illustrations

byPsychology Press

424 Pages47 Color Illustrations

byPsychology Press

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What is the nature of the 'self', how do everyday experiences shape it, and how does it influence our thinking, judgements and behaviors? Such questions constitute enduring puzzles in psychology, and are also of critical practical importance for applied domains such as clinical, counseling, educational and organizational psychology. In this book a select group of eminent international researchers survey the most recent advances in research of the self. In particular, they discuss the influence of cognitive and intra-psychic processes (Part 1), interpersonal and relational variables (Part 2), and inter-group phenomena on the self (Part 3).

1. The Social Self: Introduction and Overview, Joseph P. Forgas and Kipling D. Williams
I. Individual and Intrapsychic Aspects of the Self
2. Overlapping Mental Representations of Self and Group: Evidence and Implications, Eliot R. Smith
3. Egocentrism and the Social Self: Anchoring (and Adjustment) in Self and Social Judgments, Thomas Gilovich
4. Judgment Standards and the Social Self: A Shifting Standards Perspective, Monica Biernat, Scott Eidelman and Kathleen Fuegen
5. Affective Influences on Self-Perception and Self-Disclosure, Joseph P. Forgas and Stephanie J. Moylan
6. Positioning Self-Handicapping within the Self-Zoo: Just What Kind of Animal Are We Dealing With? Edward R. Hirt and Sean M. McCrea
7. Self-Handicapping and the Social Self: The Cost and Rewards of Interpersonal Self-Construction, Frederick Rhodewalt and Michael Tragakis
II. Interpersonal and Relational Aspects of the Self
8. The Interperonal Basis of Self-Esteem: Death, Devaluation, or Deference? Mark Leary
9. The Inner World of Rejection: Effects of Social Exclusion on Emotion, Cognition, and Self-Regulation, Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge and Natalie Ciarocco
10. Threatened Selves: The Effects of Social Exclusion on Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior, Dianne M. Tice, Jean M. Twenge and Brandon J. Schmeichel
11. The Social Self and the Social Other: Actor-Observer Asymmetrics in Making Sense of Behavior, Bertram F. Malle
12. The Social Self in Subjective versus Intersubjective Research Paradigms, William Ickes
13. Facework and Emotion Work: The Role of Positive Facial Expression in Constituting the Social Self, Marianne LaFrance
14. Interpersonal Dynamics of the Self: The Doubly Distributed Approach, Yoshihisa Kashima, Emiko Kashima and Anna Clark
III. Intergroup, Collective, and Cultural Aspects of the Self
15. The Social Self and Group Identification: Inclusion and Distinctiveness Motives in Interpersonal and Collective Identities, Marilynn B. Brewer and Cynthia L. Pickett
16. I am Positive and So Are We: The Self as Determinant of Favoritism toward Novel Ingroups, Sabine Otten
17. Adapting the Self to Local Group Norms: Internalizing the Suppression of Prejudice, Christian S. Crandall, Laurie T. O'Brien and Amy Eshleman
18. Intergroup Emotions and the Social Self: Prejudice Reconceptualized as Differentiated Reactions to Outgroups, Diane M. Mackie and Eliot R. Smith
19. Dissonance Arousal and the Collective Self: Vicarious Experience of Dissonance Based on Shared Group Membership, Joel Cooper and Michael Hogg
20. Including Other (and Groups) in the Self: Self-Expansion and Intergroup Relations, Stephen C. Wright, Art Aron and Linda R. Tropp
21. Putting Our Selves Together: Integrative Themes and Lingering Questions, Constantine Sedikides
Author Index
Subject Index