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Social Psychology in Transition

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Editors:
  1. Lloyd H. Strickland

    1. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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  2. Frances E. Aboud

    1. McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  3. Kenneth J. Gergen

    1. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, USA

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Priorities and Paradigms

      • Lloyd H. Strickland
      Pages 3-11

  3. The Critical Context of the Conference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Social Psychology as History

      • Kenneth J. Gergen
      Pages 15-32

    3. The Yin and Yang of Progress in Social Psychology

      • William J. McGuire
      Pages 33-49

    4. Experimentation in Psychology

      • R. Harré, P. F. Secord
      Pages 51-67

  4. Priorities and Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Resolution Versus Revolution?

      • Erika Apfelbaum, Ian Lubek
      Pages 71-94

    3. Critique

      • Morton Deutsch
      Pages 95-101

    4. Critique

      • Paul G. Swingle
      Pages 103-105

    5. On “Emancipatory” Social Psychology

      • Ragnar Rommetveit
      Pages 107-120

    6. Possible Limits on a Science of Social Behavior

      • Warren Thorngate
      Pages 121-139

    7. Some Metatheoretical Issues in Social Psychology

      • Charles A. Kiesler, Joseph Lucke
      Pages 141-151

  5. Research Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Preface

      • Robert B. Zajonc
      Pages 155-156

    3. Birth Order and Intellectual Development

      • Robert B. Zajonc, Gregory B. Markus
      Pages 157-177

    4. Postscript to Birth Order and Intellectual Development

      • Robert B. Zajonc
      Pages 179-181

    5. Critique

      • Alan Moffitt
      Pages 183-196

    6. Critique

      • Wolfgang Stroebe
      Pages 197-199
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Emergence of Individual Differences in Social Context ROBERT B. ZAJONC A priest who was a heavy smoker once asked his bishop if it was all right if he smoked while praying. Appalled, the bishop chastised the priest for the very thought of soiling the solemn moment of prayer with such a filthy habit. Some years passed and the bishop came again through our priest's parish. And our tormented priest asked again about his predicament. But he asked a somewhat different question: "Your excellency," he said, "is it all right to pray while smoking?" There was no hesitation in the bishop's answer. "Of course!" he said. "There is nothing in the world that should keep you from praying. You can always pray, my son. You should miss no opportunity to pray. Whenever you wish to pray, by all means pray!" The relationship between individual differences and social psychology is roughly the same as between smoking and praying. Many social psychologists, and especially experimental social psycholOgists, are openly disdainful of individ­ ual difference variables. They avoid them in their studies and refuse to incor­ porate them in theories. The reasons for their (and we really should say "my" because the author is no exception in this matter) attitude are not obvious.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

    Lloyd H. Strickland

  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Frances E. Aboud

  • Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, USA

    Kenneth J. Gergen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Psychology in Transition

  • Editors: Lloyd H. Strickland, Frances E. Aboud, Kenneth J. Gergen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8765-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8767-5Published: 26 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8765-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 361

  • Topics: Law and Psychology

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