The Social Dimension, Volume 2: European Developments in Social Psychology (European Studies in Social Psychology (No. 8))

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 17
PART IV - Representations of social reality......Page 20
18 - Attitudes in a social context......Page 22
1 Preference and choice......Page 23
2 Attitudinal differences......Page 25
3 Selectivity and salience......Page 26
4 Evaluative and descriptive language......Page 29
5 Polarization of judgments of attitude statements......Page 30
6 Positivity and normality vs. negativity and deviance......Page 32
7 Conclusions......Page 34
References......Page 35
19 - Social dimensions of attribution......Page 38
1 Four social dimensions of attribution......Page 39
2 Foundations of a theory of social attribution......Page 44
3 Empirical evidence for social attribution......Page 49
4 Conclusion: a tentative theory of social attribution......Page 56
References......Page 59
20 - The historical dimension of social psychology: the case of unemployment......Page 64
1 The social psychological effects of unemployment......Page 66
2 The industrial revolution of the 1980s......Page 69
3 The Protestant work ethic......Page 71
4 The language and conceptualization of unemployment......Page 75
References......Page 81
21 - Rationality and social control in orthodox systems......Page 84
1 Introduction......Page 85
2 The concept of ideological `orthodoxy'......Page 88
3 Some remarks about influence, authority and social representations of the group in an orthodox system......Page 92
4 Religious orthodoxy and the norms of `generic' rationality......Page 96
5 Religious orthodoxy and the effects of specific scientific information......Page 99
6 Conclusion......Page 102
References......Page 103
22 - Political ideology: social psychological aspects......Page 105
1 Personality and ideology......Page 108
2 The social creation of `extremism'......Page 114
3 Ideology and ambivalence......Page 120
References......Page 124
PART V - Group processes......Page 130
1 The nonsense group tradition......Page 132
2 An outline of the study of group decision making......Page 135
3 Group polarization: theoretical accounts......Page 142
4 The study of social groups......Page 150
References......Page 152
1 Two models of social influence......Page 157
2 The theory of consistency......Page 160
3 The social context of minority influence......Page 164
4 Minority influence and social identification......Page 169
5 Conclusion......Page 172
References......Page 173
1 Introduction: what is a psychological group?......Page 177
2 Social categorization and the external designation of group membership......Page 179
3 An identity theory of the group......Page 185
4 Psychological group formation as a process of identification......Page 189
5 Conclusion......Page 194
References......Page 195
PART VI - Intergroup relations......Page 198
26 - The social psychology of intergroup relations and categorical differentiation......Page 200
1 The process of categorization in quantitative judgments......Page 201
2 Categorization in social stereotypes......Page 202
3 Categorization and discrimination......Page 204
4 Social categorization and identity......Page 205
5 Categorical differentiation......Page 206
References......Page 217
27 - Intergroup differences in group perceptions......Page 219
1 Social categorization and social identity: cognitive and motivational principles......Page 220
2 Social identity and stability......Page 223
3 Strategies in group descriptions and evaluations......Page 230
4 Social competition and social cooperation......Page 233
References......Page 236
28 - The individual and social functions of sex role stereotypes......Page 238
1 Social stereotypes and sex role stereotypes......Page 239
2 Social attribution and sex role stereotypes......Page 249
3 The differentiation function of social stereotypes......Page 251
4 Conclusions......Page 256
References......Page 259
29 - The role of similarity in intergroup relations......Page 262
1 Theoretical perspectives......Page 263
2 The empirical evidence......Page 268
3 Conclusions......Page 276
References......Page 280
1 Introduction......Page 283
2 Distribution: a problem common to social psychology and political economy......Page 289
3 Conclusion......Page 300
References......Page 301
1 The balance between intergroup and interpersonal exchange: experimental work......Page 305
2 Field studies of negotiation......Page 313
3 Arbitration: interpersonal irresponsibility......Page 320
4 Conclusions......Page 324
References......Page 325
32 - Second language acquisition: the intergroup theory with catastrophic dimensions......Page 327
1 Language and ethnicity......Page 330
2 Ethnolinguistic identity theory......Page 331
3 The intergroup theory of second language learning......Page 334
4 The intergroup theory of second language acquisition: a cusp catastrophe model of `intermediates'......Page 338
5 Conclusions......Page 348
References......Page 350
33 - Intergroup relations, social myths and social justice in social psychology......Page 354
1 The psychological power of social myths in intergroup relations......Page 355
2 Private and public morality......Page 362
3 Conclusion......Page 371
References......Page 373
Subject index......Page 376
Author index......Page 380