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Title

The psychology of ego-involvements : social attitudes & identifications / by Muzafer Sherif, Hadley Cantril ...

Author

Sherif, Muzafer, 1906-1988

Publication

New York : J. Wiley & Sons ; London : Chapman & Hall, [©1947]

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Additional Authors

Cantril, Hadley, 1906-1969

Description

viii, 525 pages : diagrams; 24 cm

Summary

"In this book on the psychology of ego-involvements we are attacking a problem which it seems crucial to solve if we are ever to acquire a scientifically defensible account of man's relationship to the world around him with all its natural laws, its technological developments, and its social products. Here we are only able to sketch in bold relief what appears to be the psychology of ego-involvements. Much more must be added later to complete the account. But it seems to us that the broad outline presented here will accommodate this further work without any major alterations. Evidence from a wide variety of sources, including studies from the experimental laboratory, investigations of everyday life behavior, public-opinion surveys, observational studies of children and adolescents, sociological data, and field material of anthropologists and ethnologists, has almost fallen into place of its own accord. Although we have cited rather extensive references, our job has been more one of selection than accumulation of data: in nearly every chapter, we have had to satisfy ourselves with the inclusion of only a few of the many reports, observations, or experiments that might have been mentioned. Those who are familiar with the various areas we have touched on will know the vast literature it is possible to tap"--Pref. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)

Series Statement

Wiley publications in psychology

Uniform Title

Wiley publications in psychology

Subject

• Self
• Social psychology
• Ego
• Psychology, Social
• social psychology
• Ik (psychologie)
• Zelfbeeld
• Attituden
• Desenvolvimento Da Personalidade
• Ego (Psychology)

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The problem of attitudes: unified -- 3. Some experimental facts concerning the basis of attitudes -- 4. The attitude formulation extended to concrete situations -- 5. The problem and a general characterization of ego-involvements -- 6. Experiments in ego-involvements -- 7. The genetic formation of the go -- 8. Re-formation of the ego in adolescence -- 9. Re-formation of the go in adolescence (continued) -- 10. Ego-involvements and identifications in group situations -- 11. Ego-involvements in concrete social situations -- 12. Breakdowns of the ego -- 13. Some illustrations from literature -- 14. The ego in psychoanalysis.

LCCN

47003913

OCLC

• ocm00223341
• 223341
• SCSB-2050005

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library