ISBN:
9780805807998
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (649 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Communication Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Explaining One's Self To Others : Reason-giving in A Social Context
DDC:
302.12
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
To date, the study of communicated explanations has been, at best, unsystematic. There has been little recognition that many, if not most, explanations are eventually delivered to a hearer or hearers. These potential audiences constrain the way the explanation is ultimately shaped. Similarly, researchers have devoted themselves to the study of ""accounts,"" for the most part without an accompanying interest in the fundamental processes of event comprehension. This volume is devoted to bridging the gap between these two traditions.〈br〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Acknowledgments; References; Part I: The Nature of Social Explanations; 1. Constructing Accounts: The Role of Explanatory Coherence; How Accounts are Constructed; The Role of Goals in Constructing Accounts; Preliminary Steps in Constructing an Account; Bringing It All Together: Constructing the Account; Honoring the Account; Summary and Conclusion; References; 2. The Use of Prototypical Explanations in First- and Third-Person Accounts; Kelley and His Critics; Categorization and Explanation
Description / Table of Contents:
The Proposed Model and Impression ManagementRelationship between Typical Explanations and First Person Accounts of Aggression; Causal Chains; Relationship between Typical Explanations and Third-Person Accounts of Thefts; Parallels between the First-And Third-Person Accounts; Preference for Typical and Modal Typical Explanations; The Use of Chains; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; 3. The Study of Causal Explanation in Natural Language: Analyzing Reports of the Challenger Disaster in The New York Times; Causal Explanation and Attribution Theory; The Approach of the Present Investigation
Description / Table of Contents:
Types of Causal ReasoningMaxims of Causal Explanation; A Model of the Process of Explanation Generation; The Methodology of the Present Investigation; An Example: The Generation of Explanations Module; Preliminary Results; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; 4. An Economy of Explanations; Research on Discounting and Conjunction Effects; Are Person and Situation Causes Inversely Related?; Are Two Reasons Better than One?; Contextual Effects on Dispositional Inferences; The Effects of Added Causes on Ratings; The Effect of Extremity; Theoretical Perspectives
Description / Table of Contents:
Cognitive Bias and Reflection of RealityLogical Relations Among Causes; Analogs with Scientific and Legal Inference; Conclusion; References; 5. Lay Explanations; Research in Lay Explanations; The Etiology or Development of Lay Explanations; The Relationship Between Different Aspects of Lay Explanations; The Function of Lay Explanations; The Stability and Consistency of Lay Explanations; The Consequences of Lay Explanations; The Changing of Lay Explanations; The Manipulation of Lay Explanations; The Structure of Lay Explanations; The Language of Lay Explanations
Description / Table of Contents:
Lay Explanations About Social Science Versus Social Scientists' Beliefs about Lay ExplanationsTheories and Explanations; Lay Explanations of Child Development; Contextual Determinants of Lay Explanation; 1. Language Choices, Codes and High/Low Forms; 2. Grammar and Vocabulary; Others Explaining Oneself to Oneself!; Generality of Feedback; Favorability of Feedback; Test Situation and Procedure; Conclusion; References; 6. A Conversation Approach to Explanation, with Emphasis on Politeness and Accounting; Introduction; Conversation, Contrasts, and Explanatory Relevance
Description / Table of Contents:
Conversation and Politeness
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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