ISBN:
9781107022706
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (420 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Identity Process Theory : Identity, Social Action and Social Change
DDC:
305
Schlagwort(e):
Group identity..
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Social action..
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Social change
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
World-renowned social psychologists present some of the key developments in identity process theory, examining identity, social action and social change
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction; 1 Social psychological debates about identity; Identity Process Theory; Debates in the social psychology of identity; Psychological social psychology; Sociological social psychology; Epistemological debates in identity research; Methodological diversity in identity research; Identity, social action and social change; Overview of the book; 2 Identity Process Theory: clarifications and elaborations; IPT and the information age; The anathema of orthodoxy
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Identity - personal, social, or just identity?The question of the cultural-specificity and lifespan variation in identity principles; What identity principles?; The problem with threats; Elaboration and clarification concluded; Part II Methodological issues in Identity Process Theory research; 3 Qualitative approaches to research using Identity Process Theory; Context, epistemology and theory in qualitative psychological research; Value and challenges of using qualitative approaches within Identity Process Theory research; Telling what we cannot consciously know?
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Examples of the "(added) value" of qualitative analysesUsing qualitative research to develop Identity Process Theory; Discerning additional identity principles; Emotion in Identity Process Theory; Conclusion; 4 Quantitative approaches to researching identity processes and motivational principles; Operationalizing identity contents and structures; Eliciting identity contents; Approaches to measuring structure; Examining identity processes in action; Investigating change processes; Investigating coping strategies; Evidence for threat; Testing the effects of motivational principles on identity
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Measuring motivational principlesManipulating motivational principles; Identity Process Theory and social representation processes; Conclusions; Part III Integrating theoretical frameworks; 5 On the meaning, validity and importance of the distinction between personal and social identity: a social identity perspectiv; Personal versus social identity: two perspectives; Social identity makes group behavior possible; Identity, social action and social change; Identity links social structure to social action; Power is a dynamic product of social identity processes
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Category definitions shape those who can be mobilized and the limits of collective solidarityCategory content shapes how group members can be mobilized; The representation of social categories is an arena for struggles to shape the future; The psychological group enables shared knowledge; Social representations are a source of stability in self-categorization and social relations; Social power and mobilization give meaning to particular identity combinations; Some final remarks: psychology is not enough; 6 Identity and social representations; Why the focus on social representations?
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The relationship between social representations and the individual
Anmerkung:
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