Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Introduction: The self–society dynamic
- 1 Exploring the relevance of social cognition for the relationship of self and society: Linking the cognitive perspective and identity theory
- 2 Toward a sociology of cognition
- 3 The cerebral self: Thinking and planning about identity-relevant activity
- 4 Growing up: The development and acquisition of social knowledge
- 5 The social contexts of self-feeling
- 6 Self-processes and emotional experiences
- 7 An affect control view of cognition and emotion
- 8 The self-concept as a basis for a theory of motivation
- 9 Attitudes, behavior, and the self
- 10 From changing selves toward changing society
- 11 Possible selves and social support: Social cognitive resources for coping and striving
- 12 Is the road to helping paved with good intentions? Or inertia?
- 13 Social structure and the moral self
- 14 The production of selves in personal relationships
- 15 Conclusion
- Indexes
1 - Exploring the relevance of social cognition for the relationship of self and society: Linking the cognitive perspective and identity theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Introduction: The self–society dynamic
- 1 Exploring the relevance of social cognition for the relationship of self and society: Linking the cognitive perspective and identity theory
- 2 Toward a sociology of cognition
- 3 The cerebral self: Thinking and planning about identity-relevant activity
- 4 Growing up: The development and acquisition of social knowledge
- 5 The social contexts of self-feeling
- 6 Self-processes and emotional experiences
- 7 An affect control view of cognition and emotion
- 8 The self-concept as a basis for a theory of motivation
- 9 Attitudes, behavior, and the self
- 10 From changing selves toward changing society
- 11 Possible selves and social support: Social cognitive resources for coping and striving
- 12 Is the road to helping paved with good intentions? Or inertia?
- 13 Social structure and the moral self
- 14 The production of selves in personal relationships
- 15 Conclusion
- Indexes
Summary
Introduction: Context and limits
The topic of the working conference on self and society is premised on a fundamental theme in the “Two Social Psychologies” literature (Stryker, 1977; House, 1977; Cartwright, 1979; Stephan & Stephan, 1985). The literature argues the considerable costs attending the mutual ignorance characterizing the social psychologies produced by sociologists and by psychologists. It argues that much could be gained were practitioners of each social psychology familiar with the theories, conceptualizations, and findings of the other social psychology and were they to recognize those theories, conceptualizations, and findings in their own theorizing and research.
The conference topic asks participants to consider the relevance of the social cognitive perspective for sociological conceptions of the relationships of self and society. Since the social cognitive perspective per se characterizes contemporary psychological social psychology – Markus and Zajonc (1985: 137) go so far as to assert that contemporary social psychology is defined as the study of the social mind – and interest in the self-society relationship is fundamental to sociological social psychology, the conveners of this conference in defining its topic point participants to a focus on the potential contributions of contemporary theorizing and research in psychological social psychology to the sociological variety of social psychology.
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- The Self-Society DynamicCognition, Emotion and Action, pp. 19 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991
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