Explanations, Accounts, and Illusions: A Critical Analysis - Rilegato

McClure, John

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ISBN 10: 0521385326 ISBN 13: 9780521385329

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Riassunto

A survey of the major viewpoints in social psychology concerning peoples's self-awareness, explanations of their actions, cognitive illusions and self-misunderstandings.

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Descrizione del libro

Provides a lucid survey of the major viewpoints in social psychology concerning peoples's self-awareness, their explanations of their actions, and cognitive illusions and self-misunderstandings. It examines American and European models of social cognition. It describes the nature of the misperceptions and cognitive distortions that underlie psychological disorders, and that contribute to people's failure to achieve their potential.

Contenuti

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Paradigms of explanation; 3. Consciousness and illusions: critical perspectives; 4. Self-perception and social cognition; 5. New accounts: ethogenics and hermeneutics; 6. Self-presentation and discourse analysis; 7. Illusions, control and helplessness; 8. Phenomenological, cognitive and linguistic therapies; 9. Discounting and dialectics: contradictions in explanations; 10. Conclusions; References; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521385326
• ISBN 13: 9780521385329
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile