Conformity, Attitude Toward Authority, and Social Class
Author : Alison Carol Welter
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Authority
ISBN :
Author : Alison Carol Welter
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Authority
ISBN :
Author : Alison Carol Welter
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Authority
ISBN :
Author : Melvin Kohn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 29,11 MB
Release : 1989-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226450260
First published in 1969 and augmented by the author with a new essay in 1977, Class and Conformity remains a model of sociological craftsmanship. Kohn's work marshals evidence from three studies to show a decided connection between social class and values. He emphasizes that occupation fosters either self-direction or conformity in people, depending upon the amount of freedom from supervision, the complexity of the task, and the variety of the work that the job entails. The extent of parents' self-direction on the job further determines the value placed on self-direction for the children; this, Kohn finds, is the most critical and pervasive factor distingushing children raised in different socioeconomic classes.--Back cover.
Author : Stanley Milgram
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0062803409
A part of Harper Perennial’s special “Resistance Library” highlighting classic works that illuminate our times: A special edition reissue of Stanley Milgram’s landmark examination of humanity’s susceptibility to authoritarianism. “The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.” — Washington Post Book World In the 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that forever changed our perceptions of morality and free will. The subjects—or “teachers”—were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human “learner,” with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. Controversial but now strongly vindicated by the scientific community, these experiments attempted to determine to what extent people will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. “Milgram’s experiments on obedience have made us more aware of the dangers of uncritically accepting authority,” wrote Peter Singer in the New York Times Book Review. With an introduction from Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who conducted the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, Obedience to Authority is Milgram’s fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.
Author : Ezequiel Morsella
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0195309987
In the last decade, there has been a tremendous surge of research on the mechanisms of human action. This volume brings together this new knowledge in a single, concise source, covering most if not all of the basic questions regarding human action: What are the mechanisms by which action plans are acquired (learned), mentally represented, activated, selected, and expressed? The chapters provide up-to-date summaries of the published research on this question, with an emphasis on underlying mechanisms.This 'bible' of action research brings together the current thinking of eminent researchers in the domains of motor control, behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, biology, as well as cognitive, developmental, social, and motivational psychology. It represents a determined multidisciplinary effort, spanning across various areas of science as well as national boundaries.
Author : Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 21,86 MB
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1479810177
Bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity We live in an era of tribalism, polarization, and intense social division—separating people along lines of religion, political conviction, race, ethnicity, and sometimes gender. How did this happen? In Conformity, Cass R. Sunstein argues that the key to making sense of living in this fractured world lies in understanding the idea of conformity—what it is and how it works—as well as the countervailing force of dissent. An understanding of conformity sheds new light on many issues confronting us today: the role of social media, the rise of fake news, the growth of authoritarianism, the success of Donald Trump, the functions of free speech, debates over immigration and the Supreme Court, and much more. Lacking information of our own and seeking the good opinion of others, we often follow the crowd, but Sunstein shows that when individuals suppress their own instincts about what is true and what is right, it can lead to significant social harm. While dissenters tend to be seen as selfish individualists, dissent is actually an important means of correcting the natural human tendency toward conformity and has enormous social benefits in reducing extremism, encouraging critical thinking, and protecting freedom itself. Sunstein concludes that while much of the time it is in the individual’s interest to follow the crowd, it is in the social interest for individuals to say and do what they think is best. A well-functioning democracy depends on it.
Author : Michael A Hogg
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2007-03-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1446204774
`This Volume is everything one would want from a one-volume handbook′ - Choice Magazine In response to market demand, The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology: Concise Student Edition has been published and represents a slimmer (16 chapters in total), more course focused and student-friendly volume. The editors and authors have also updated all references, provided chapter introductions and summaries and a new Preface outlining the benefits of using the Handbook as an upper level teaching resource. It will prove indispensable reading for all upper level and graduate students studying social psychology.
Author : United States. Office of Naval Research
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Author : Jennifer Walinga
Publisher : Hasanraza Ansari
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release :
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
This book is designed to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level. The focus on behaviour and empiricism has produced a text that is better organized, has fewer chapters, and is somewhat shorter than many of the leading books. The beginning of each section includes learning objectives; throughout the body of each section are key terms in bold followed by their definitions in italics; key takeaways, and exercises and critical thinking activities end each section.
Author : Charles A. Kiesler
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Conformity
ISBN :