Life-span Perspectives and Social PsychologyRonald P. Abeles First published in 1987. There is a wide gap between life-span research and mainstream social psychology, and this book strikes a bright spark between these poles. promising as a corrective to narrowness and sterility. The chapters reflect a wide variety of approaches in social psychology, as well as considerable breadth in the range of ideas from life-span human development that are brought to bear. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT | 7 |
1IMPLICATIONS OF THE LIFESPAN APPROACH | 17 |
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? | 29 |
WEAK SELFDEFINITION | 35 |
2ATTRIBUTIONS AS DYNAMIC ELEMENTS | 61 |
FOUR FOCI OF LIFESPAN ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH | 67 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 81 |
CROSSSECTIONAL STUDIES OF CONTROL | 106 |
DIFFERENTIATION OF THE CONSTRUCT OF CONTROL | 113 |
5THE SELF IN TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVE | 121 |
DRAMATIC TENSION IN NARRATIVE FORM | 129 |
SUMMARY | 136 |
A MODEL | 144 |
RESEARCH RESULTS | 150 |
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OLDER PERSONS AS TARGETS IN ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH | 87 |
PRINCIPLES RELATED TO ATTRIBUTION AND AGING | 93 |
REFERENCES | 99 |
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