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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480671703321

Autore

Wrightsman Lawrence S., Jr

Titolo

Assumptions about Human Nature [[electronic resource] ] : Implications for Researchers and Practitioners

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 1991

ISBN

1-4522-5334-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Disciplina

150

Soggetti

Attitude (Psychology)

Human Nature

Psychology

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Pervasiveness of Assumptions about Human Nature; Chapter 2 - The Historical Background of Assumptions about Human Nature; Chapter 3 - Conceptualizing Philosophies of Human Nature; Chapter 4 - Measurement of Philosophies of Human Nature; Chapter 5 - Group Differences; Chapter 6 - Relationship of Philosophies of Human Nature to Attitude, Personality, and Aptitude Variables; Chapter 7 - Relationship of Philosophies of Human Nature to Interpersonal Behavior; Chapter 8 - Determinants of Philosophies of Human Nature

Chapter 9 - The Zeitgeist and Philosophies of Human Nature, or, Where Did All the Idealistic, Imperturbable Freshmen Go?Chapter 10 - Philosophies of Human Nature: How Much Change is Possible?; Chapter 11 - A Time for Taking Stock; Appendix A: PHN Scale, in its Usual Format; Appendix B: PHN Subscale Items, Grouped by Subscale; Appendix C: Revised Subscales for PHN Scale; Appendix D: Behavior Insight Test; Appendix E: Interpretations of Government Policy Scale; Appendix F: Stack's Trust Rating Scale; Appendix G: Children's PHN Scale; Appendix H: Chi-Square Comparisons of CSQ Data; References

Name IndexSubject Index; About the Authors



Sommario/riassunto

Our suppositions about human nature colour everything from the way we bargain with a used-car dealer to our expectations about further conflict in the Middle East. Our assumptions about human nature underlie our reactions to specific events. Wrightsman designed this second edition of his book to enhance our understanding of many significant issues about human nature, including the relationship of attitudes to behaviour, the unidimensionality of attitudes and the influence of social movements on beliefs.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910370257603321

Autore

Calzavarini Fabrizio

Titolo

Brain and the Lexicon : The Neural Basis of Inferential and Referential Competence / / by Fabrizio Calzavarini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-27588-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Collana

Studies in Brain and Mind, , 1573-4536 ; ; 15

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Cognitive grammar

Neuropsychology

Philosophy of Mind

Cognitive Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Formal semantics and the problem of word meaning -- Chapter 2. The structure of inferential competence -- Chapter 3. The structure of referential competence -- Chapter 4. Functional dissociation -- Chapter 5. Anatomical dissociation -- Chapter 6. The neural substrates of inferential and referential competence -- Chapter 7. Inferential and referential competence and the Embodied Framework -- Chapter 8. Dual pictures of semantic cognition? -- Chapter 9 Conclusions.



Sommario/riassunto

This monograph offers a novel, neurocognitive theory concerning words and language. It explores the distinction between inferential and referential semantic competence. The former accounts for the relationship of words among themselves, the latter for the relationship of words to the world. The author discusses this distinction at the level of the human brain on both theoretical and neuroscientific grounds. In addition, this investigation considers the relation between the inf/ref neurocognitive theory and other accounts of semantic cognition proposed in the field of neurosemantics, as well as some potential implications of the theory for clinical neuroscience and the philosophy of semantics. Overall, the book offers an important contribution to the debate about lexical semantic competence. It combines a strong philosophical and linguistic background with a comprehensive and critical analysis of neurosemantic literature. Topics discussed lie at the intersection of philosophical semantics, linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology. Due to its interdisciplinary orientation, coverage is rich in introductory remarks and not overly technical, therefore it is accessible to non-experts as well.