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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451080403321

Autore

Burr Vivien

Titolo

The person in social psychology / / Vivien Burr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-135-43192-2

1-280-10723-5

0-203-98917-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Psychology focus

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Social psychology

Human behavior

Social role - Psychological aspects

Social groups - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 The individual and the social psychology; 2 The social origins of behaviour; 3 Role-taking; 4Groups and the social self; 5 Representations and language; 6 The person in social psychology; Glossary; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The book argues for an understanding of the person where the social world is not a set of variables that affect a pre-existing individual, but is instead the arena where the person becomes formed.