Lay Epistemics and Human Knowledge Cognitive and Motivational Bases
Whatever your reasons, kind reader, for reading these words,-what ever your premises about forewords, whatever the epistemic motivation with which you approach them-Iet me urge you to turn immediately to Kruglanski's first chapter and skim it. If any enthusiasm for sodal psy chology flows in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
| Series: | Perspectives in Social Psychology
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Lay Epistemic Framework: Its History and Scope
- 2. Knowing All: A Theory of Lay Epistemics
- 3. Empirical Research in the Lay Epistemic Framework
- 4. Unique and Nonunique Aspects of Attributions
- 5. A Bridge to Consistency Theories
- 6. Attitudes as Knowledge Structures
- 7. Further Domains of Application: Social Comparison Processes and Minority-Influence Phenomena
- 8. The Issue of Accuracy in Social Perception and Cognition
- 9. Knowing How to Cure: Implications for Cognitive Therapy
- 10. The Social Psychology of Science: On the Lay Epistemic Underpinnings of Research Methodology
- References
- Author Index