Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior : Building on Jack Brehm's Contributions to Psychology

by Wright, Rex A.; Greenberg, Jeff; Brehm, Sharon S.; Brehm, Jack W.

• ISBN13: 9780805842661
• ISBN10: 0805842667
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2/23/2004
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This book honors Jack W. Brehm's contributions to psychology, all of which revolve around a central theme of motivation and social behavior. It begins with two personal chapters and then presents a collection of cutting-edge, substantive chapters authored by researchers whose work Brehm has strongly influenced. It concludes with a chapter by Jack Brehm that reflects on the field of psychology, discusses a new theory of social influence, and offers ideas about the direction in which our understanding of human behavior could move. Motivational Analyses of Social Behaviorwill be of value to research scientists, educators, and practitioners interested in social motivational processes and those who developed major theories in this area. Interested readers include individuals specializing in social, clinical, organizational, personality, health, and motivational psychology, and psychophysiology. The book would also be ideal for advanced courses on social motivation and the history of psychology.

Author Biography

Dr. Rex A. Wright is Professor of Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Kansas under the direction of Jack Brehm. He is the author of numerous chapters and articles, is a past Fulbright Scholar, and serves regularly as a consultant for professional journals concerned with social psychology, motivation, and psychophysiology.
Dr. Jeff Greenberg is Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Kansas under the direction of Jack Brehm. He is the author of numerous books, chapters, and articles, has served on the editorial board of multiple professional journals, and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Dr. Sharon S. Brehm is Professor of Psychology and Chancellor at Indiana University Bloomington. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University under the direction of Phillip Costanzo. She is the author of numerous books, chapters, and articles, a past Fulbright Scholar, and has served four three-year terms on the Executive Committee of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I: ABOUT JACK
Biographical Sketch and Personal Perspectives	3	(10)
Rex A. Wright
Jeff Greenberg
Sharon S. Brehm
Early Friendship Lasting	13	(6)
Peter Schonbach
PART II: INFLUENCES
Dissonance Theory: History and Progress	19	(20)
Joel Cooper
From Cognitive Dissonance to the Motivational Functions of Emotions	39	(18)
Eddie Harmon-Jones
Self-Awareness, Self-Motives, and Self-Motivation	57	(20)
Paul J. Silvia
Thomas Shelley Duval
Willful Determinism: Exploring the Possibilities of Freedom	77	(20)
Sheldon Solomon
Tom Pyszczynski
Jeff Greenberg
The Role of Distance in Valuing Another Person	97	(10)
Robert A. Wicklund
The Diamond in the Stone: Exploring the Place of Free Behavior in Studies of Human Rights and Culture	107	(22)
Stephen Worchel
Responses to Scarcity: A Commodity Theory Perspective on Reactance and Rumination	129	(20)
Timothy C. Brock
Philip J. Mazzocco
Risk and Reactance: Applying Social-Psychological Theory to the Study of Health Behavior	149	(18)
Frederick X. Gibbons
Meg Gerrard
Elizabeth A. Pomery
From State to Trait and Back Again: Reactance Theory Goes Clinical	167	(20)
Varda Shoham
Sarah E. Trost
Michael J. Rohrbaugh
Ability Perception Determinants of Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response: Mood, Optimism, and Performance Resources	187	(18)
Rex A. Wright
Jason Franklin
The Intensity of Motivation When the Self Is Involved: An Application of Brehm's Theory of Motivation to Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response	205	(20)
Guido H. E. Gendolla
The Self-Regulation of Goal Pursuit	225	(22)
Gabriele Oettingen
Caterina Bulgarella
Marlone Henderson
Peter M. Gollwitzer
PART III: REFLECTIONS
Observations From Mount Oread	247	(10)
Jack W. Brehm
Jack Brehm's PhD Students	257	(2)
Author Index	259	(10)
Subject Index	269