Self and Social Identity

by Brewer, Marilynn B.; Hewstone, Miles

• ISBN13: 9781405110693
• ISBN10: 1405110694
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The study of the interplay between the individual self and collective selves is an arena of rich theory and research in social psychology. Self and Social Identity is a collection of readings from the four-volume set of Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology that examine how group memberships shape the content of the individual's self concept and how the sense of self is expanded as a consequence of identification with other individuals and the group as a whole. The readings have been selected to provide a representative sampling of exciting research and theory on self and identity that is both comprehensive and current and cross-cuts the levels of analysis from intrapersonal to intergroup. The book is organized around two broad themes: self and identity, exploring the self as a product of interpersonal and group processes; and group identities, illustrating some of the phenomena associated with representing a group or social category as a collective.

Author Biography

Marilynn B. Brewer is Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University. Her primary research interests include social cognition, intergroup relations, and social identities and the self concept. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including Intergroup Relations (with Norman Miller, 1996) and has served as President of the American Psychological Association and as editor of the journal Personality and Social Psychology.

Miles Hewstone is Professor of Social Psychology at Oxford University. His current research interests include the reduction of intergroup conflict, intergroup contact, and the social influence of majorities and minorities. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Introduction to Social Psychology (edited with Wolfgang Stroebe and Geoffrey M. Stephenson, Third Edition 2001). He is founding co-editor of the European Review of Social Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction to this Volume	xi
Part I: Self and Identity	1	(142)
Introduction	3	(2)
Self-concept and Identity	5	(20)
Daphna Oyserman
Identity Through Time: Constructing Personal Pasts and Futures	25	(27)
Michael Ross
Roger Buehler
An Evolutionary-Psychological Approach to Self-esteem: Multiple Domains and Multiple Functions	52	(26)
Lee A. Kirkpatrick
Bruce J. Ellis
Is Loving the Self Necessary for Loving Another? An Examination of Identity and Intimacy	78	(21)
W. Keith Campbell
Roy F. Baumeister
Self-expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships and Beyond	99	(25)
Arthur Aron
Elaine N. Aron
Christina Norman
Psychological Consequences of Devalued Identities	124	(19)
Jennifer Crocker
Diane M. Quinn
Part II: Group Identities	143	(176)
Introduction	145	(2)
Collective Identity: Group Membership and Self-conception	147	(35)
Dominic Abrams
Michael A. Hogg
It Takes Two to Tango: Relating Group Identity to Individual Identity within the Framework of Group Development	182	(21)
Stephen Worchel
Dawna Coutant
Social Categorization, Depersonalization, and Group Behavior	203	(29)
Michael A. Hogg
The Psychology of Crowd Dynamics	232	(27)
Stephen Reicher
The Social Identity Perspective in Intergroup Relations: Theories, Themes, and Controversies	259	(19)
John C. Turner
Katherine J. Reynolds
The Social Psychology of Minority-Majority Relations	278	(20)
Bernd Simon
Birgit Aufderheide
Claudia Kampmeier
Toward Reduction of Prejudice: Intergroup Contact and Social Categorization	298	(21)
Marilynn B. Brewer
Samuel L. Gaertner
Author Index	319	(14)
Subject Index	333