Toward a Psychology of Situations : An Interactional Perspective

by Magnusson; D.

• ISBN13: 9780898590616
• ISBN10: 0898590612
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1981-09-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ii
Preface	p. ix
Issues	p. 1
Problems in Environmental Analyses--An Introduction	p. 3
Wanted: A Psychology of Situations	p. 9
Actual Environments and Situations	p. 33
Environmental Assessment and Situational Analysis	p. 37
Situation and Generalization in Two Behavioral Domains Donald W. Fiske University of Chicago, Usa	p. 49
The Experimental Study of the Basic Features of Situations	p. 63
Studying Situational Dimensions: A Grand Perspective and Some Limited Empiricism	p. 85
Risky Situations	p. 103
Perceptions of and Reactions to Work Situations: Some Implications of an Action Control Approach	p. 113
Environment and Response	p. 135
Perceived Situations and Environments	p. 147
Perceived Situations and Environments	p. 151
Acknowledgment	p. 167
The Psychological Situation in Social-Learning Theory	p. 178
Knowing More Than We Can Say Leads to Saying More Than We Can Know: On Being Implicitly Informed	p. 179
Acknowledgement	p. 194
The Importance of Cognition and Moderator Variables in Stress	p. 195
Structure of Situation and Action: Some Remarks on Formal Theory of Actions	p. 211
Perceptions of Situations: Situation Prototypes and Person-Situation Prototypes	p. 229
Conclusions: Perceptions of Persons in Situations	p. 242
Conclusions: Perceptions of Persons in Situations	p. 244
Assessing Situations by Assessing Persons	p. 245
Life Situations and Episodes as a Basis for Situational Influence on Action	p. 259
References	p. 267
Psychological Climate: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Research	p. 275
The Perceived Environment in Psychological Theory and Research	p. 297
Acknowledgement	p. 317
Person -Environment Interactions	p. 319
The Role of Situations in Early Psychological Development	p. 323
The Relation of Situations to Behavior	p. 343
Situational Aspects of Interactional Psychology	p. 361
A Model for Studying the Interaction Between the Objective Situation and a Person's Construction of the Situation	p. 375
Acknowledgments	p. 391
Group × Place Transactions: Some Neglected Issues in Psychological Research on Settings	p. 393
Acknowledgment	p. 415
References	p. 417
Author Index	p. 451
Subject Index	p. 461
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