Constructing Social Psychology: Creative and Critical Aspects
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This collection of papers by William J. McGuire reports research on the phenomenal self, revealing how we selectively perceive ourselves and other complex stimuli in terms of distinctive or atypical features, often noticing what is missing rather than what is there. The content, structure, and processing of thought systems surrounding the self and other complex stimuli are shown to function by balancing logical consistency, realistic coping, and hedonic gratification. Attitude change and social influence processes are described, with particular attention given to the personality correlates of persuasability, how beliefs can be immunized against persuasion, how persuasive communications affect beliefs, and how people can be persuaded by Socratic questioning that does not give them new information but rather directs their attention to information they already have. Also reported are findings on language and thought, psychology and history, and techniques of creative thinking in psychology and other fields.
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Sources are more effective in influencing others when they are perceived as in-group members and as credible, trustworthy, powerful and/or attractive.
“Sources are more effective in influencing others when they are perceived as in-group members92 and as credible, trustworthy, powerful and/or attractive188.”
From Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts (2022) · cites this paper as [188]
Although source, message, channel, receiver and target variables have been studied for approximately 70 years, we still know fairly little about how they interact with one another.
“although source, message, channel, receiver and target variables have been studied for approximately 70 years188,189, we still know fairly little about how they interact with one another.”
From Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts (2022) · cites this paper as [188]
Ideological and issue polarization, partisan alignment, and affective polarization depend on who, what and how, that is, the source of communication, the particulars of the message and the channel or platform of transmission.
“ideological and issue polarization, partisan alignment, and affective polarization (like all other outcomes of social influence) depend on who, what and how, that is, the source of communication, the particulars of the message and the channel or platform of transmission20,188–190.”
From Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts (2022) · cites this paper as [188]
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- Authors
- McGuire, W.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- McGuire, William
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 1999-03-28
- OpenAlex
- W4240759583
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychology of Social Influence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Keywords
- self-perception, self-concept, selective perception, attitude change, social influence, persuasive communication, Socratic questioning, language and thought, history and psychology, creative thinking
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