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Jerome Bruner on Social World - Dictionary of Arguments
Haslam I 238 Social world/information/stereotypes/complexity/Bruner: thesis: (Bruner 1957)(1): BrunerVsTradition: social perceivers are not hampered by too much information about the social world but by too little. Tradition: Walter Lippmann (1922)(2), but also (…) William James (…) famously wrote about the world as a ‘blooming buzzing confusion’ (James, 1890(3): 488), many psychologists believe that social perceivers are challenged by a confrontingly complex world and that, as a result, they need to shut some of this confusion out (even at the risk of oversimplifying it). >Simplification/psychological theories. McGartyVsTradition: social perceivers instead seek to add to their stock of knowledge; (…) they seek out subtleties and concealed insights. >Illusory correlation/McGarty. 1. Bruner, J.S. (1957) ‘On perceptual readiness’, Psychological Review, 64: 123–52. 2. Lippmann, W. (1922) Public Opinion. New York: Harcourt Brace. 3. James, W. (1890) Principles of Psychology. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Craig McGarty, „Stereotype Formation. Revisiting Hamilton and Gifford’s illusory correlation studies“, in: Joanne R. Smith and S. Alexander Haslam (eds.) 2017. Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Bruner, Jerome Haslam I S. Alexander Haslam Joanne R. Smith Social Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2017 |
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