Papers presented at a conference entitled, Self and society: a social cognitive approach, held at University of Washington, July, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Attitudes, behavior, and the self / Peter Burke -- From changing selves toward changing society / Judith A. Howard -- Possible selves and social support : social cognitive resources for coping and striving / Paula Nurius -- Is the road to helping paved with good intentions? or inertia? / Jane A. Piliavin -- Social structure and the moral self / Michael L. Schwalbe -- The production of selves in personal relationships / Philip Blumstein -- Conclusion / Peter L. Callero.
Introduction : the self-society dynamic / Judith A. Howard -- Exploring the relevance of social cognition for the relationship of self and society : linking the cognitive perspective and identity theory / Sheldon Stryker -- Toward a sociology of cognition / Peter L. Callero -- The cerebral self : thinking and planning about identity-relevant activity / Richard T. Serpe -- Growing up : the development and acquisition of social knowledge / Kathleen Carley -- The social contexts of self-feeling / Ralph H. Turner and Victoria Billings -- Self-processes and emotional experiences / Morris Rosenberg -- An affect control view of cognition and emotion / Lynn Smith-Lovin -- The self-concept as a basis for a theory of motivation / Viktor Gecas.