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| Jodi O'Brien | Seattle University |
| © 2011 | 568 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc |
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| Complimentary Review Copy | ||||
| Individual Purchasers | ||||
| Paperback | ISBN: | 9781412979443 | $85.00 | |
| Preface | |
| PART I - Introduction | |
| Essay - What is Real? | O'Brien |
| Islands of Meaning | Eviatar Zerubavel |
| Reality as a Collective Hunch | |
| The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe | Jane Wagner |
| Researching Social Life | |
| Truth, Objectivity and Agreement | Earl Babbie |
| Perspective in Social Science | Charon |
| PART II – Humans Are Symbol Using Creatures | |
| Essay - Shared Meaning in the Foundation of Humanness | O'Brien |
| Symbol Use, Language and Development | |
| A Clue to the Nature of Man | Ernst Cassirer |
| The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | |
| Final Note on a Case of Extreme Isolation | Kingsley Davis |
| Categorization, Language and Culture | |
| Mindlessness | Ellen Langer |
| Metaphors We Live By | George Lakoff and Mark Johnson |
| Racism in the English Language | Robert Moore |
| PART III – Producing Social Selves | |
| Essay - Who Am I? Developing Character | O'Brien |
| The Self as Process of Interaction | |
| Looking Glass Self | Charles Horton Cooley |
| The Self, the I, and the Me | George Herbert Mead |
| Significant Others and Self Development | |
| A Theory of Genius | Thomas Scheff |
| Sissy Boy, Progressive Parents | Daniel Farr |
| Self and Social Context | |
| The Digital Self | Shanyang Zhao |
| Identity Careers of Older Gay Men and Lesbians | Dana Rosenfeld |
| PART IV – Producing Social Identities and Social Scripts | |
| Essay - Learning the Scene | O'Brien |
| Socialization & Reference Groups | |
| The Internalization of Society | Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann |
| Reference Groups as Perspectives | Tamotsu Shibutani |
| Shades of White | Pamela Perry |
| Naming Experience and Learning the Routine | |
| Becoming a Marijuana User | Howard Becker |
| The Development of Feeling Norms Underlying Romantic Love | Robin Simon |
| PART V – Producing Social Order through Interaction | |
| Essay - Meaning is Negotiated Through Interaction | O'Brien |
| Projecting the Definition of the Situation | |
| The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life | Goffman |
| Behavior in Private Places | Joan Emerson |
| Identity, Work, Stigma and Self Presentation in Interaction | |
| Smell, Odor and Somatic Work | Dennis Waskul and Phillip Vannini |
| Panhandling Repertoires and Routines for Overcoming the Nonperson Treatment | Stephen E. Lankenau |
| Being Middle Eastern American | Marvasti |
| Emotional Labor and Emotional Capital | |
| The Managed Heart | Arlie Hochschild |
| Shaping the Selves of Young Salespeople through Emotional Labor | David Schweingruber and Nancy Berns |
| PART VI – The Social Production of Reality | |
| Essay - Building and Breaching Reality | O'Brien |
| A Theory of Reality | |
| The Machineries of Universe Maintenance | Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann |
| Five Features of Reality | Hugh Mehan and Houston Wood |
| A Conception of and Experiments with “Trust” as a Condition of Concerted Stable Actions | Harold Garfinkel |
| Self-Fulfilling Prophecies | |
| Self-Fulfilling Prophecies | Paul Watzlawick |
| When Belief Creates Reality | Mark Snyder |
| The Social Production of the Cultural Status Quo | |
| Consuming Terrorism | David Altheide |
| Common Knowledge and the Law | Ewick & Sibley |
| The Social Production of Difference and Inequalities | |
| Status Inequality and Close Relationships | Scott Harris |
| The Persistence of Gender Inequality in Employment | Cecilia Ridgeway |
| VII - Social Life is Messy: Ambiguity, Complexity and Contradictions | |
| Essay - Boundaries and Contradictions | |
| Contradictions and Conflict in Self Production | |
| Double Consciousness and the Veil | W.E. B. DuBois |
| Wrestling the Angel of Contradiction | O'Brien |
| Contested Selves in Divorce Proceedings | Hopper |
| Complexities in Cultural Production | |
| God's Heart has no Borders | Hondagneu-Sotelo |
| Talking Back | Bell Hooks |
| Epilogue |
| Jodi O'Brien | Seattle University |
| © 2011 | 568 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc |
| ISBN: 9781412979443 | Paperback | Suggested Retail Price: $85.00 | Bookstore Price: $68.00 |
A unique combination of original “framing” essays and eclectic readings immerse students in the puzzles of contemporary social psychology
Featuring a new emphasis on how to be awake in the world and how to better see the patterns we use to make sense of our own lives, this Fifth Edition of Jodi O’Brien’s popular book introduces the major theories, concepts, and perspectives of contemporary social psychology in a uniquely engaging manner. Compelling original essays that introduce relevant concepts are followed by a wide-ranging set of readings. By grounding social psychology in student experiences and explaining theories through stories and narratives, this one-of-a-kind book helps students understand the forces that shape their feelings, thoughts, and actions.
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