The Social Influence Processes

The Social Influence Processes

Author: James T. Tedeschi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1351473980

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Social psychologists have always been concerned with two-person interactions and the factors enabling one person to gain dominance. Although social psychology has devised a revolutionary set of techniques to investigate the phenomenon of power, hypotheses are too often ambiguously stated, research programs end in cul-de-sacs, and experiments take on the character of one-shot studies. In an attempt to stimulate new directions in research and to provide cumulative emphasis on the development of scientific theory in the area of power relations, Tedeschi has assembled original and path breaking essays from a dozen outstanding scholars and researchers in the behavioral sciences. More tightly integrated than leading books in the field of power relations, The Social Influence Processes focuses on two-person interactions. A full explanation of the terms "power" and "influence" is followed by an analysis of the major variables in connections between two persons that must be taken into account in a scientific theory of social influence. The subsequent chapters respond to the categories established, attempting a comprehensive construction of social reality and offering suggestions and techniques for measuring and ordering its complexity. Particular areas of research and theory are isolated for consideration in depth--such topics as personality as a power construct (Power and Personality by Henry L. Minton), influence in exchange theory (The Tactical Use of Social Power by Andrew Michener and Robert W. Suchner), and leadership through charisma (Interpersonal Attraction and Social Influence by Elaine Walster and Darcy Abrahams). In the final chapter, Tedeschi, Thomas Bonoma, and Barry R. Schlenker attempt to provide a general theory of social influence processes as they affect the target individual by reviewing the research literature in their own theoretical terms. This remarkable volume will be of interest to students as well


Social Influence

Social Influence

Author: Joseph P. Forgas

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1317710290

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Social influence processes play a key role in human behavior. Arguably our extraordinary evolutionary success has much to do with our subtle and highly developed ability to interact with and influence each other. In this volume, leading international researchers review and integrate contemporary theory and research on the many ways people influence each other, considering both explicit, direct, and implicit, indirect influence strategies. Three sections examine fundamental processes and theory in social influence research, the role of cognitive processes and strategies in social influence phenomena, and the operation of social influence mechanisms in group settings. By applying the latest research to a wide range of interpersonal phenomena, this volume greatly advances our understanding of social influence mechanisms in strategic social interaction, and should be of interest to all students, researchers and practitioners interested in the dynamics of everyday interpersonal behavior.


The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence

The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence

Author: Stephen G. Harkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0199859876

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The Oxford Handbook of Social Influence restores this important field to its once preeminent position within social psychology. Editors Harkins, Williams, and Burger lead a team of leading scholars as they explore a variety of topics within social influence, seamlessly incorporating a range of analyses (including intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intragroup), and examine critical theories and the role of social influence in applied settings today.


The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology

The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology

Author: Michael A Hogg

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2007-03-26

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1446204774

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`This Volume is everything one would want from a one-volume handbook′ - Choice Magazine In response to market demand, The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology: Concise Student Edition has been published and represents a slimmer (16 chapters in total), more course focused and student-friendly volume. The editors and authors have also updated all references, provided chapter introductions and summaries and a new Preface outlining the benefits of using the Handbook as an upper level teaching resource. It will prove indispensable reading for all upper level and graduate students studying social psychology.


The Science of Social Influence

The Science of Social Influence

Author: Anthony R. Pratkanis

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2011-02-25

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1136737030

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The contributions to this volume capture the thrill of current work on social influence, as well as providing a tutorial on the scientific and technical aspects of this research. The volume teaches the student to: Learn how to conduct lab, field and case research on social influence through example by leading researchers Find out about the latest discoveries including the status of research on social influence tactics, dissonance theory, conformity, and resistance to influence Discover how seemingly complex issues such as power, rumors, group and minority influence and norms can be investigated using the scientific method Apply knowledge to current influence campaigns to find out what works and what does not. The Science of Social Influence is the perfect core or complementary text for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in courses such as Attitudes and Attitude Change, Communications, Research Methods and, of course, Social Influence.


Social Influence

Social Influence

Author: John C. Turner

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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When do we want people to agree with us and when do we not want people to agree with us? How can we convince someone that their views are wrong? Such questions are raised by SOCIAL INFLUENCE. This milestone text provides both a straightforward introduction to the topic of social influence for the beginning student and a sophisticated theoretical analysis of social influence processes for the more knowledgeable reader. The author summarizes a vast literature, integrating many differing views on social influence in a coherent and meaningful pattern. He reevaluates and reinterprets the findings of many classic studies, into an integrative self-categorization theory, which may resolve many inconsistencies in the literature and account for a diverse set of social influence phenomena.


The Psychology of Social Influence

The Psychology of Social Influence

Author: Gordon Sammut

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1108416373

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Theoretically different modalities of social influence are set out and a blueprint for the study of socio-political dynamics is delivered.


Communication and Social Influence Processes

Communication and Social Influence Processes

Author: Charles R. Berger

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13:

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Communication and Social Influence Processes examines the relationships between verbal and nonverbal communicative activity and social influence processes in a new light. The authors of the eight essays contained in this work have abandoned the narrow constraints of the standard experimental paradigm, and move toward redefining the relationships between communication and social influence processes. This volume does not look at the social influence venue as one in which a single source disseminates a message to an audience -- as an individual presenting a public speech. Instead, social influence is viewed from a broad array of perspectives, including individual-level processes like cognition, language, and personality; interaction-based processes like deception, compliance-gaining, and social exchange; and macro social network interactions.