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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2013
      28 March 1999
      ISBN:
      9780511571206
      9780521641074
      9780521646727
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571206
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.77kg, 482 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 484 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social Psychology, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest
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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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    "The surprises in these papers come, not only from the ideas themselves, but also from the expression of the ideas. The reader's pleasure thus derives from encountering excellent, innovative ideas joined with extraordinary writing. These papers reveal a richness of language rarely encountered in scientific writing in psychology." APA Review of Books

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