Social Psychology in Transition

1. Research Response

   1. On the Architecture of Intersubjectivity

      • Ragnar Rommetveit

      Pages 201-214

   2. Critique

      • Frances E. Aboud

      Pages 215-218

   3. Critique

      • Peter Schönbach

      Pages 219-221

   4. Social Psychology and Cultural Analysis

      • Harry C. Triandis

      Pages 223-241

   5. Critique

      • J. W. Berry

      Pages 243-246

   6. Critique

      • Gustav Jahoda

      Pages 247-251

   7. Beyond Attribution Theory

      • Richard deCharms, Dennis J. Shea

      Pages 253-267

   8. Critique

      • John T. Partington

      Pages 269-274

   9. Critique

      • Caryll Steffens

      Pages 275-279

   10. Exit, Voice, and Intergroup Relations

       • Henri Tajfel

       Pages 281-304

2. Alternative Futures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305

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   2. The “Power Structure” in Social Psychology

      • Lloyd H. Strickland, Frances E. Aboud, Kenneth J. Gergen

      Pages 307-316

   3. Critique

      • Ian Lubek

      Pages 317-333

   4. Research Methods and the Future

      • André C. deCarufel

      Pages 335-346

3. Back Matter

   Pages 347-361

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Emergence of Individual Differences in Social Context ROBERT B. ZAJONC A priest who was a heavy smoker once asked his bishop if it was all right if he smoked while praying. Appalled, the bishop chastised the priest for the very thought of soiling the solemn moment of prayer with such a filthy habit. Some years passed and the bishop came again through our priest's parish. And our tormented priest asked again about his predicament. But he asked a somewhat different question: "Your excellency," he said, "is it all right to pray while smoking?" There was no hesitation in the bishop's answer. "Of course!" he said. "There is nothing in the world that should keep you from praying. You can always pray, my son. You should miss no opportunity to pray. Whenever you wish to pray, by all means pray!" The relationship between individual differences and social psychology is roughly the same as between smoking and praying. Many social psychologists, and especially experimental social psycholOgists, are openly disdainful of individ­ ual difference variables. They avoid them in their studies and refuse to incor­ porate them in theories. The reasons for their (and we really should say "my" because the author is no exception in this matter) attitude are not obvious.

• Attribution
• Mode
• behavior
• conflict
• experiment
• motivation
• psychology
• social psychology

• Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  Lloyd H. Strickland

• McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  Frances E. Aboud

• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, USA

  Kenneth J. Gergen

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