A Theory of Action Identification

by Robin R. Vallacher, Daniel M. Wegner

Overview

First published in 1985. A person may be caught in the midst of a patently ridiculous act, interrupted in a moment of apparent confusion, or even aroused from sleep, and yet respond to a query of What are you doing? with remarkable ease. The answer that is given is an identification of action. It is the central idea of this book that such action identifications perform pivotal functions in a broad range of psychological and social processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317767862
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/04/2014
Series:	Basic Studies in Human Behavior Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Illinois Institute of Technology., Trinity University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Overview; Chapter 2 The Theory; Chapter 3 Identity Structures; Chapter 4 Actions in Time; Chapter 5 The Maintenance of Action; Chapter 6 The Emergence of Action; Chapter 7 The Mastery of Action; Chapter 8 Action and the Self; Chapter 9 A Metatheoretical Summary;

Editorial Reviews

"...the book presents an intriguing approach to human behavior, which can tantalize the reader and will certainly stimulate further theorizing and empirical research."
—Contemporary Psychology

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