Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif's Psychology
This book is about the life and work of a Turkish-American social scientist, Muzafer Sherif (1905–1988). He was known for his seminal work on norm and group formations, social judgment, and intergroup conflicts and cooperation. Although Sherif is identified as one of the founders of social psychology, his contribution to the science of psychology goes beyond the limits of social psychology as it is generally defined today.

This volume aims to rediscover the theory and research of its subject in the socio-historical context of his time, as well as his relevance for contemporary psychology. Chapters cover a range of topics: an in-depth portrayal of Sherif's life and intellectual struggle in Turkey and in the United States; his metatheoretical considerations on the science of psychology; his theory and research on group and intergroup relationships, social norms and social change; formation and change of frames of reference, ego-involvements and identity; and psychology of slogans.

Sherif had profound life experiences in different cultural contexts from the Ottoman Empire and World War I to American universities, which enabled him to see the essentiality of the historico-cultural context in the formation of human phenomena. Sherif's psychology is an elegant exemplar of an integrative science of psychology that is worth rediscovering.

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Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif's Psychology
This book is about the life and work of a Turkish-American social scientist, Muzafer Sherif (1905–1988). He was known for his seminal work on norm and group formations, social judgment, and intergroup conflicts and cooperation. Although Sherif is identified as one of the founders of social psychology, his contribution to the science of psychology goes beyond the limits of social psychology as it is generally defined today.

This volume aims to rediscover the theory and research of its subject in the socio-historical context of his time, as well as his relevance for contemporary psychology. Chapters cover a range of topics: an in-depth portrayal of Sherif's life and intellectual struggle in Turkey and in the United States; his metatheoretical considerations on the science of psychology; his theory and research on group and intergroup relationships, social norms and social change; formation and change of frames of reference, ego-involvements and identity; and psychology of slogans.

Sherif had profound life experiences in different cultural contexts from the Ottoman Empire and World War I to American universities, which enabled him to see the essentiality of the historico-cultural context in the formation of human phenomena. Sherif's psychology is an elegant exemplar of an integrative science of psychology that is worth rediscovering.

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Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif's Psychology

Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif's Psychology

by Ayfer Dost-Gozkan
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Norms, Groups, Conflict, and Social Change: Rediscovering Muzafer Sherif's Psychology

by Ayfer Dost-Gozkan

Overview

This book is about the life and work of a Turkish-American social scientist, Muzafer Sherif (1905–1988). He was known for his seminal work on norm and group formations, social judgment, and intergroup conflicts and cooperation. Although Sherif is identified as one of the founders of social psychology, his contribution to the science of psychology goes beyond the limits of social psychology as it is generally defined today.

This volume aims to rediscover the theory and research of its subject in the socio-historical context of his time, as well as his relevance for contemporary psychology. Chapters cover a range of topics: an in-depth portrayal of Sherif's life and intellectual struggle in Turkey and in the United States; his metatheoretical considerations on the science of psychology; his theory and research on group and intergroup relationships, social norms and social change; formation and change of frames of reference, ego-involvements and identity; and psychology of slogans.

Sherif had profound life experiences in different cultural contexts from the Ottoman Empire and World War I to American universities, which enabled him to see the essentiality of the historico-cultural context in the formation of human phenomena. Sherif's psychology is an elegant exemplar of an integrative science of psychology that is worth rediscovering.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412855051
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 04/30/2015
Series: History and Theory of Psychology
Pages: 412
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Ayfer Dost-Gözkan is assistant professor of psychology at Özyein University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Doga Sonmez Keith is a developmental psychologist and a history of psychology enthusiast.

Jaan Valsiner is Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword
/Jaan Valsiner

Introduction
Ayfer Dost-Go;zkan and Doga Sonmez Keith


Part I: Early Years: Turkey and the United States

1. A Young Scientist in a Changing World:
/Muzafer Sherif's Early Years
/Sertan Batur

2. Muzafer Sherif in America: Confidence,
/Crisis, and Beyond
/Ersin Aslturk


Part II: Years in the United States after 1945

3. The Sherifs' Long Quest to Keep Social
/Psychology Social
Donald K. Routh

4. Muzafer Sherif in FBI Files
/Sertan Batur

5. Dynamics of Group and Intergroup Relations
/Lucas B. Mazur, Rashmi Nair, and
/Johanna Ray Vollhardt

6. Sherif's Thoughts on Social Science and the Social
/Scientist: Theoretical and Methodological
/Considerations
/Maggie Campbell-Obaid and Katherine Lacasse

7. Social Norms and Social Change
/Caitlin O. Mahoney, Elliot Weiner, and Tierza Loskota


Part III: Contemporary Psychology in Light of
Sherif 's Work

8. Sherif's Historical Role and Current Relevance
for Social/Cultural Psychology
/cidem Katcba

9. Sherif's Perspective on Contemporary Social
/Psychology
/Zachary Beckstead

10. Reflections on Muzafer Sherif's Legacy in Social
/Identity and Self-Categorization Theories
Michael J. Platow, John A. Hunter,
/S. Alexander Haslam, and Stephen D. Reicher

11. Applications and Extensions of Realistic Conflict
Theory: Moral Development and Conflict Prevention
Jessica McKenzie and Gabriel Twose

12. Re-emergence of ar sija: Revisiting Sherif's
/Psychology of Slogans
/Sandina Begi

13. An Integration of Social and Developmental
/Psychology: Sherif's Research with Adolescents
Ayfer Dost-Go;zkan


Conclusion: A Scholar Between and Beyond
/Fathali M. Moghaddam

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