Symbolic Self-completionFirst published in 1982. The problem addressed in this volume is the human pursuit of self-definitions. Self-definitions can vary widely with respect to the context in which they are found, and in regard to who aspires to possess them. Violinist, mother, humanitarian, intellectual, equestrian, and French-speaker are all examples of self-definitions. |
Contents
A Special Part of Human Nature | 3 |
Task Interruption Resumption | 19 |
Symbolic SelfCompletion | 31 |
The Necessity of Social Reality | 51 |
The Constructive Effects of SelfSymbolizing | 66 |
The Decay of Interpersonal Relations | 87 |
The Refusal to Admit to Failure | 109 |
The Attempt to Influence Others | 124 |
The Display of Enduring Symbols | 144 |
CONCEPTUAL ISSUES UNDERLYING THE THEORY | 165 |
Commitment and the Rise of the SelfDefinition | 183 |
The Psychology of Compensation | 208 |
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Author Index | 235 |
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acknowledgement activity Ansbacher asked associated attainment audience Baumeister & Jones behavior chapter cial cognitive dissonance theory concept condition context correlation criterion Debbie definition dependent variable described dimension directed disruption dissonance effect enduring symbols evaluation experiment experimenter feedback further gain given ical idea Ideal Profile implies indicators individual individual's infer influence interaction interruption issue Mahler means measure mother motivated needs Non-Ideal Profile noncommitted objective goal observer one's oneself oriented original task paradigm partner performance perspective persuade physical fitness positive possible potential psychological pursuing question questionnaire regarding registering relevant respondents result self-concept self-defining goal self-definition self-descriptions self-evaluation self-presentation self-report self-symbolizing efforts sense of completeness social comparison theory social psychology social reality social sensitivity someone specific Subjects and Procedure substitute Symbolic Interactionism symbolic interactionist symbolic self-completion symbols of completeness Tesser theoretical theory thinking tion trait variable vintner Wicklund z-scores