Judgments of Responsibility: A Foundation for a Theory of Social Conduct

by Bernard Weiner

Book Overview

Presenting a general theory of social motivation, this compelling work integrates research on achievement evaluation, stigmatization, helping behavior, aggression, and impression management. Bernard Weiner examines how responsibility inferences are reached, the manner in which such judgments affect emotions, and the role that "cold" judgments of responsibility versus "hot" feelings, such as anger, play in producing both pro- and antisocial behaviors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898628431
• ISBN13: 9780898628432
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"