<p><i>"...the book presents an intriguing approach to human behavior, which can tantalize the reader and will certainly stimulate further theorizing and empirical research."</i><br />—<b><i>Contemporary Psychology</i></b></p>

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.
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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;
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Product details

ISBN
9780898596175
Published
1985-08-01
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight
660 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
UP, G, UU, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
268

Biographical note

Illinois Institute of Technology., Trinity University.