Reflecting the many contributions of Muzafer Sherif to social
psychology during the past thirty years, this volume presents
selections from among Sherif's most widely known essays and
provides a systematic overview of his evolving interests, concepts,
methods and research findings. Twenty-five essays are divided into
five sections according to content; the theoretical and
methodological problems at the heart of Sherif's work; the
experimental model for interaction process and products; problems
of self and reference groups; concepts, attitudes and
ego-involvements; and contributions to problems of in-group and
intergroup relations through experimental and field research.
Though the selections range over a broad spectrum each is
characterized by the precise and incisive work techniques Sherif
devised as well as by its intrinsic relevance to significant
issues. Sherif writes to clarify theory, to define conceptual
tools, and to use tools and theory to demonstrate the substantive
results of his researches. Each research finding is added to its
predecessors as the author advances to his goal of a social
psychology that is consistent as it moves from the most basic
psychological processes to the complexities of individual
involvement in collective activity "Muzafer Sherif" was born and
raised in Turkey and came to America during the Second World War
after the U.S. State Department helped release him from Turkish
jail for speaking out against the Nazi movement. He became on of
the world's foremost social psychologists, writing some twenty-four
books and sixty articles. He was the recipient of many awards,
including the 1967 Kurt Lewin Award and the inaugural Cooley-Mead
Award, and served in many roles, most notably professor and
director of the Psychosocial Studies Program at Penn State
University. He is recognized as the founder of social judgment
theory. Many of his classic books such as "The Psychology of Social
Norms" (1936) and "Conflict and Cooperation: The Robbers Cave
Experiment" (1961) remain in print. He died in 1988. "Augustine
Brannigan" is professor of sociology at the University of Calgary
and author of "The Rise and Fall of Social Psychology" published by
AldineTransaction in 2004.
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