UID:
almahu_9949385264602882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xix, 308 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9781003030898
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1003030890
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9781000453997
,
1000453995
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9781000454000
,
1000454002
Serie:
Frontiers of social psychology
Inhalt:
"This ground-breaking book introduces a new model of extremism that emphasizes motivational imbalance among individual needs, offering a unique multidisciplinary exploration of extreme behaviors relating to terrorism, dieting, sports, love, addictions, and money. In popular discourse, the term 'extremism' has come to mean largely 'violent extremism', but this is just one of many different types: extreme sports, extreme diets, political and religious extremisms, extreme self-interest, extreme attitudes, extreme devotion to a cause, addiction to substances, or behavioral addiction (to videogames, shopping, pornography, sex, work). But do these descriptions have a deeper meaning? Do they reveal a common psychological dynamic? Or are they merely a mode of things about phenomena that have little in common? Bringing together world-leading psychologists from a variety of disciplines, the book uses a brand-new model to examine different expressions of extremism, at different levels of analysis (brain, hormones, behavior), in order to not merely to describe such behaviors but also to explain their occurrence, and the conditions under which they may be likely to emerge. Also including suggestions for ways in which extremism could be counteracted, and to what extent it appears to be harmful to individuals and society, this is essential reading for students and academics in psychology and behavioral sciences"--
Anmerkung:
The Psychology of Extremism -- Extremism as a Motivational Construct -- Consequences of Motivational Imbalance -- The Present Volume: Motivational Imbalance Across Domains and Levels of Analysis -- Part 1 Motivational Imbalance at Different Levels of Analysis -- 1 Incentive Salience in Irrational Miswanting and Extreme Motivation -- 2 Attitudinal Extremism -- 3 On Extreme Behavior and Outcomes: The Role of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion -- 4 The Extreme Group -- 5 Masters of Both: Balancing the Extremes of Innovation Through Tight-Loose Ambidexterity -- 6 The Evolution of Extremism -- Part 2 Motivational Imbalance Across Domains of Human Endeavor -- 7 The Psychology of Extreme Sports -- 8 The Psychology of Greed -- 9 Moral, Extreme, and Positive: What Are the Key Issues for the Study of the Morally Exceptional? -- 10 The Social Psychology of Violent Extremism -- 11 Motivational Imbalance in Jihadi Online Recruitment -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Psychology of extremism New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367467623
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003030898
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