Social Psychological Threat Research: A Review and Assessment
Abstract
The paper reviews the principal contributions of social-psychologists to threat research. Threats are conceptualized within the broader context of social interaction where one party seeks influence over another; in effect, threats or threat processes are just one of numerous forms of 'influence' interaction. Ramsey classifies the research of such scholars as J.T. Tedeschi and Morton Deutsch into four distinctive areas of inquiry: (1) the characteristics of the source of the threat; (2) the different means of conveying the threat from one party to the other; (3) selected characteristics of the target of the threat; and, (4) the impact threat processes have on a wider range of social interaction (e.g., negotiation processes, coalition formation)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0777979
Entities
People
- George H. Ramsey Jr.
Organizations
- University of Southern California