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Assumptions about Human Nature
Implications for Researchers and Practitioners

Second Edition

Lawrence S. Wrightsman - University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

Other Titles in:
Developmental Psychology (General)

December 1991 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Our suppositions about human nature colour everything from the way we bargain with a used-car dealer to our expectations about further conflict in the Middle East. Our assumptions about human nature underlie our reactions to specific events. Wrightsman designed this second edition of his book to enhance our understanding of many significant issues about human nature, including the relationship of attitudes to behaviour, the unidimensionality of attitudes and the influence of social movements on beliefs.

The Pervasiveness of Assumptions about Human Nature

The Historical Background of Assumptions about Human Nature

Conceptualizing Philosophies of Human Nature

Measurement of Philosophies of Human Nature

Group Differences

Relationship of Philosophies of Human Nature to Attitude, Personality, and Aptitude Variables

Relationship of Philosophies of Human Nature to Behavior

Determinants of Philosophies of Human Nature

The Zeitgeist and Philosophies of Human Nature, or Where Did All the Idealistic, Imperturbable Freshmen Go?

Philosophies of Human Nature - How Much Change is Possible?

A Time for Taking Stock

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