Self and Identity

摘要: Self and identity may be two of the most popular concepts in social psychology. Nearly every area psychology touches on some aspect a person's self or identity, group's identity. The cursory glance at library's card catalog bookstore's holdings show that have enormous popularity among academic researchers general public. prominence research sociology traces first to James's (1890) original incisive treatment followed by early important efforts sociologists (Cooley, 1902; Thomas & Znaniecki, 1918) philosophers (i.e., Mead, 1934). Still, thorough empirically oriented work did not flourish until sociology's post-World War II renaissance as methodologically rigorous science (Martindale, 1981) psychology's cognitive revolution 1950s (Gardner, 1985). Theory though nearly 60 years old 1950s, was still its infancy, if bulk publications is any indication. This especially true for As figures follow show, journal articles, authored books, dissertations with their titles abstracts grew exponentially from present. According PsycINFO (American Psychological Association, 2002),* 2,820 articles were published 1950 1959; 5,894 1960 1969; 18,706 during 1970s; 38,096 1980s; whopping 70,781 1990 With respect saw 190 articles; 1960s 687; 1970s 2,268; 1980s 5,029; 1990s present 11,166. Dissertations books also exploded this time period. For self, 7,759 approved between 1979, number