PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW (PSPR)

Personality and Social Psychology Review (PSPR) es la salida de la premier para trabajos teóricos originales y artículos de revisión conceptual en todos los ámbitos de la personalidad y la psicología social. En las páginas de PSPR , encontrará estimular piezas conceptuales que identifican nuevas y emocionantes direcciones para la investigación sobre los fundamentos psicológicos de la individualidad humana y el funcionamiento social , así como los documentos completos de revisión que brindan nuevos marcos de integración para los programas de la teoría y la investigación existentes.

A continuación, les mostrare tres artículos que mas me interesaron en esa revista:

POSITIVE CONCEPTIONS PERFECTIONISM: APPROACHES, EVIDENCE, CHALLENGES

Almost 30 years ago, Hamachek (1978) suggested that 2 forms of perfectionism be distinguished, a positive form labeled “normal perfectionism” and a negative form labeled “neurotic perfectionism.” Focusing on the positive, we present an overview of the different empirical conceptions of the 2 forms of perfectionism and a common framework for the 2 basic approaches: the dimensional approach differentiating 2 dimensions of perfectionism (perfectionistic strivings and perfectionistic concerns) and the group-based approach differentiating 2 groups of perfectionists (healthy perfectionists and unhealthy perfectionists). Moreover, we review the evidence demonstrating that (a) perfectionistic strivings are associated with positive characteristics and (b) healthy perfectionists show higher levels of positive characteristics compared to unhealthy perfectionists and nonperfectionists. Although questions on core facets, positive effects, and developmental antecedents of positive forms of perfectionism remain, our findings suggest that self-oriented perfectionistic strivings are positive, if perfectionists are not overly concerned about mistakes and negative evaluations by others.

Stoeber J., Otto K., (2006). Positive Conceptions Perfectionism: Approaches, Evidence, Challenges. Personality and Social Psychology Review, (10), 295-319. 

EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERSHIP

Drawing upon evolutionary logic, leadership is reconceptualized in terms of the out come of strategic interactions among individuals who are following different, yet complementary, decision rules to solve recurrent coordination problems. This article uses the vast psychological literature on leadership as a database to test several evolutionary hypotheses about the origins of leadership and followership in humans. As expected, leadership correlates with initiative taking, trait measures of intelligence, specific task competencies, and several indicators of generosity. The review finds no link between leadership and dominance. The evolutionary analysis accounts for reliable age, health, and sex differences in leadership emergence. In general, evolutionary theory provides a useful, integrative framework for studying leader-follower relationships and generates various novel research hypotheses.

Van M. (2006). Evolutionary Origins of Leadership and Followership. Personality and Social Psychology Review, (10), 354-371.

A NONCONFORMIST ACCOUNT OF THE ASCH EXPERIMENTS: VALUES, PRAGMATICS, AND MORAL DILEMMAS

This article offers a new approach to Asch’s (1956) influential studies relating physical and social perception. Drawing on research on values, conversational pragmatics, cross-cultural comparisons, and negotiation, the authors challenge the normative assumptions that have led psychologists to interpret the studies in terms of conformity. A values–pragmatics account is offered that suggests that participants attempt to realize multiple values (e.g., truth, social solidarity) in an inherently frustrating situation by tacitly varying patterns of dissent and agreement to communicate larger scale truths and cooperative intentions. Alternative theories (e.g., embarrassment, attribution) are compared and empirical implications of the values–pragmatics account are evaluated. The possibility of multiple strategies promoting group survival and the proper role of moral evaluation in social psychological research are considered.

Hodges B., Geyer A., (2006) A Nonconformist Account of the Asch Experiments: Values, Pragmatics, and Moral Dilemmas. Personality and Social Psychology Review, (10) 2-19.