Look at pretty much any of the social influence literature in social
psych. Milgram, Asch, Festinger, etc. but also much of the work on
persuasion. Jack Brehm has done excellent work on what is called
"reactance theory" that would be of relevance. Work by Jerome Kagan
("Galen's Prophecy") on temperament, and by Michael Lewis ("Altering
Fate" 1997, Guilford press) would also be useful.
-Chuck
At 2:53 PM -0500 5/24/00, Steve Milliser wrote:
>This fall will be teaching an interdisciplinary course that looks at
>the concepts of freedom and non-conformity. While students will be
>doing library research on various aspects of these topics, I would
>like to introduce them to these topics from a psychological
>perspective.
>
>I believe that Skinner views freedom in terms of environmental
>determinants that are not aversive and that Rogers describes freedom
>in terms of a subjective experience of self determination.
>
>Can any of you offer suggestions of other prominent psychologists
>who have attempted to describe freedom in psychological terms?
>
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions I receive.
>
>
>Stephen C. Milliser, Ph.D.
>Professor
>Department of Psychology
>Loras College
>Dubuque, IA 52001
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