Attraction and Hostility

Attraction and hostility find expression in almost every variety of human relationship, and have consequently provided a central theme for social psychology since its beginnings

Anton Pelinka

I: Theoretical Considerations; 1: Need-Satisfaction and -Frustration Models; 2: Cognitive-Consistency Models; 3: Cognitive Motivation in Social Behavior; II: Empirical Explorations; 4: The Reaction to Boastfulness; 5: Attraction and Legitimate Conceit; 6: Valid Boastfulness and Invalid Self-Depreciation; 7: The Reaction to Positive and Negative Biases; 8: Cognitive Validation and Self-Evaluation; 9: The Outcome of a Self-Evaluation Conflict; 10: The Projection of Unfavorable Personality Characteristics; 11: Self-Validation and Competitive Behavior; 12: Recapitulation and Perspective