ABSTRACT
This book focuses on the ubiquitous and powerful effects of ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species. Most of our evolutionary success is no doubt due to our highly developed ability to cooperate and interact with each other. It is thus not surprising that instances of interpersonal rejection and social exclusion would have an enormously detrimental impact on the individual. Until 10 years ago, however, social psychology regarded ostracism, rejection and social exclusion as merely outcomes to be avoided, but we knew very little about their antecedents and consequences, and about the processes involved when they occurred. Furthermore, the literatures of ostracism, social exclusion and rejection have not until now included discussions of the bullying literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|57 pages
Theoretical Foundations
chapter 4|21 pages
The Inner Dimension of Social Exclusion
part II|53 pages
Deep Roots of Exclusion: Neuropsychological Substrates of Isolation and Exclusion
chapter 6|18 pages
People Thinking About People
chapter 7|19 pages
Why It Hurts to Be Left Out
part III|70 pages
Individual and Population Differences and the Impact of Social Exclusion and Bullying
chapter 8|24 pages
Rejection Sensitivity as a Predictor of Affective and Behavioral Responses to Interpersonal Stress
chapter 9|16 pages
The Rejected and the Bullied
part IV|78 pages
Influences of Rejection on Emotion, Perception, and Cognition
chapter IV 12|12 pages
When Does Social Rejection Lead to Aggression?
chapter IV 13|14 pages
The Social Monitoring System
chapter IV 14|15 pages
Social Snacking and Shielding
chapter IV 15|19 pages
All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals Are More Equal than Others
chapter IV 16|14 pages
Bye Bye, Black Sheep
part V|70 pages
Effects of Social Exclusion on Pro- and Anti-Social Behavior