This paper is concerned by a possible articulation between the diversity of individual opinions and the existence of consensus in social representations. It postulates the existence of consensual normative boundaries framing the individual opinions. A ...
The two studies presented here analyse the effect of conditions of social comparison on the organisation of social representations of intelligence. In order to induce the comparisons, participants were asked successively to describe either the ...
Social representations of human rights violations were investigated in a questionnaire study conducted in five countries (Costa Rica, France, Italy, Romania, and Switzerland) (N = 1239 young people). We were able to show that respondents organize their ...
Deux techniques permettent le repérage systématique du système central d’une représentation sociale: la technique de la mise en cause (MEC) et le modèle des schèmes cognitifs de base (SCB). Malgré cet apport, ces techniques présentent des inconvénients: ...Test of Context Independence (TCI) and Structure of Social RepresentationsThe central core of a social representation can be determined using two different techniques: the calling into question technique (CIQ) and the model of basic cognitive schemes (...
Rights and duties are normative social representations that organize social interactions. In this article, representations of rights and duties were analyzed in Italy and Albania, focusing on their social anchoring in culture and values. Italians ...
The present paper is concerned with the organizing principles of the representation people form about a superordinate category to which they belong. It is argued here that the social relations in the structural societal level play a crucial role in ...
Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and ...
Abstract. The present paper discusses how climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic can be read as two facets of a Hegemonic Social Representation (HSR) under construction, the representation of survival, reshaping other hegemonic, socially ...
Abstract. A number of authors consider that exploring the interconnections between social representations and emotions is essential. However, both empirical and theoretical contributions have focused on specific aspects of these concepts ...
Abstract. Due to the difficulties of understanding all the aspects of creativity, the study of this complex phenomenon has been placed at the crossroads of various disciplines. Among these, social psychology has been interested in this ...