Making Sense of Beliefs and Values: Theory, Research, and Practice

by Craig N. Shealy PhD (Editor)

Overview

Social psychologists have studied beliefs and values, and related constructs such as "attitudes" and "prejudice" for decades. But as this innovative and interdisciplinary book convincingly demonstrates, the scientific examination of beliefs and values now influences research and practice across a range of disciplines. Specifically, this edited volume explores the many cutting edge implications and applications of Equilintegration or EI Theory and the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI). Grounded in twenty years of research and practice, EI Theory seeks to explain the processes by which beliefs, values, and worldviews are acquired and maintained, why their alteration is resisted, and under what circumstances they are modified. Based upon EI Theory, the BEVI is a comprehensive analytic tool which examines how and why we come to see ourselves, others, and the larger world as we do as well as the influence of such processes on multiple aspects of human functioning.

Edited by the developer of the EI model and BEVI method, and informed by contributions from leading U.S. and international scholars, this book features captivating research findings and pioneering practice applications. Research-focused chapters explain how the EI model and BEVI method increase our conceptual sophistication and methodological capacity across a range of areas: Culture, Development, Environment, Gender, Personality, Politics, and Religion. Practice-oriented chapters demonstrate how the BEVI is used in the real world across a range of applied domains: Assessment, Education, Forensics, Leadership, and Psychotherapy. Written in an accessible and engaging manner, this fascinating and timely volume speaks to many of the most pressing issues of our day, by illuminating why we believe what we believe, and demonstrating how our beliefs and values may be assessed, explained, and transformed in the real world.

Key Features:

• Presents an interdisciplinary theoretical model and innovative assessment method derived from two decades of work on the etiology, maintenance, and transformation of beliefs and values
• Features contributions from leading scholars from the U.S. and internationally, demonstrating the many implications and applications of this cutting edge approach for research and practice
• Demonstrates the importance of "making sense of beliefs and values" in addressing many of the most pressing issues of our day

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826104533
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	12/18/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	710
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Craig N. Shealy, PhD, is the executive director of the International Beliefs and Values Institute (IBAVI) and professor of graduate psychology at James Madison University.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I: MAKING SENSE OF BELIEFS AND VALUES: THE MEANING, ETIOLOGY, AND ASSESSMENT OF BELIEFS AND VALUES

1. Our Belief in Belief
Craig N. Shealy

2. Beliefs, Needs, and Self: Three Components of the EI Model
Craig N. Shealy

3. The EI Self: Real World Implications and Applications of EI Theory
Craig N. Shealy

4. Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI)
Craig N. Shealy

PART II: MAKING SENSE OF BELIEFS AND VALUES THROUGH RESEARCH: CULTURE, DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, GENDER, POLITICS, AND RELIGION

5. In Search of Best Practices for Multicultural Education: Empirical Evidence from the Forum BEVI Project
Mary Tabit, Lisa Legault, Wenjuan Ma, and Kayan Phoebe Wan

6. Identity Development and the Construction of Self: Findings and Implications From the Forum BEVI Project
Jessica Spaeth, Seth Schwartz, Usha Nayar, and Wenjuan Ma

7. Environmental Beliefs and Values: In Search of Models and Methods
Jennifer Kelly, Jenna Holt, Rituma Patel, and Victor Nolet

8. Understanding the Gendered Self: Implications From EI Theory, the EI Self, and the BEVI
Christen Pendleton, Sam Cochran, Shagufa Kapadia, and Chitra Iyer

9. Exploring the Etiology of Ideology: In Search of the Political Self Through the EI Model and BEVI Method
Adam J. Edmunds, Christopher M. Federico, and Lauren Mays

10. The Nature and Etiology of Religious Certitude: Implications of the EI Framework and Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory
Timothy W. Brearly, Kees van den Bos, and Charlene Tan

PART III: MAKING SENSE OF BELIEFS AND VALUES THROUGH PRACTICE: ASSESSMENT, EDUCATION, FORENSICS, LEADERSHIP, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

11. The Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI): Psychological Assessment Implications and Applications
Molly Coates, William Hanson, Doug B. Samuel, Marlana Webster, and Jared Cozen

12. The Forum BEVI Project: Applications and Implications for International, Multicultural, and Transformative Learning
Elizabeth Wandschneider, Dawn T. Pysarchik, Lee G. Sternberger, Wenjuan Ma, Kris Acheson, Brad Baltensperger, RT Good, Brian Brubaker, Tamara Baldwin, Hajime Nishitani, Felix Wang, Jarrod Reisweber, and Vesna Hart

13. Justice and the Nature of Human Nature: What, Why, and How Beliefs and Values Matter
Vesna Hart and Barry Glick

14. The EI Leadership Model: From Theory and Research to Real World Application
Kelly Dyjak-LeBlanc, Lindy Brewster, Steve Grande, Randall P. White, and Sandra L. Shullman

15. The Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory (BEVI): Implications and Applications for Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention
Jared Cozen, William Hanson, John Poston, Sarah Jones, and Mary Tabit

PART IV: IMAGINING A WORLD WHERE BELIEFS AND VALUES MAKE SENSE

16. Imagining a World Where Beliefs and Values Make Sense: Future Directions and Further Reflections
Craig N. Shealy

Index