Description
Book SynopsisThis authoritative handbook provides a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research as well as an assessment of future trends in the field of interpersonal processes.
- Ensures thorough and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of interpersonal processes
- Includes contributions by academics and other experts from around the world to ensure a truly international perspective
- Provides a comprehensive overview of classic and current research and likely future trends
- Fully referenced chapters and annotated bibliographies allow easy access to further study
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Trade Review"Providing lively, state-of-the-art coverage about the vibrant interpersonal core of social psychology, this outstanding collection of original chapters puts the 'social' front and center in social psychology. Written by an all-star lineup of contributors, it is essential reading for social psychologists. Each chapter provides a scholarly overview of a cutting-edge research program and should enlighten readers for years to come. This superb volume is chock-full of thought-provoking discussion and stimulating ideas."
—Professor Harry Reis, University of Rochester
Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Forword
Preface
Part I: Cognition/Attribution
1. Attributions in Close Relationships: From Balkanization to Integration
Frank D. Fincham
2. Cognition and the Development of Close Relationships
Benjamin R. Karney, James K. McNulty, and Thomas N. Bradbury
3. Cognitive Representations of Attachment: The Content and Function of Working Models
Nancy L. Collins and Lisa M. Allard
4. The Structure and Function of Ideal Standards in Close Relationships
Jeffry A. Simpson, Garth J.O. Fletcher, and Lorne Campbell
5. Seeking a Sense of Conviction: Motivated Cognition in Close Relationships
Sandra L. Murray
Part II: Social Motivation
6. Integrating Social Psychological Research on Aggression within an Evolutionary-based Framework
Neil M. Malamuth and Tamara Addison
7. Helping and Altruism
John F. Dovidio and Louis A. Penner
8. The Death and Rebirth of the Social Psychology of Negotiation
Max H. Bazerman, Jared R. Curhan, and Don A. Moore
9. Motivational Aspects of Empathic Accuracy
William Ickes and Jeffry A. Simpson
Part III: Affect/Emotion
10. Understanding People's Perceptions of Relationships is Crucial to Understanding their Emotional Lives
Margaret S. Clark, Julie Fitness, and Ian Brissette
11. Emotional Intelligence: Conceptualization and Measurement
Peter Salovey, Alison Woolery, and John D. Mayer
12. Emotional Experience in Close Relationships
Ellen Berscheid and Hilary Ammazzalorso
13. The Status of Theory and Research on Love and Commitment
Beverly Fehr
Part IV: Social Influence and Comparison
14. Interdependence in Close Relationships
Caryl E. Rusbult, Ximena B. Arriaga, and Christopher R. Agnew
15. Social Comparison and Close Relationships
Bram P. Buunk and Frans L. Oldersma
Part V: Self and Identity
16. An Evolutionary-Pyschological Approach to Self-esteem: Multiple Domains and Multiple Functions
Lee A. Kirkpatrick and Bruce J. Ellis
17. Is Loving the Self Necessary for Loving Another? An Examination of Identity and Intimacy
W. Keith Campbell and Roy F. Baumeister
18. The Self We Know and the Self We Show: Self-esteem, Self Presentation, and the Maintenance of Interpersonal Relationships
Mark R. Leary
19. Self-expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships and Beyond
Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron, and Christina Norman
Part VI: Methods
20. A Statistical Framework for Modeling Homogeneity and Interdependence in Groups
Richard Gonzalez and Dale Griffin
Part VII: Applications
21. Attachment Style and Affect Regulation: Implications for Coping with Stress and Mental Health
Mario Mikulincer and Victor Florian
22. Marital Therapy and Social Psychology: Will We Choose Explicit Partnership or Cryptomnesia?
Steven R. H. Beach and Frank D. Fincham
Subject Index
Author Index
