Description
Book SynopsisVolume 3 of this series presents contemporary advances in psychological science that address questions about personality dynamics. Twenty-two contributors discuss three challenging themes in personality dynamics: processes of meaning construction, the interplay between personality and the social world, and the embodied nature of the mind.
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'This outstanding volume features exciting new developments in the scientific study of personality. It reflects the inevitable interdependencies between epistemic, social and motivational factors that jointly elucidate the fundamental antinomy of human change and stability. A stimulating and inspiring read.' (Arie W. Kruglanski, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park)
Table of Contents
Introduction: Personality Dynamics
I. PERSONALITY AND MEANING CONSTRUCTION IN SOCIAL CONTEXT
Knowledge, Appraisal, and Personality Dynamics, Daniel Cervone and Gregory Bartoszek.
Dialogical Self Theory in Practice: About Some Interesting Phenomena, Hubert J. M. Hermans and Piotr Ole?
The Construction of Meaning, Shulamith Kreitler
II. PERSONALITY PROCESSES IN A SOCIAL WORLD
The Relational Self: Transference as a Meaning-Making Mechanism, Susan M. Andersen and Elizabeth Przybylinski
Perceived Isolation, John T. Cacioppo and Louise C. Hawkley
Need and Ability in the Process of Knowledge Formation, Ma?gorzata Kossowska and Katarzyna Ja?ko
III. COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DYNAMICS AND THE EMBODIED MIND
Social Anxiety and Performance, Michael W. Eysenck
Embodied Simulation and the Human Smile: Processing Similarities to Cultural Differences, Paula M. Niedenthal, Magdalena Rychlowska,and Piotr Szarota
Mental Dynamism and Its Constraints: Finding Patterns in the Stream of Consciousness, Robin R. Vallacher, Jay Michaels, Susan Wiese, Urszula Strawinska,and Andrzej Nowak
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Subject Index
