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Table of Content
Handbook of Psychology Preface xi
Irving B. Weiner
Volume Preface xiii
Howard Tennen and Jerry Suls
Contributors xix
I PERSONALITY 1
1 GENETICS OF PERSONALITY 3
Susan C. South, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Nicholas R. Eaton, and Robert F. Krueger
2 BIOLOGICAL BASES OF PERSONALITY 27
Marvin Zuckerman
3 PSYCHODYNAMIC MODELS OF PERSONALITY 43
Robert F. Bornstein, Christy A. Denckla, and Wei-Jean Chung
4 THE FIVE-FACTOR MODEL IN FACT AND FICTION 65
Robert R. Mc Crae, James F. Gaines, and Marie A. Wellington
5 COGNITIVE-EXPERIENTIAL SELF-THEORY: AN INTEGRATIVE THEORY OF PERSONALITY 93
Seymour Epstein
6 SELF-REGULATORY PERSPECTIVES ON PERSONALITY 119
Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier
7 INTERPERSONAL THEORY OF PERSONALITY 141
Aaron L. Pincus and Emily B. Ansell
8 THE COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE PROCESSING SYSTEM 161
Lara K. Kammrath and Abigail A. Scholer
9 PERSONALITY TRAIT DEVELOPMENT IN ADULTHOOD 183
Brent W. Roberts, M. Brent Donnellan, and Patrick L. Hill
10 PERSONALITY STRENGTHS 197
Laura A. King and Jason Trent
II SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 223
11 SOCIAL COGNITION AND PERCEPTION 225
Galen V. Bodenhausen and Javier R. Morales
12 THE SOCIAL SELF 247
Roy F. Baumeister, E. J. Masicampo, and Jean M. Twenge
13 ATTITUDES IN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 275
Gregory R. Maio, James M. Olson, and Irene Cheung
14 SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND GROUP BEHAVIOR 305
Donelson R. Forsyth
15 CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS 329
Margaret S. Clark and Nancy K. Grote
16 PREJUDICE 341
Monica Biernat and Kelly Danaher
17 PERSUASION AND ATTITUDE CHANGE 369
Richard E. Petty, S. Christian Wheeler, and Zakary L. Tormala
18 EMOTION REGULATION EFFECTIVENESS: WHAT WORKS WHEN 391
Gal Sheppes and James J. Gross
19 JUSTICE THEORY AND RESEARCH: A SOCIAL FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 407
Linda J. Skitka and Daniel C. Wisneski
20 SOCIAL CONFLICT, HARMONY, AND INTEGRATION 429
John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Elena Wright Mayville, and Sylvia Perry
21 AGGRESSION 449
C. Nathan De Wall, Craig A. Anderson, and Brad J. Bushman
22 ALTRUISM AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR 467
Mark Snyder and Patrick C. Dwyer
23 EVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 487
Jon K. Maner and Andrew J. Menzel
24 CULTURE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 507
Joan G. Miller and J. Patrick Boyle
Author Index 529
Subject Index 565
About the author
Irving B. Weiner, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. He is currently President of APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and Past President of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), formerly president of the Society for Personality Assessment and of the International Rorschach Society, and a recipient of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He has authored or edited over 15 scholarly and professional books including the first edition of the Handbook of Psychology and, with W. Edward Craighead, the fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.
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