Building, Defending, and Regulating the Self

Building, Defending, and Regulating the Self
Author: Abraham Tesser
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2005-07-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1135423873

This volume pulls together research on several aspects of the self. One set of chapters deals with the importance of building a self based on authenticity and "Who I really am."; a second group deals with the ways in which we defend views of the self as positive and powerful; a third group is concerned with multiple aspects of self regulation. Each of the chapters is a well-written, non-technical description of an important, currently active research program.

Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection

Handbook of Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection
Author: Mark D. Alicke
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1609180038

This is the first major volume dedicated to the processes by which people exaggerate their virtues, deemphasize their shortcomings, or protect themselves against threatening feedback. Leading investigators present cutting-edge work on the key role of self-enhancing and self-protective motives in social perception, cognition, judgment, and behavior. Compelling topics include the psychological benefits and risks of self-enhancement and self-protection; personality traits and contextual factors that make certain individuals more likely to hold distorted views of the self; innovative approaches to assessment and measurement; and implications for relationships, achievement, and mental health.

Handbook of the Uncertain Self

Handbook of the Uncertain Self
Author: Robert M. Arkin
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136950575

This Handbook explores the cognitive, motivational, interpersonal, clinical, and applied aspects of personal uncertainty. It showcases both the diversity and the unity that defines contemporary perspectives on uncertainty in self within social and personality psychology. The contributions to the volume are all written by distinguished scholars in personality, social psychology, and clinical psychology united by their common focus on the causes and consequences of self-uncertainty. Chapters explore the similarities and differences between personal uncertainty and other psychological experiences in terms of their nature and relationship with human thought, emotion, motivation, and behavior. Specific challenges posed by personal uncertainty and the coping strategies people develop in their daily life are identified. There is an assessment of the potential negative and positive repercussions of coping with the specific experience of self-uncertainty, including academic, health, and relationship outcomes. Throughout, strategies specifically designed to assist others in confronting the unique challenges posed by self-uncertainty in ways that emphasize healthy psychological functioning and growth are promoted. In addition, the contributions to the Handbook touch on the psychological, social, and cultural context of the new millennium, including concepts such as Friedman’s "flat world," confidence, the absence of doubt in world leaders, the threat of terrorism since 9/11, the arts, doubt and religious belief, and views of doubt as the universal condition of humankind. The Handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, and senior undergraduate and graduate students in social and personality psychology, clinical and counseling psychology, educational psychology, and developmental psychology.

Self-Esteem Issues and Answers

Self-Esteem Issues and Answers
Author: Michael H. Kernis
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1134952708

Research and theory on self-esteem have flourished in recent years. This resurgence has produced multiple perpectives on fundamental issues surrounding the nature of self-esteem and its role in psychological functioning and interpersonal processes. Self-Esteem Issues and Answers brings together these various perspectives in a unique format. The book is divided into five sections. Section I focuses on core issues pertaining to the conceptualization and assesment of self-esteem, and when self-esteem is optimal. Section II concentrates on the determinants, development, and modifiability of self-esteem. Section III examines the evolutionary significance of self-esteem and its role in psychological processes and therapeutic settings. Section IV explores the social, relational, and cultural significance of self-esteem. Finally, Section V considers future directions for self-esteem researchers, practitioners, parents and teachers. This volume offers a wealth of perspectives from prominent researchers from different areas of psychology. Each expert contributor was asked to focus his or her chapter on a central self-esteem issue. Three or four experts addressed each question. The result is that Self-Esteem Issues and Answers provides a comprehensive sourcebook of current perspectives on a wide range of central self-esteem issues.

The Psychology of Planning in Organizations

The Psychology of Planning in Organizations
Author: Michael D. Mumford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2015-06-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136255494

This book examines planning as the critical influence on performance at work and in organizations. Bridging theory and practice, it unites cutting-edge research findings from cognitive science, social psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, strategic management, and entrepreneurship, and describes the practical applications of these research findings for practitioners interested in improving planning performance in organizations.

Culture, Self, and, Motivation

Culture, Self, and, Motivation
Author: Avi Kaplan
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1617352497

The authors of the chapters in this volume—past and present collaborators of Marty Maehr, and a few of his former graduate students along the years—are motivational researchers who conduct research using diverse methods and perspectives, and in different parts of the world. All, however, see their intellectual roots in Marty’s theoretical and empirical work. The chapters in this book are divided into two sections: Motivation and Self and Culture and Motivation. Clearly, the distinctions between these two sections are very blurry, as they are in Marty’s work. And yet, when the authors were asked to contribute their chapters, the research questions they addressed seemed to have formed two foci, with personal motivation and socio-cultural processes alternating as the core versus the background in the two sections.

The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology

The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology
Author: Kay Deaux
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 875
Release: 2012-02-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0195398998

In this text, contributors explore the historical, conceptual methodological and empirical foundations that link the two fields of personality psychology and social psychology across numerous domains.

Encyclopedia of Social Psychology

Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Author: Roy F. Baumeister
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1249
Release: 2007-08-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1412916704

Contains entries arranged alphabetically from A to I that provide information on ideas and concepts in the field of social psychology.

Personality and Social Behavior

Personality and Social Behavior
Author: Frederick Rhodewalt
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2012-01-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1136875158

The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations has been contentious, however, recent interest in process models of personality and social interaction have focused on the ways people navigate, influence, and are influenced by their social worlds. Personality and Social Behavior contains a series of essays on topics where a transactional analysis of the person and situation has proved most fruitful. Contributions span the personality and social psychology spectrum and include such topics as new units in personality; neuroscience perspectives on interpersonal personality; social and interpersonal frameworks for understanding the self and self-esteem; and personality process analyses of romantic relationships, prejudice, health, and leadership. This volume provides essential reading for researchers with an interest in this core topic in social psychology and may also be used as a text on related upper-level courses.