Handbook of Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

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. McCrae, 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 DeWall, 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