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Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior

ISBN: 9781593856472 | 1593856474
Edition: 1st
Format: Trade Book
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 6/5/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
How do individual differences interact with situational factors to shape social behavior? Are people with certain traits more likely to form lasting marriages; experience test-taking anxiety; break the law; feel optimistic about the future? This handbook provides a comprehensive, authoritative examination of the full range of personality variables associated with interpersonal judgment, behavior, and emotion. The contributors are acknowledged experts who have conducted influential research on the constructs they address. Chapters discuss how ea... MORE
Introduction
Situations, Dispositions, and the Study of Social Behaviorp. 3
Methods for the Study of Individual Differences in Social Behaviorp. 12
Interpersonal Dispositions
Extraversionp. 27
Agreeablenessp. 46
Attachment Stylesp. 62
Interpersonal Dependencyp. 82
Machiavellianismp. 93
Gender Identit... MOREp. 109
Emotional Dispositions
Neuroticismp. 129
Happinessp. 147
Depressionp. 161
Social Anxiousness, Shyness, and Embarrass abilityp. 176
Proneness to Shame and Proneness to Guiltp. 192
Hostility and Proneness to Angerp. 210
Lonelinessp. 227
Affect Intensityp. 241
Cognitive Dispositions
Openness to Experiencep. 257
Locus of Control and Attribution Stylep. 274
Belief in a Just Worldp. 288
Authoritarianism and Dogmatismp. 298
The Need for Cognitionp. 318
Optimismp. 330
The Need for Cognitive Closurep. 343
Integrative Complexityp. 354
Motivational Dispositions
Conscientiousnessp. 369
Achievement Motivationp. 382
Belonging Motivationp. 400
Affiliation Motivationp. 410
Power Motivationp. 426
Social Desirabilityp. 441
Sensation Seekingp. 455
Rejection Sensitivityp. 466
Psychological Defensiveness: Repression, Blunting, and Defensive Pessimismp. 480
Self-Related Dispositions
Private and Public Self-Consciousnessp. 495
Independent, Relational, and Collective-Interdependent Self-Construalsp. 512
Self-Esteemp. 527
Narcissismp. 547
Self-Compassionp. 561
Self-Monitoringp. 574
Author Indexp. 592
Subject Indexp. 612
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Mark R. Leary, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. His research interests include self-awareness, interpersonal motivation and emotion, and the interfaces of social and clinical psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and was the founding editor of Self and Identity.

 

Rick H. Hoyle, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University.  The primary focus of his research is the investigation of basic cognitive, affective, and social processes relevant to self-regulation. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Division of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics of the American Psychological Association.



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