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61. Couples in Conflict

    Edited by Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, Mari Clements

    Series: Penn State University Family Issues Symposia Series

    This volume is based on the presentations and discussions of a national symposium on "Couples in Conflict" that focused on family issues. A common thread throughout is that constructive conflict and negotiation are beneficial for relationships. Together, the chapters provide a foundation for...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
62. Motivational Analyses of Social Behavior

    Building on Jack Brehm's Contributions to Psychology

    Edited by Rex A. Wright, Jeff Greenberg, Sharon S. Brehm

    This book honors Jack W. Brehm's contributions to psychology, all of which revolve around a central theme of motivation and social behavior. It begins with two personal chapters and then presents a collection of cutting-edge, substantive chapters authored by researchers whose work Brehm has...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
63. The Social Psychology of Expertise

    Case Studies in Research, Professional Domains, and Expert Roles

    By Harald A. Mieg

    Series: Expertise: Research and Applications Series

    The Social Psychology of Expertise offers an integrative perspective to the analysis of experts and expertise in organizations, social roles, management, etc. It is the first book to link the psychology of expertise to sociology, particularly the sociology of professions. By examining the...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
64. The Self in Time

    Developmental Perspectives

    Edited by Chris Moore, Karen Lemmon, Karen Skene

    Human reasoning is marked by an ability to remember one's personal past and to imagine one's future. Together these capacities rely on the notion of a temporally extended self or the self in time. Recent evidence suggests that it is during the preschool period that children first construct this...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
65. Interpersonal Sensitivity

    Theory and Measurement

    Edited by Judith A. Hall, Frank J. Bernieri

    Interpersonal sensitivity refers to the accuracy and/or appropriateness of perceptions, judgments, and responses we have with respect to one another. It is relevant to nearly all aspects of social relations and has long been studied by social, personality, and clinical psychologists. Until now,...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
66. Foundations of Social Cognition

    A Festschrift in Honor of Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

    Edited by Galen V. Bodenhausen, Alan J. Lambert

    A tribute to Robert S. Wyer, Jr.'s remarkable contributions to social psychology, Foundations of Social Cognition offers a compelling analysis of the underlying processes that have long been the focus of Bob Wyer's own research, including attention, perception, inference, and memory. Leading...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
67. The Child and the Family

    First relationships

    Edited by D. W. Winnicott

    Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
68. Moral Development, Self, and Identity

    Edited by Daniel K. Lapsley, Darcia Narv ez

    This volume examines the psychological, social-relational, and cultural foundations of the most basic moral commitments. It begins by looking at the seminal writings of Augusto Blasi, whose writings on moral cognition, the development of self-identity, and moral personality have transformed the...

    Published February 12th 2013 by Psychology Press
69. Team Effectiveness In Complex Organizations

    Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches

    By Eduardo Salas, Gerald F. Goodwin, C. Shawn Burke

    Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

    Over the past 40 years, there has been a growing trend toward the utilization of teams for accomplishing work in organizations. Project teams, self-managed work teams and top management teams, among others have become a regular element in the corporation or military. This volume is intended to...

    Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge
70. Personality as an Affect-processing System

    Toward An Integrative Theory

    By Jack Block

    At least since Hippocrates, human beings have been trying to describe and analyze the behavioral and cognitive consistencies now referred to as personality. And in recent decades, no less than in the preceding centuries, they have generated a bewildering variety of construals and constructs. In...

    Published February 4th 2013 by Psychology Press