Personality Dynamics
Meaning Construction, the Social World, and the Embodied Mind
edited by Daniel Cervone, Malgorzata Fajkowska, Michael W. Eysenck, and Tomasz Maruszewski
Volume 3 of this series presents contemporary advances in psychological science that address questions about personality dynamics. Twenty-two contributors discuss three challenging themes in personality dynamics: processes of meaning construction, the interplay between personality and the social world, and the embodied nature of the mind.
Volume 3 of this noteworthy series presents contemporary advances in psychological science that address classic questions about personality dynamics. Twenty-two contributors discuss three challenging themes in personality dynamics: processes of meaning construction, the interplay between personality and the social world, and the embodied nature of the mind. Several topics, such as personality as a complex system, reciprocal interactions between persons and situations, the interplay of cognitive structures and affective or motivational processes, and the need to study concrete contextualized persons rather than abstract decontextualized variables, cut across the majority of the chapters and lend coherence to the volume as a whole. The book itself is an interacting system of theories and findings intended to spur further advances in the study of personality dynamics. “This outstanding volume features exciting new developments in the scientific study of personality. It reflects the inevitable interdependencies between epistemic, social and motivational factors that jointly elucidate the fundamental antinomy of human change and stability. A stimulating and inspiring read.” — Arie W. Kruglanski, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park. “[O]f interest to personality researchers who wish to further understand the functions behind the variability of human behavior.” — Julie Aitken Schermer, Personality and Individual Differences
Introduction: Personality Dynamics I. PERSONALITY AND MEANING CONSTRUCTION IN SOCIAL CONTEXT Knowledge, Appraisal, and Personality Dynamics Daniel Cervone and Gregory Bartoszek. Dialogical Self Theory in Practice: About Some Interesting Phenomena Hubert J. M. Hermans and Piotr Ole? The Construction of Meaning Shulamith Kreitler II. PERSONALITY PROCESSES IN A SOCIAL WORLD The Relational Self: Transference as a Meaning-Making Mechanism Susan M. Andersen and Elizabeth Przybylinski Perceived Isolation John T. Cacioppo and Louise C. Hawkley Need and Ability in the Process of Knowledge Formation Malgorzata Kossowska and Katarzyna Jasko III. COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DYNAMICS AND THE EMBODIED MIND Social Anxiety and Performance Michael W. Eysenck Embodied Simulation and the Human Smile: Processing Similarities to Cultural Differences Paula M. Niedenthal, Magdalena Rychlowska, and Piotr Szarota Mental Dynamism and Its Constraints: Finding Patterns in the Stream of Consciousness Robin R. Vallacher, Jay Michaels, Susan Wiese, Urszula Strawinska, and Andrzej Nowak Name Index Subject Index
- Edited by Daniel Cervone
- Edited by Michael W Eysenck
- Edited by Malgorzata Fajkowska
- Edited by Tomasz Maruszewski
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