1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449853003321

Titolo

On building, defending, and regulating the self : a psychological perspective / / edited by Abraham Tesser, Joanne V. Wood, Diederik A. Stapel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-42387-3

1-280-11366-9

0-203-99805-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TesserAbraham

WoodJoanne V

StapelDiederik A

Disciplina

155.2/5

Soggetti

Self

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: An overview of building, defending and regulating the self -- The Michelangelo phenomenon in close relationships / Caryl E. Rusbult, Madoka Kumashiro, Shevaun L. Stocker & Scott T. Wolf -- From thought and experience to behavior and interpersonal relationships : a multicomponent conceptualization of authenticity / Michael H. Kernis & Brian M. Goldman -- Transportation into narrative worlds : implications for the self / Melanie C. Green -- Conflict and habit : a social cognitive neuroscience approach to the self / Matthew D. Lieberman & Naomi I. Eisenberger -- Ideal agency : the perception of self as an origin of action / Jesse Preston & Daniel M. Wegner -- Reflections in troubled waters : Narcissism and the vicissitudes of an interpersonally contextualized self / Frederick Rhodewalt & Carolyn C. Morf -- Nagging doubts and a glimmer of hope : the role of implicit self-esteem in self-image maintenance / Steven J. Spencer, Christian H. Jordan, Christine E.R. Logel & Mark P. Zanna -- Approach avoidance motivation and self-concept evaluation / Andrew J. Elliot & Rachel R. Mapes -- Self conscious emotion and self-regulation / Dacher Keltner



& Jennifer S. Beer -- On the hidden benefits of state orientation : can people prosper without efficient affect-regulation skills? / Sander L. Koole, Julius Kuhl, Nils Jostmann, Kathleen D. Vohs -- The roles of the self in priming-to-behavior effects / S. Christian Wheeler, Kenneth G. DeMarree & Richard E. Petty.

Sommario/riassunto

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.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777513803321

Autore

MacKenzie Donald A

Titolo

An engine, not a camera : how financial models shape markets / / Donald MacKenzie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006

ISBN

0-262-25004-7

1-282-09767-9

9786612097676

0-262-27880-4

1-4237-7448-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

332/.01/5195

Soggetti

Capital market - Mathematical models

Derivative securities - Mathematical models

Financial crises - Mathematical models

Financial crises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; 1 Performing Theory?; 2 Transforming Finance; 3 Theory and Practice; 4 Tests, Anomalies, and Monsters; 5 Pricing



Options; 6 Pits, Bodies, and Theorems; 7 The Fall; 8 Arbitrage; 9 Models and Markets; Appendix A An Example of Modigliani and Miller's "Arbitrage Proof" of the Irrelevance of Capital Structure to Total Market Value; Appendix B Lévy Distributions; Appendix C Sprenkle's and Kassouf's Equations for Warrant Prices; Appendix D The Black-Scholes Equation for a European Option on a Non- Dividend-Bearing Stock; Appendix E Pricing Options in a Binomial World

Appendix F Repo, Haircuts, and Reverse RepoAppendix G A Typical Swap-Spread Arbitrage Trade; Appendix H List of Interviewees; Glossary; Notes; Sources of Unpublished Documents; References; Series List; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, the author says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts.