Judgments over time : the interplay of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors / / edited by Lawrence J. Sanna and Edward C. Chang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963349503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 9780190292249; 0190292245; 9780195346442; 0195346440; 9781429402897; 142940289X; 9781280845062; 1280845066
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SannaLawrence J. <1960->; ChangEdward C (Edward Chin-Ho)
• Disciplina: 153.7/53
• Soggetti: Time - Psychological aspects; Thought and thinking; Emotions; Human behavior
• 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: Past as prologue : an introduction to judgments over time / Lawrence J. Sanna and Edward C. Chang -- Abandoning optimism in predictions about the future / James A. Shepperd, Kate Sweeny, and Patrick J. Carroll -- Defensive pessimism : positive past, anxious present, and pessimistic future / Julie K. Norem and Shannon Smith -- Pursuing a path to a more perfect future : on causes, correlates, and consequences of perfectionism / Edward C. Chang, Christina A. Downey, and Elizabeth Y. Lin -- Predicting feelings versus choices / Leaf Van Boven and Joanne Kane -- Considering future consequences : an integrative model / Jeff Joireman, Alan Strathman, and Daniel Balliet -- Hope over time / C.R. Snyder, Kevin L. Rand, and Lorie A. Ritschel -- Fantasy ; realization and the bridging of time / Gabriele Oettingen and Jennifer Thorpe -- Extending the goal progress theory of rumination : goal reevaluation and growth / Leonard L. Martin and Abraham Tesser -- The road not taken : counterfactual thinking over time / Lawrence J. Sanna, Seth E. Carter, and Eulena M. Small -- Explaining the past, predicting the future / Bertram F. Malle and Chuck Tate -- Looking backward with an eye on the future : propositions toward a theory of regret regulation / Marcel Zeelenberg and Rik Pieters -- Looking back on what we knew and when we knew it : the role of time in the development of hindsight bias / Fred B. Bryant and Adam DeHoek -- How do you feel about it now and when did it happen? Judgments of emotion and judgments of time in autobiographical memory / John J. Skowronski, W. Richard Walker, and John E. Edlund -- Remembering and misremembering emotions / Linda J. Levine, Martin A. Safer, Heather C. Lench -- Future as epilogue : some conclusions on judgments over time / Lawrence J. Sanna and Edward C. Chang.
• Sommario/riassunto: Forward George Loewenstein- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPreface Lawrence J. Sanna- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Edward C. Chang- University of MichiganINTRODUCTION 1. Past as Prologue: An Introduction to Judgments Over Time, Lawrence J. Sanna-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Edward C. Chang-University of MichiganTHINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE 2. Abandoning Optimism in Predictions About the Future, James A. Sheppard and Kate Sweeney-University of Florida, Patrick J. Carroll-Ohio State University3. Defensive Pessimism: Positive Past, Anxious Present, and Pessimistic Future,

America's beginnings : the dramatic events that shaped a nation's character / / Tony Williams

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953574703321
• Autore: Williams Tony <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Williamsburg, VA, : in association with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, c2010
• ISBN: 979-82-16-20289-9; 1-283-94037-X; 1-4422-0489-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.2
• Soggetti: United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• 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 (p. 175-187) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: America'a Beginnings; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I. Settlement; 1. Lost Colony; 2. Jamestown; 3. Starving Time; 4. First Representative Legislature in Britain's New World; 5. First Africans; 6. Mayflower Compact; 7. City Upon a Hill; 8. Indian Uprising of 1622; 9. Dissents of Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams; 10. Pequot War; Part II. Colonies; 11. King Philip's War; 12. Bacon's Rebellion; 13. Glorious Revolution in America; 14. Salem Witch Trials; 15. Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1721; 16. Great Awakening; 17. Benjamin Franklin and the Lightning Rod; 18. Albany Plan of Union; 19. Great Meadows20. Braddock's March; 21. Royal Proclamation of 1763; Part III. Resistance; 22. Stamp Act; 23. Townshend Acts; 24. Boston Massacre; 25. Boston Tea Party; 26. Continental Congress; 27. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death; Part IV. War; 28. Lexington and Concord; 29. Bunker Hill; 30. Fort Ticonderoga; 31. Common Sense; 32. Declaration of Rights; 33. Declaration of Independence; 34. Crossing the Delaware; 35. Saratoga; 36. French Alliance; 37. Valley Forge; 38. Guilford Courthouse; 39. Yorktown; 40. Newburgh Conspiracy; 41. Peace Treaty of 1783; 42. Washington Surrenders His CommissionPart V. Nationhood; 43. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; 44. Annapolis Convention; 45. ; Shays' Rebellion; 46. Constitutional Convention; 47. Ratifying Conventions; 48. The Federalist; 49. Inauguration of George Washington; 50. Bill of Rights; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At a time when surveys reveal that Americans know less and less about our past, Tony Williams provides entertaining and informative descriptions of 50 key events-some known and some forgotten-that shaped colonial and revolutionary America, from the Mayflower Compact to the Annapolis Convention.