Persons in context [[electronic resource] ] : building a science of the individual / / edited by Yuichi Shoda, Daniel Cervone, Geraldine Downey

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Guilford Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.2
• Soggetto topico: Personality - Social aspects; Personality and cognition
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ShodaYuichi CervoneDaniel DowneyGeraldine
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Construing persons in context : on building a science of the individual / Daniel Cervone, Yuichi Shoda, and Geraldine Downey -- II. CONCEPTUALIZING THE PERSON -- 2. The trait versus situation debate : a minimalist view / Gordon H. Bower -- 3. The power of context / Jerome Kagan -- 4. Eastern and Western ways of perceiving the world / Richard E. Nisbett -- 5. From persons and situations to preferences and constraints / Richard A. Shweder -- III. SELF-REGULATION : FROM WILLPOWER TO A SYSTEM -- 6. Delay of gratification in children : contributions to social-personality psychology / Ozlem Ayduk -- 7. In search of generative mechanisms : the case of value from engagement strength / E. Tory Higgins -- 8. Positive affect, cognitive flexibility, and self-control / Alice M. Isen -- 9. Expectancy and the perception of aversive events / Edward E. Smith -- IV. INCORPORATING SITUATIONS INTO A SCIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- 10. Character in context : the relational self and transference / Susan M. Andersen, Jennifer S. Thorpe, and Christina S. Kooij -- 11. Integrating personality traits and processes : framework, method, analysis, results / Niall Bolger and Rainer Romero-Canyas -- 12. Toward a science of the social perceiver / Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Sang Hee Park, and Alexander O'Connor -- 13. Toward a science of the individual : a molecular view of personalized medicine / Paul S. Mischel -- 14. Intelligence as a person-situation interaction / Robert J. Sternberg -- V. PARADIGM CHANGE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS OF HUMAN NATURE, 1950-2000-2050? -- 15. Toward a science of the individual : past, present, future? / Walter Mischel -- 16. Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality / Walter Mischel -- 17. From homunculus to a system : toward a science of the person / Yuichi Shoda.
• Sommario/riassunto: A major development in psychological science is increased recognition that persons and environments constitute dynamically interacting systems. This book presents advances from internationally renowned researchers in personality, social, cognitive, developmental, and cultural psychology, and other fields, who construct a science of the individual by studying individuals in context. Contributors build on seminal work by Walter Mischel (especially his citation classic, ""Toward a Cognitive Social Learning Reconceptualization of Personality,"" reprinted in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Persons in context
• ISBN: 1-281-86891-4; 9786611868918; 1-60623-174-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454089603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II