| Description |
xii, 340 p. : ill. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Personality -- Social aspects.
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Personality and cognition.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Shoda, Yuichi.
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Cervone, Daniel.
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Downey, Geraldine.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781593855673 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1593855672 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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