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Personality and Social Behavior

• Edited by Frederick Rhodewalt

• Price: $65.00 $58.50
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 320
• Published by: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 21st February 2008
• ISBN: 978-1-84169-450-4

About the Book

The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations has been contentious, however, recent interest in process models of personality and social interaction have focused on the ways people navigate, influence, and are influenced by their social worlds.

Personality and Social Behavior contains a series of essays on topics where a transactional analysis of the person and situation has proved most fruitful. Contributions span the personality and social psychology spectrum and include such topics as new units in personality; neuroscience perspectives on interpersonal personality; social and interpersonal frameworks for understanding the self and self-esteem; and personality process analyses of romantic relationships, prejudice, health, and leadership.

This volume provides essential reading for researchers with an interest in this core topic in social psychology and may also be used as a text on related upper-level courses.

Table of Contents

Personality and Social Behavior: An Overview F. Rhodewalt. Beyond Person and Situation Effects: Intraindividual Personality Architecture and its Implications for the Study of Personality and Social Behavior D. Cervone. Personality, Collective Identity, and Social Context M. Hogg. The Fragile Self: People Who Need People F. Rhodewalt and B. Peterson. Contextual Variability in Personality: The Case of the Relational Self and the Process of Transference S. Andersen. The Rejection Sensitivity Dynamic: Linking Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processes G. Downey. How Attachment Styles Work: Linking Styles to Outcomes S. Rholes. Personality, Prejudice, and Social Behavior P. Devine. Social Psychological Processes Linking Personality to Physical Health at Multiple Levels of Analysis B. Uchino. Leaders and Leadership M. Chemers