Mario Mikulincer, PhD, is professor of psychology and dean of the School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and more than 32 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Mikulincer's main research interests are attachment theory, terror management theory, personality processes in interpersonal relationships, coping with stress and trauma, grief-related processes, and prosocial motives and behavior. He is a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Inquiry, and Personality and Social Psychology Review and has served as associate editor of two journals, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personal Relationships. Currently, he acts as chief editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. He is a fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Sciences. He received the EMET Prize in Social Science for his contributions to psychology and the Berscheid amp ndash Hatfield Award for Distinguished Midcareer Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research.  Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, is a social and personality psychologist and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Before moving there, he served on the faculties of Columbia University, New York University, University of Denver, and State University of New York at Buffalo. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and has published more than 3 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Shaver's research focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close relationships, personality development, and the effects of meditation on behavior and the brain. He is a member of the editorial boards of Attachment and Human Development, Personal Relationships, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Emotion and has served on grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He has been executive officer of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and is a fellow of both APA and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Shaver received a Distinguished Career Award from the International Association for Relationship Research and has served as president of that organization.

The authors and editors of the APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology have offered considerable evidence that supports a bullish assessment of the prospects for current and future progress in the development of concepts and methodology in both fields.(PsycCRITIQUES)

• Volume : Attitudes and Social CognitionEugene Borgida, PhD and John A. Bargh, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardAbout the Editors-in-ChiefContributorsSeries PrefaceHandbook IntroductionVolume IntroductionPart I: Human NatureChapter : Evolutionary Social CognitionSteven L. Neuberg and Mark SchallerChapter 2: Primate Social Cognition: What We Have Learned From Nonhuman Primates and Other AnimalsLucy A. Bates and Richard W. ByrneChapter 3: Psychological and Sociomoral Reasoning in InfancyRen amp eacute e Baillargeon, Rose M. Scott, Zijing He, Stephanie Sloane, Peipei Setoh, Kyong-sun Jin, Di Wu, and Lin BianChapter 4: Embodiment of Cognition and EmotionPiotr Winkielman, Paula Niedenthal, Joseph Wielgosz, Jiska Eelen, and Liam C. KavanaghPart II: Consciousness and UnconsciousnessChapter 5: Minding the Mind: The Value of Distinguishing Among Unconscious, Conscious, and Metaconscious ProcessesJonathan W. Schooler, Michael D. Mrazek, Benjamin Baird, and Piotr WinkielmanChapter : MetacognitionNorbert SchwarzChapter 7: Conscious Thoughts and the Causation of BehaviorRoy F. Baumeister, E. J. Masicampo, and Kathleen D. VohsChapter 8: Faces and First ImpressionsLeslie A. Zebrowitz and Joann M. MonteparePart III: The Phenomenology of Daily LifeChapter 9: Experimental Existential Psychology: Living in the Shadow of the Facts of LifeTom Pyszczynski, Daniel Sullivan, and Jeff GreenbergChapter : Psychological Importance of Beliefs in Control and Order: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in Social and Personality PsychologyAaron C. Kay, Daniel Sullivan, and Mark J. LandauChapter : Social Cognition and HealthShelley E. TaylorChapter 2: Coengagement, Coconstruction, Coevocation: Three Principles to Bridge Relationships and Social CognitionRodolfo Mendoza-Denton and amp Ouml zlem AydukPart IV: Self and OtherChapter 3: Self and OtherSarah Molouki and Emily ProninChapter 4: Cultural PsychologyDov CohenChapter 5: Stereotyping: Processes and ContentSusan T. Fiske and Courtney Bearns TablanteChapter : Processes of Social Influence Through Attitude ChangeRichard E. Petty and Pablo Bri amp ntilde olChapter 7: Social Cognition of PowerAna GuinoteChapter 8: LeadershipAlice H. Eagly and John AntonakisChapter 9: New Frontiers in Diversity Research: Conceptions of Diversity and Their Theoretical and Practical ImplicationsVictoria C. Plaut, Sapna Cheryan, and Flannery G. StevensPart V: Affect and EmotionChapter 2 : Emotion amp ndash Cognition InteractionsDacher Keltner and E. J. HorbergChapter 2 : Implicit AttitudesIrene V. Blair, Nilanjana Dasgupta, and Jack GlaserChapter 22: Social Cognitive Neuroscience: A Review of Core SystemsBruce P. Dor amp eacute , Noam Zerubavel, and Kevin N. OchsnerChapter 23: Political Cognition and Its Normative Implications for the amp quot Democratic Experiment amp quot : Theory, Evidence, and ControversyHoward Lavine, John T. Jost, and Milton LodgeChapter 24: Social Cognition in LawEugene Borgida and Erik J. GirvanPart VI: MotivationChapter 25: Motivated Cognition in Self and Social ThoughtDavid DunningChapter 2 : Self-Regulation and Its Failure: The Seven Deadly Threats to Self-RegulationDylan D. Wagner and Todd F. HeathertonChapter 27: Goal Pursuit Functions: Working TogetherE. Tory Higgins and Abigail A. ScholerChapter 28: The Duality of Everyday Life: Dual-Process and Dual-System Models in Social PsychologyFritz Strack and Roland DeutschIndex Volume 2: Group ProcessesJohn F. Dovidio, PhD and Jeffry A. Simpson, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 2 IntroductionPart I: Intragroup ProcessesChapter : Social Influence in GroupsJohn M. Levine and R. Scott TindaleChapter 2: Creativity in GroupsBernard A. NijstadChapter 3: Leadership: Theory and PracticeS. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher, and Michael J. PlatowChapter 4: Social JusticeTom R. TylerChapter 5: Groups and MoralityColin Wayne Leach, Rezarta Bilali, and Stefano PagliaroChapter : Conflict and Negotiation Within and Between GroupsCarsten K. W. de Dreu, Hillie Aaldering, and amp Ouml zŭm SaygiChapter 7: Social Development and Intergroup RelationsMelanie Killen, Aline Hitti, and Kelly Lynn MulveyChapter 8: Social Identity and Intergroup RelationsDominic AbramsChapter 9: Convergence and Divergence in Perceptions of Persons and GroupsDavid L. Hamilton, Steven J. Sherman, Nate Way, and Elise J. PercyChapter : Intergroup EmotionsDiane M. Mackie and Eliot R. SmithChapter : Dehumanization and Intergroup RelationsNick HaslamPart II: Intergroup ProcessesChapter 2: amp quot The World Isn't Fair amp quot : A System Justification Perspective on Social Stratification and InequalityJohn T. Jost, Danielle Gaucher, and Chadly SternChapter 3: The Hidden Dynamics of Discrimination: How Ideologies Organize Power and Influence Intergroup RelationsRob Foels and Felicia PrattoChapter 4: Helping Relations and Inequality Between Individuals and GroupsArie Nadler and Samer HalabiChapter 5: Interacting Across Racial LinesJ. Nicole Shelton and Jennifer A. RichesonChapter : Psychological Perspectives on Immigration and AcculturationVictoria M. Esses, Stelian Medianu, Leah Hamilton, and Natalia LapshinaChapter 7: Stereotype Threat in Intergroup RelationsToni Schmader, William Hall, and Alyssa CroftChapter 8: Experiencing and Coping With Social StigmaManuela BarretoChapter 9: Psychological Processes in Social ActionMartijn van ZomerenChapter 2 : Contact Between GroupsLinda R. Tropp and Elizabeth Page-GouldIndex Volume 3: Interpersonal RelationsJeffry A. Simpson, PhD and John F. Dovidio, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 3 IntroductionPart I: Major Theoretical ApproachesChapter : Evolution and Close RelationshipsVladas Griskevicius, Martie G. Haselton, and Joshua M. AckermanChapter 2: Attachment Processes in Adult Romantic RelationshipsPaula R. Pietromonaco and Lindsey A. BeckChapter 3: Interdependence TheoryPaul A. M. Van Lange and Daniel BallietChapter 4: Relationships and the Self: Egosystem and EcosystemJennifer Crocker and Amy CanevelloPart II: Biological Approaches and HealthChapter 5: Relationship NeuroscienceLane Beckes and James A. CoanChapter : Relationships and HealthTimothy J. Loving and David A. SbarraPart III: Attraction and Relationship DevelopmentChapter 7: Interpersonal Attraction: In Search of a Theoretical Rosetta StoneEli J. Finkel and Paul W. EastwickChapter 8: Relationship Initiation and DevelopmentSusan Sprecher, Diane Felmlee, Sandra Metts, and William CupachChapter 9: Ideal Mate Standards and Romantic RelationshipsLorne Campbell, Jennifer C. Pink, and Sarah C. E. StantonPart IV: Motivation, Emotion, and IntersubjectivityChapter : Goal Pursuit in RelationshipsGr amp aacute inne M. Fitzsimons and Michelle R. vanDellenChapter : Emotions in RelationshipsJulie FitnessChapter 2: The Matter of Other Minds: Empathic Accuracy and the Factors That Influence ItSara D. Hodges, Karyn L. Lewis, and William IckesPart V: Support, Communication, and PowerChapter 3: Social SupportMarci E. J. Gleason and Masumi IidaChapter 4: Communication in Personal RelationshipsAnita L. VangelistiChapter 5: Power and Social Influence in RelationshipsJeffry A. Simpson, Allison K. Farrell, M. Minda Ori amp ntilde a, and Alexander J. RothmanChapter : Power: Past Findings, Present Considerations, and Future DirectionsAdam D. Galinsky, Derek D. Rucker, and Joe C. MageePart VI: Friendship, Love, and SexualityChapter 7: FriendshipDaniel Perlman, Nan L. Stevens, and Rodrigo J. CarcedoChapter 8: Love: Conceptualization and ExperienceBeverley FehrChapter 9: Sexuality and Same-Sex Sexuality in RelationshipsLisa M. DiamondPart VII: Maintenance, Strife, and DissolutionChapter 2 : Why Marriages Change Over TimeBenjamin R. KarneyChapter 2 : Relationship Maintenance and DissolutionChristopher R. Agnew and Laura E. VanderDriftChapter 22: Established and Emerging Perspectives on Violence in Intimate RelationshipsKim Bartholomew, Rebecca J. Cobb, and Donald G. DuttonIndex Volume 4: Personality Processes and Individual DifferencesM. Lynne Cooper, PhD and Randy J. Larsen, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 4 IntroductionPart I: Origins and Development of PersonalityChapter : Evolutionary Personality PsychologyDavid M. Buss and Lars PenkeChapter 2: Genetics of PersonalitySusan C. South, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Nicholas R. Eaton, and Robert F. KruegerChapter 3: Neurobiological Substrates of Personality: A Critical OverviewTal YarkoniChapter 4: The Development of Temperament and Personality Traits in Childhood and AdolescenceRebecca L. ShinerChapter 5: Personality Development Across the Life Span: Current Findings and Future DirectionsM. Brent Donnellan, Patrick L. Hill, and Brent W. RobertsPart II: Personality ProcessesChapter : Personality Processes and Processes as Personality: A Cognitive PerspectiveMichael D. Robinson and Benjamin M. WilkowskiChapter 7: Personality, Affect, and Affect RegulationAdam A. Augustine and Randy J. LarsenChapter 8: Agency and Its Discontents: A Two-Process Perspective on Basic Psychological Needs and MotivesKennon M. Sheldon and Julia Sch amp uuml lerChapter 9: The Interplay of Personality and Self-RegulationRick H. Hoyle and Patrick GallagherChapter : Terror Management Motivation at the Core of PersonalityMark J. Landau and Daniel SullivanPart III: Individual DifferencesChapter : On the Properties of Personality TraitsSampo V. Paunonen and Ryan Y. HongChapter 2: Self- and Other-Knowledge of PersonalitySimine Vazire and Brittany C. SolomonChapter 3: What Makes a Good Structural Model of Personality? Evaluating the Big Five and AlternativesGerard Saucier and Sanjay SrivastavaChapter 4: Behavioral Approach, Behavioral Avoidance, and Behavioral InhibitionCharles S. CarverChapter 5: Psychological Underpinnings to Impulsive BehaviorGregory T. Smith and Leila GullerChapter : Interpersonal TraitsLauri A. Jensen-Campbell, Priya A. Iyer-Eimerbrink, and Jennifer M. KnackChapter 7: Openness/Intellect: A Dimension of Personality Reflecting Cognitive ExplorationColin G. DeYoungPart IV: The Person as a WholeChapter 8: Person-Centered Approaches to PersonalityJens B. AsendorpfChapter 9: Personality and the Life StoryDan P. McAdams and Erika ManczakChapter 2 : Self-Processes in the Construction and Maintenance of PersonalityMark R. Leary and Kaitlin TonerPart V: The Person in ContextChapter 2 : The Interplay of Persons and Situations: Retrospect and ProspectD. S. Moskowitz and Marc A. FournierChapter 22: The Person as a Cognitive-Affective Processing System: Quantitative Idiography as an Integral Component of Cumulative ScienceYuichi Shoda, Nicole L. Wilson, Donna D. Whitsett, Jenna Lee-Dussud, and Vivian ZayasChapter 23: Gender and PersonalityVicki S. HelgesonChapter 24: Birth Cohort Differences in PersonalityJean M. Twenge, Brittany Gentile, and W. Keith CampbellChapter 25: The Interplay Between Culture and PersonalityVirginia S. Y. Kwan and Sarah D. HerrmannPart VI: Personality and AdaptationChapter 2 : Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Current Issues and ControversiesRichard E. Lucas and Ed DienerChapter 27: Personality Disorders and PersonalityTimothy J. Trull and Thomas A. WidigerChapter 28: Personality and Career SuccessRobert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-PremuzicChapter 29: Personality and Physical HealthTimothy W. Smith, Paula G. Williams, and Suzanne C. SegerstromPart VII: The Future of PersonalityChapter 3 : Six Visions for the Future of Personality PsychologyVer amp oacute nica Benet-Martinez, M. Brent Donnellan, William Fleeson, R. Chris Fraley, Samuel D. Gosling, Laura A. King, Richard W. Robins, and David C. FunderIndex

Mario Mikulincer, PhD, is professor of psychology and dean of the School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and more than 32 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Mikulincer's main research interests are attachment theory, terror management theory, personality processes in interpersonal relationships, coping with stress and trauma, grief-related processes, and prosocial motives and behavior. He is a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Inquiry, and Personality and Social Psychology Review and has served as associate editor of two journals, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personal Relationships. Currently, he acts as chief editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. He is a fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Sciences. He received the EMET Prize in Social Science for his contributions to psychology and the Berscheid amp ndash Hatfield Award for Distinguished Midcareer Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research.  Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, is a social and personality psychologist and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Before moving there, he served on the faculties of Columbia University, New York University, University of Denver, and State University of New York at Buffalo. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and has published more than 3 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Shaver's research focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close relationships, personality development, and the effects of meditation on behavior and the brain. He is a member of the editorial boards of Attachment and Human Development, Personal Relationships, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Emotion and has served on grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He has been executive officer of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and is a fellow of both APA and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Shaver received a Distinguished Career Award from the International Association for Relationship Research and has served as president of that organization.

The authors and editors of the APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology have offered considerable evidence that supports a bullish assessment of the prospects for current and future progress in the development of concepts and methodology in both fields.(PsycCRITIQUES)

• Volume : Attitudes and Social CognitionEugene Borgida, PhD and John A. Bargh, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardAbout the Editors-in-ChiefContributorsSeries PrefaceHandbook IntroductionVolume IntroductionPart I: Human NatureChapter : Evolutionary Social CognitionSteven L. Neuberg and Mark SchallerChapter 2: Primate Social Cognition: What We Have Learned From Nonhuman Primates and Other AnimalsLucy A. Bates and Richard W. ByrneChapter 3: Psychological and Sociomoral Reasoning in InfancyRen amp eacute e Baillargeon, Rose M. Scott, Zijing He, Stephanie Sloane, Peipei Setoh, Kyong-sun Jin, Di Wu, and Lin BianChapter 4: Embodiment of Cognition and EmotionPiotr Winkielman, Paula Niedenthal, Joseph Wielgosz, Jiska Eelen, and Liam C. KavanaghPart II: Consciousness and UnconsciousnessChapter 5: Minding the Mind: The Value of Distinguishing Among Unconscious, Conscious, and Metaconscious ProcessesJonathan W. Schooler, Michael D. Mrazek, Benjamin Baird, and Piotr WinkielmanChapter : MetacognitionNorbert SchwarzChapter 7: Conscious Thoughts and the Causation of BehaviorRoy F. Baumeister, E. J. Masicampo, and Kathleen D. VohsChapter 8: Faces and First ImpressionsLeslie A. Zebrowitz and Joann M. MonteparePart III: The Phenomenology of Daily LifeChapter 9: Experimental Existential Psychology: Living in the Shadow of the Facts of LifeTom Pyszczynski, Daniel Sullivan, and Jeff GreenbergChapter : Psychological Importance of Beliefs in Control and Order: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in Social and Personality PsychologyAaron C. Kay, Daniel Sullivan, and Mark J. LandauChapter : Social Cognition and HealthShelley E. TaylorChapter 2: Coengagement, Coconstruction, Coevocation: Three Principles to Bridge Relationships and Social CognitionRodolfo Mendoza-Denton and amp Ouml zlem AydukPart IV: Self and OtherChapter 3: Self and OtherSarah Molouki and Emily ProninChapter 4: Cultural PsychologyDov CohenChapter 5: Stereotyping: Processes and ContentSusan T. Fiske and Courtney Bearns TablanteChapter : Processes of Social Influence Through Attitude ChangeRichard E. Petty and Pablo Bri amp ntilde olChapter 7: Social Cognition of PowerAna GuinoteChapter 8: LeadershipAlice H. Eagly and John AntonakisChapter 9: New Frontiers in Diversity Research: Conceptions of Diversity and Their Theoretical and Practical ImplicationsVictoria C. Plaut, Sapna Cheryan, and Flannery G. StevensPart V: Affect and EmotionChapter 2 : Emotion amp ndash Cognition InteractionsDacher Keltner and E. J. HorbergChapter 2 : Implicit AttitudesIrene V. Blair, Nilanjana Dasgupta, and Jack GlaserChapter 22: Social Cognitive Neuroscience: A Review of Core SystemsBruce P. Dor amp eacute , Noam Zerubavel, and Kevin N. OchsnerChapter 23: Political Cognition and Its Normative Implications for the amp quot Democratic Experiment amp quot : Theory, Evidence, and ControversyHoward Lavine, John T. Jost, and Milton LodgeChapter 24: Social Cognition in LawEugene Borgida and Erik J. GirvanPart VI: MotivationChapter 25: Motivated Cognition in Self and Social ThoughtDavid DunningChapter 2 : Self-Regulation and Its Failure: The Seven Deadly Threats to Self-RegulationDylan D. Wagner and Todd F. HeathertonChapter 27: Goal Pursuit Functions: Working TogetherE. Tory Higgins and Abigail A. ScholerChapter 28: The Duality of Everyday Life: Dual-Process and Dual-System Models in Social PsychologyFritz Strack and Roland DeutschIndex Volume 2: Group ProcessesJohn F. Dovidio, PhD and Jeffry A. Simpson, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 2 IntroductionPart I: Intragroup ProcessesChapter : Social Influence in GroupsJohn M. Levine and R. Scott TindaleChapter 2: Creativity in GroupsBernard A. NijstadChapter 3: Leadership: Theory and PracticeS. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher, and Michael J. PlatowChapter 4: Social JusticeTom R. TylerChapter 5: Groups and MoralityColin Wayne Leach, Rezarta Bilali, and Stefano PagliaroChapter : Conflict and Negotiation Within and Between GroupsCarsten K. W. de Dreu, Hillie Aaldering, and amp Ouml zŭm SaygiChapter 7: Social Development and Intergroup RelationsMelanie Killen, Aline Hitti, and Kelly Lynn MulveyChapter 8: Social Identity and Intergroup RelationsDominic AbramsChapter 9: Convergence and Divergence in Perceptions of Persons and GroupsDavid L. Hamilton, Steven J. Sherman, Nate Way, and Elise J. PercyChapter : Intergroup EmotionsDiane M. Mackie and Eliot R. SmithChapter : Dehumanization and Intergroup RelationsNick HaslamPart II: Intergroup ProcessesChapter 2: amp quot The World Isn't Fair amp quot : A System Justification Perspective on Social Stratification and InequalityJohn T. Jost, Danielle Gaucher, and Chadly SternChapter 3: The Hidden Dynamics of Discrimination: How Ideologies Organize Power and Influence Intergroup RelationsRob Foels and Felicia PrattoChapter 4: Helping Relations and Inequality Between Individuals and GroupsArie Nadler and Samer HalabiChapter 5: Interacting Across Racial LinesJ. Nicole Shelton and Jennifer A. RichesonChapter : Psychological Perspectives on Immigration and AcculturationVictoria M. Esses, Stelian Medianu, Leah Hamilton, and Natalia LapshinaChapter 7: Stereotype Threat in Intergroup RelationsToni Schmader, William Hall, and Alyssa CroftChapter 8: Experiencing and Coping With Social StigmaManuela BarretoChapter 9: Psychological Processes in Social ActionMartijn van ZomerenChapter 2 : Contact Between GroupsLinda R. Tropp and Elizabeth Page-GouldIndex Volume 3: Interpersonal RelationsJeffry A. Simpson, PhD and John F. Dovidio, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 3 IntroductionPart I: Major Theoretical ApproachesChapter : Evolution and Close RelationshipsVladas Griskevicius, Martie G. Haselton, and Joshua M. AckermanChapter 2: Attachment Processes in Adult Romantic RelationshipsPaula R. Pietromonaco and Lindsey A. BeckChapter 3: Interdependence TheoryPaul A. M. Van Lange and Daniel BallietChapter 4: Relationships and the Self: Egosystem and EcosystemJennifer Crocker and Amy CanevelloPart II: Biological Approaches and HealthChapter 5: Relationship NeuroscienceLane Beckes and James A. CoanChapter : Relationships and HealthTimothy J. Loving and David A. SbarraPart III: Attraction and Relationship DevelopmentChapter 7: Interpersonal Attraction: In Search of a Theoretical Rosetta StoneEli J. Finkel and Paul W. EastwickChapter 8: Relationship Initiation and DevelopmentSusan Sprecher, Diane Felmlee, Sandra Metts, and William CupachChapter 9: Ideal Mate Standards and Romantic RelationshipsLorne Campbell, Jennifer C. Pink, and Sarah C. E. StantonPart IV: Motivation, Emotion, and IntersubjectivityChapter : Goal Pursuit in RelationshipsGr amp aacute inne M. Fitzsimons and Michelle R. vanDellenChapter : Emotions in RelationshipsJulie FitnessChapter 2: The Matter of Other Minds: Empathic Accuracy and the Factors That Influence ItSara D. Hodges, Karyn L. Lewis, and William IckesPart V: Support, Communication, and PowerChapter 3: Social SupportMarci E. J. Gleason and Masumi IidaChapter 4: Communication in Personal RelationshipsAnita L. VangelistiChapter 5: Power and Social Influence in RelationshipsJeffry A. Simpson, Allison K. Farrell, M. Minda Ori amp ntilde a, and Alexander J. RothmanChapter : Power: Past Findings, Present Considerations, and Future DirectionsAdam D. Galinsky, Derek D. Rucker, and Joe C. MageePart VI: Friendship, Love, and SexualityChapter 7: FriendshipDaniel Perlman, Nan L. Stevens, and Rodrigo J. CarcedoChapter 8: Love: Conceptualization and ExperienceBeverley FehrChapter 9: Sexuality and Same-Sex Sexuality in RelationshipsLisa M. DiamondPart VII: Maintenance, Strife, and DissolutionChapter 2 : Why Marriages Change Over TimeBenjamin R. KarneyChapter 2 : Relationship Maintenance and DissolutionChristopher R. Agnew and Laura E. VanderDriftChapter 22: Established and Emerging Perspectives on Violence in Intimate RelationshipsKim Bartholomew, Rebecca J. Cobb, and Donald G. DuttonIndex Volume 4: Personality Processes and Individual DifferencesM. Lynne Cooper, PhD and Randy J. Larsen, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 4 IntroductionPart I: Origins and Development of PersonalityChapter : Evolutionary Personality PsychologyDavid M. Buss and Lars PenkeChapter 2: Genetics of PersonalitySusan C. South, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Nicholas R. Eaton, and Robert F. KruegerChapter 3: Neurobiological Substrates of Personality: A Critical OverviewTal YarkoniChapter 4: The Development of Temperament and Personality Traits in Childhood and AdolescenceRebecca L. ShinerChapter 5: Personality Development Across the Life Span: Current Findings and Future DirectionsM. Brent Donnellan, Patrick L. Hill, and Brent W. RobertsPart II: Personality ProcessesChapter : Personality Processes and Processes as Personality: A Cognitive PerspectiveMichael D. Robinson and Benjamin M. WilkowskiChapter 7: Personality, Affect, and Affect RegulationAdam A. Augustine and Randy J. LarsenChapter 8: Agency and Its Discontents: A Two-Process Perspective on Basic Psychological Needs and MotivesKennon M. Sheldon and Julia Sch amp uuml lerChapter 9: The Interplay of Personality and Self-RegulationRick H. Hoyle and Patrick GallagherChapter : Terror Management Motivation at the Core of PersonalityMark J. Landau and Daniel SullivanPart III: Individual DifferencesChapter : On the Properties of Personality TraitsSampo V. Paunonen and Ryan Y. HongChapter 2: Self- and Other-Knowledge of PersonalitySimine Vazire and Brittany C. SolomonChapter 3: What Makes a Good Structural Model of Personality? Evaluating the Big Five and AlternativesGerard Saucier and Sanjay SrivastavaChapter 4: Behavioral Approach, Behavioral Avoidance, and Behavioral InhibitionCharles S. CarverChapter 5: Psychological Underpinnings to Impulsive BehaviorGregory T. Smith and Leila GullerChapter : Interpersonal TraitsLauri A. Jensen-Campbell, Priya A. Iyer-Eimerbrink, and Jennifer M. KnackChapter 7: Openness/Intellect: A Dimension of Personality Reflecting Cognitive ExplorationColin G. DeYoungPart IV: The Person as a WholeChapter 8: Person-Centered Approaches to PersonalityJens B. AsendorpfChapter 9: Personality and the Life StoryDan P. McAdams and Erika ManczakChapter 2 : Self-Processes in the Construction and Maintenance of PersonalityMark R. Leary and Kaitlin TonerPart V: The Person in ContextChapter 2 : The Interplay of Persons and Situations: Retrospect and ProspectD. S. Moskowitz and Marc A. FournierChapter 22: The Person as a Cognitive-Affective Processing System: Quantitative Idiography as an Integral Component of Cumulative ScienceYuichi Shoda, Nicole L. Wilson, Donna D. Whitsett, Jenna Lee-Dussud, and Vivian ZayasChapter 23: Gender and PersonalityVicki S. HelgesonChapter 24: Birth Cohort Differences in PersonalityJean M. Twenge, Brittany Gentile, and W. Keith CampbellChapter 25: The Interplay Between Culture and PersonalityVirginia S. Y. Kwan and Sarah D. HerrmannPart VI: Personality and AdaptationChapter 2 : Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Current Issues and ControversiesRichard E. Lucas and Ed DienerChapter 27: Personality Disorders and PersonalityTimothy J. Trull and Thomas A. WidigerChapter 28: Personality and Career SuccessRobert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-PremuzicChapter 29: Personality and Physical HealthTimothy W. Smith, Paula G. Williams, and Suzanne C. SegerstromPart VII: The Future of PersonalityChapter 3 : Six Visions for the Future of Personality PsychologyVer amp oacute nica Benet-Martinez, M. Brent Donnellan, William Fleeson, R. Chris Fraley, Samuel D. Gosling, Laura A. King, Richard W. Robins, and David C. FunderIndex

Mario Mikulincer, PhD, is professor of psychology and dean of the School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and more than 32 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Mikulincer's main research interests are attachment theory, terror management theory, personality processes in interpersonal relationships, coping with stress and trauma, grief-related processes, and prosocial motives and behavior. He is a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Inquiry, and Personality and Social Psychology Review and has served as associate editor of two journals, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personal Relationships. Currently, he acts as chief editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. He is a fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Association for Psychological Sciences. He received the EMET Prize in Social Science for his contributions to psychology and the Berscheid amp ndash Hatfield Award for Distinguished Midcareer Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research.  Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, is a social and personality psychologist and Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Before moving there, he served on the faculties of Columbia University, New York University, University of Denver, and State University of New York at Buffalo. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and has published more than 3 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Shaver's research focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close relationships, personality development, and the effects of meditation on behavior and the brain. He is a member of the editorial boards of Attachment and Human Development, Personal Relationships, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Emotion and has served on grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He has been executive officer of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and is a fellow of both APA and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. Shaver received a Distinguished Career Award from the International Association for Relationship Research and has served as president of that organization.

The authors and editors of the APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology have offered considerable evidence that supports a bullish assessment of the prospects for current and future progress in the development of concepts and methodology in both fields.(PsycCRITIQUES)

• Volume : Attitudes and Social CognitionEugene Borgida, PhD and John A. Bargh, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardAbout the Editors-in-ChiefContributorsSeries PrefaceHandbook IntroductionVolume IntroductionPart I: Human NatureChapter : Evolutionary Social CognitionSteven L. Neuberg and Mark SchallerChapter 2: Primate Social Cognition: What We Have Learned From Nonhuman Primates and Other AnimalsLucy A. Bates and Richard W. ByrneChapter 3: Psychological and Sociomoral Reasoning in InfancyRen amp eacute e Baillargeon, Rose M. Scott, Zijing He, Stephanie Sloane, Peipei Setoh, Kyong-sun Jin, Di Wu, and Lin BianChapter 4: Embodiment of Cognition and EmotionPiotr Winkielman, Paula Niedenthal, Joseph Wielgosz, Jiska Eelen, and Liam C. KavanaghPart II: Consciousness and UnconsciousnessChapter 5: Minding the Mind: The Value of Distinguishing Among Unconscious, Conscious, and Metaconscious ProcessesJonathan W. Schooler, Michael D. Mrazek, Benjamin Baird, and Piotr WinkielmanChapter : MetacognitionNorbert SchwarzChapter 7: Conscious Thoughts and the Causation of BehaviorRoy F. Baumeister, E. J. Masicampo, and Kathleen D. VohsChapter 8: Faces and First ImpressionsLeslie A. Zebrowitz and Joann M. MonteparePart III: The Phenomenology of Daily LifeChapter 9: Experimental Existential Psychology: Living in the Shadow of the Facts of LifeTom Pyszczynski, Daniel Sullivan, and Jeff GreenbergChapter : Psychological Importance of Beliefs in Control and Order: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives in Social and Personality PsychologyAaron C. Kay, Daniel Sullivan, and Mark J. LandauChapter : Social Cognition and HealthShelley E. TaylorChapter 2: Coengagement, Coconstruction, Coevocation: Three Principles to Bridge Relationships and Social CognitionRodolfo Mendoza-Denton and amp Ouml zlem AydukPart IV: Self and OtherChapter 3: Self and OtherSarah Molouki and Emily ProninChapter 4: Cultural PsychologyDov CohenChapter 5: Stereotyping: Processes and ContentSusan T. Fiske and Courtney Bearns TablanteChapter : Processes of Social Influence Through Attitude ChangeRichard E. Petty and Pablo Bri amp ntilde olChapter 7: Social Cognition of PowerAna GuinoteChapter 8: LeadershipAlice H. Eagly and John AntonakisChapter 9: New Frontiers in Diversity Research: Conceptions of Diversity and Their Theoretical and Practical ImplicationsVictoria C. Plaut, Sapna Cheryan, and Flannery G. StevensPart V: Affect and EmotionChapter 2 : Emotion amp ndash Cognition InteractionsDacher Keltner and E. J. HorbergChapter 2 : Implicit AttitudesIrene V. Blair, Nilanjana Dasgupta, and Jack GlaserChapter 22: Social Cognitive Neuroscience: A Review of Core SystemsBruce P. Dor amp eacute , Noam Zerubavel, and Kevin N. OchsnerChapter 23: Political Cognition and Its Normative Implications for the amp quot Democratic Experiment amp quot : Theory, Evidence, and ControversyHoward Lavine, John T. Jost, and Milton LodgeChapter 24: Social Cognition in LawEugene Borgida and Erik J. GirvanPart VI: MotivationChapter 25: Motivated Cognition in Self and Social ThoughtDavid DunningChapter 2 : Self-Regulation and Its Failure: The Seven Deadly Threats to Self-RegulationDylan D. Wagner and Todd F. HeathertonChapter 27: Goal Pursuit Functions: Working TogetherE. Tory Higgins and Abigail A. ScholerChapter 28: The Duality of Everyday Life: Dual-Process and Dual-System Models in Social PsychologyFritz Strack and Roland DeutschIndex Volume 2: Group ProcessesJohn F. Dovidio, PhD and Jeffry A. Simpson, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 2 IntroductionPart I: Intragroup ProcessesChapter : Social Influence in GroupsJohn M. Levine and R. Scott TindaleChapter 2: Creativity in GroupsBernard A. NijstadChapter 3: Leadership: Theory and PracticeS. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher, and Michael J. PlatowChapter 4: Social JusticeTom R. TylerChapter 5: Groups and MoralityColin Wayne Leach, Rezarta Bilali, and Stefano PagliaroChapter : Conflict and Negotiation Within and Between GroupsCarsten K. W. de Dreu, Hillie Aaldering, and amp Ouml zŭm SaygiChapter 7: Social Development and Intergroup RelationsMelanie Killen, Aline Hitti, and Kelly Lynn MulveyChapter 8: Social Identity and Intergroup RelationsDominic AbramsChapter 9: Convergence and Divergence in Perceptions of Persons and GroupsDavid L. Hamilton, Steven J. Sherman, Nate Way, and Elise J. PercyChapter : Intergroup EmotionsDiane M. Mackie and Eliot R. SmithChapter : Dehumanization and Intergroup RelationsNick HaslamPart II: Intergroup ProcessesChapter 2: amp quot The World Isn't Fair amp quot : A System Justification Perspective on Social Stratification and InequalityJohn T. Jost, Danielle Gaucher, and Chadly SternChapter 3: The Hidden Dynamics of Discrimination: How Ideologies Organize Power and Influence Intergroup RelationsRob Foels and Felicia PrattoChapter 4: Helping Relations and Inequality Between Individuals and GroupsArie Nadler and Samer HalabiChapter 5: Interacting Across Racial LinesJ. Nicole Shelton and Jennifer A. RichesonChapter : Psychological Perspectives on Immigration and AcculturationVictoria M. Esses, Stelian Medianu, Leah Hamilton, and Natalia LapshinaChapter 7: Stereotype Threat in Intergroup RelationsToni Schmader, William Hall, and Alyssa CroftChapter 8: Experiencing and Coping With Social StigmaManuela BarretoChapter 9: Psychological Processes in Social ActionMartijn van ZomerenChapter 2 : Contact Between GroupsLinda R. Tropp and Elizabeth Page-GouldIndex Volume 3: Interpersonal RelationsJeffry A. Simpson, PhD and John F. Dovidio, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 3 IntroductionPart I: Major Theoretical ApproachesChapter : Evolution and Close RelationshipsVladas Griskevicius, Martie G. Haselton, and Joshua M. AckermanChapter 2: Attachment Processes in Adult Romantic RelationshipsPaula R. Pietromonaco and Lindsey A. BeckChapter 3: Interdependence TheoryPaul A. M. Van Lange and Daniel BallietChapter 4: Relationships and the Self: Egosystem and EcosystemJennifer Crocker and Amy CanevelloPart II: Biological Approaches and HealthChapter 5: Relationship NeuroscienceLane Beckes and James A. CoanChapter : Relationships and HealthTimothy J. Loving and David A. SbarraPart III: Attraction and Relationship DevelopmentChapter 7: Interpersonal Attraction: In Search of a Theoretical Rosetta StoneEli J. Finkel and Paul W. EastwickChapter 8: Relationship Initiation and DevelopmentSusan Sprecher, Diane Felmlee, Sandra Metts, and William CupachChapter 9: Ideal Mate Standards and Romantic RelationshipsLorne Campbell, Jennifer C. Pink, and Sarah C. E. StantonPart IV: Motivation, Emotion, and IntersubjectivityChapter : Goal Pursuit in RelationshipsGr amp aacute inne M. Fitzsimons and Michelle R. vanDellenChapter : Emotions in RelationshipsJulie FitnessChapter 2: The Matter of Other Minds: Empathic Accuracy and the Factors That Influence ItSara D. Hodges, Karyn L. Lewis, and William IckesPart V: Support, Communication, and PowerChapter 3: Social SupportMarci E. J. Gleason and Masumi IidaChapter 4: Communication in Personal RelationshipsAnita L. VangelistiChapter 5: Power and Social Influence in RelationshipsJeffry A. Simpson, Allison K. Farrell, M. Minda Ori amp ntilde a, and Alexander J. RothmanChapter : Power: Past Findings, Present Considerations, and Future DirectionsAdam D. Galinsky, Derek D. Rucker, and Joe C. MageePart VI: Friendship, Love, and SexualityChapter 7: FriendshipDaniel Perlman, Nan L. Stevens, and Rodrigo J. CarcedoChapter 8: Love: Conceptualization and ExperienceBeverley FehrChapter 9: Sexuality and Same-Sex Sexuality in RelationshipsLisa M. DiamondPart VII: Maintenance, Strife, and DissolutionChapter 2 : Why Marriages Change Over TimeBenjamin R. KarneyChapter 2 : Relationship Maintenance and DissolutionChristopher R. Agnew and Laura E. VanderDriftChapter 22: Established and Emerging Perspectives on Violence in Intimate RelationshipsKim Bartholomew, Rebecca J. Cobb, and Donald G. DuttonIndex Volume 4: Personality Processes and Individual DifferencesM. Lynne Cooper, PhD and Randy J. Larsen, PhD, Associate EditorsEditorial BoardContributorsVolume 4 IntroductionPart I: Origins and Development of PersonalityChapter : Evolutionary Personality PsychologyDavid M. Buss and Lars PenkeChapter 2: Genetics of PersonalitySusan C. South, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Nicholas R. Eaton, and Robert F. KruegerChapter 3: Neurobiological Substrates of Personality: A Critical OverviewTal YarkoniChapter 4: The Development of Temperament and Personality Traits in Childhood and AdolescenceRebecca L. ShinerChapter 5: Personality Development Across the Life Span: Current Findings and Future DirectionsM. Brent Donnellan, Patrick L. Hill, and Brent W. RobertsPart II: Personality ProcessesChapter : Personality Processes and Processes as Personality: A Cognitive PerspectiveMichael D. Robinson and Benjamin M. WilkowskiChapter 7: Personality, Affect, and Affect RegulationAdam A. Augustine and Randy J. LarsenChapter 8: Agency and Its Discontents: A Two-Process Perspective on Basic Psychological Needs and MotivesKennon M. Sheldon and Julia Sch amp uuml lerChapter 9: The Interplay of Personality and Self-RegulationRick H. Hoyle and Patrick GallagherChapter : Terror Management Motivation at the Core of PersonalityMark J. Landau and Daniel SullivanPart III: Individual DifferencesChapter : On the Properties of Personality TraitsSampo V. Paunonen and Ryan Y. HongChapter 2: Self- and Other-Knowledge of PersonalitySimine Vazire and Brittany C. SolomonChapter 3: What Makes a Good Structural Model of Personality? Evaluating the Big Five and AlternativesGerard Saucier and Sanjay SrivastavaChapter 4: Behavioral Approach, Behavioral Avoidance, and Behavioral InhibitionCharles S. CarverChapter 5: Psychological Underpinnings to Impulsive BehaviorGregory T. Smith and Leila GullerChapter : Interpersonal TraitsLauri A. Jensen-Campbell, Priya A. Iyer-Eimerbrink, and Jennifer M. KnackChapter 7: Openness/Intellect: A Dimension of Personality Reflecting Cognitive ExplorationColin G. DeYoungPart IV: The Person as a WholeChapter 8: Person-Centered Approaches to PersonalityJens B. AsendorpfChapter 9: Personality and the Life StoryDan P. McAdams and Erika ManczakChapter 2 : Self-Processes in the Construction and Maintenance of PersonalityMark R. Leary and Kaitlin TonerPart V: The Person in ContextChapter 2 : The Interplay of Persons and Situations: Retrospect and ProspectD. S. Moskowitz and Marc A. FournierChapter 22: The Person as a Cognitive-Affective Processing System: Quantitative Idiography as an Integral Component of Cumulative ScienceYuichi Shoda, Nicole L. Wilson, Donna D. Whitsett, Jenna Lee-Dussud, and Vivian ZayasChapter 23: Gender and PersonalityVicki S. HelgesonChapter 24: Birth Cohort Differences in PersonalityJean M. Twenge, Brittany Gentile, and W. Keith CampbellChapter 25: The Interplay Between Culture and PersonalityVirginia S. Y. Kwan and Sarah D. HerrmannPart VI: Personality and AdaptationChapter 2 : Personality and Subjective Well-Being: Current Issues and ControversiesRichard E. Lucas and Ed DienerChapter 27: Personality Disorders and PersonalityTimothy J. Trull and Thomas A. WidigerChapter 28: Personality and Career SuccessRobert Hogan and Tomas Chamorro-PremuzicChapter 29: Personality and Physical HealthTimothy W. Smith, Paula G. Williams, and Suzanne C. SegerstromPart VII: The Future of PersonalityChapter 3 : Six Visions for the Future of Personality PsychologyVer amp oacute nica Benet-Martinez, M. Brent Donnellan, William Fleeson, R. Chris Fraley, Samuel D. Gosling, Laura A. King, Richard W. Robins, and David C. FunderIndex