Widely regarded as the authoritative reference in the field, this volume comprehensively reviews theory and research on the self. Leading investigators address this essential construct at multiple levels of analysis, from neural pathways to complex social and cultural dynamics. Coverage includes how individuals gain self-awareness, agency, and a sense of identity; self-related motivation and emotion; the role of the self in interpersonal behavior; and self-development across evolutionary time and the lifespan. Connections between self-processes and psychological problems are also addressed. New to This Edition Incorporates significant theoretical and empirical advances. Nine entirely new chapters. Coverage of the social and cognitive neuroscience of self-processes; self-regulation and health; self and emotion; and hypoegoic states, such as mindfulness. Contents: 1. The Self as an Organizing Construct in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Mark R. Leary and June Price Tangney I. Awareness, Cognition, and Regulation 2. Self as Psycho-Social Dynamic Processing System: Toward a Converging Science of Selfhood, Carolyn C. Morf and Walter Mischel 3. Self-Awareness, Charles S. Carver 4. Self, Self-Concept, and Identity, Daphna Oyserman, Kristen Elmore, and George Smith 5. Organization of Self-Knowledge: Features, Functions, and Flexibility, Carolin J. Showers and Virgil Zeigler-Hill 6. Reflected Appraisal through a 21st-Century Looking Glass, Harry M. Wallace and Dianne M. Tice 7. Expandable Selves, Gregory M. Walton, David Paunesku, and Carol S. Dweck 8. Implicit Self and Identity, Thierry Devos, Que-Lam Huynh, and Mahzarin R. Banaji 9. Self-Regulation and the Executive Function of the Self, Roy F. Baumeister and Kathleen D. Vohs 10. Self-Efficacy, James E. Maddux and Jennifer T. Gosselin 11. Multiple Identities within a Single Self: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on Internalization within Contexts and Cultures, Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci 12. Self-Regulation Failure and Health: Pathways to Mental and Physical Illness, Timothy J. Strauman and Elena L. Goetz 13. Hypo-Egoic Mindsets: Antecedents and Implications of Quieting the Self, Mark R. Leary and Meredith L. Terry II. Evaluation, Motivation, and Emotion 14. Social Self-Analysis: Constructing and Maintaining Personal Identity, Mark D. Alicke, Corey L. Guenther, and Ethan Zell 15. Contingencies of Self-Worth, Jennifer Crocker and Lora E. Park 16. Self-Protection, Constantine Sedikides 17. Individual Differences in Self-Esteem, Geoff MacDonald and Mark R. Leary 18. Freedom versus Fear Revisited: An Integrative Analysis of the Dynamics of the Defense and Growth of Self, Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg, and Jamie Arndt 19. Self-Verification: The Search for Coherence, William B. Swann, Jr., and Michael D. Buhrmester 20. Self and Emotion, Paul J. Silvia and Kari M. Eddington 21. Self-Conscious Emotions, June Price Tangney and Jessica L. Tracy III. Interpersonal Behavior and Culture 22. The Relation of Self to Social Perception, David Dunning 23. Social Identity and the Psychology of Groups, Michael A. Hogg 24. Self and Close Relationships, Arthur Aron and Natalie Nardone 25. Self-Presentation, Barry R. Schlenker 26. Contemporary Perspectives on Narcissism and the Narcissistic Personality Type, Frederick Rhodewalt 27. Cultural Models of the Self, Susan E. Cross and Jonathan S. Gore IV. Physiological, Phylogenetic, and Developmental Perspectives 28. The Two Selves: The Self of Conscious Experience and Its Brain, Stanley B. Klein 29. A Social Neuroscience Perspective on the Self, Jennifer S. Beer 30. Self-Recognition in Animals, Robert W. Mitchell 31. Emerging Self-Processes during Childhood and Adolescence, Susan Harter Contributors: Mark D. Alicke, PhD, Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Jamie Arndt, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri Arthur Aron, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York Mahzarin R. Banaji, PhD, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Roy F. Baumeister, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Jennifer S. Beer, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Michael D. Buhrmester, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Charles S. Carver, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Jennifer Crocker, PhD, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Susan E. Cross, PhD, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Edward L. Deci, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Thierry Devos, PhD, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California David Dunning, PhD, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Carol S. Dweck, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Kari M. Eddington, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina Kristen Elmore, MSW, Institute for Social Research, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Elena L. Goetz, BA, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Jonathan S. Gore, PhD, Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky Jennifer T. Gosselin, PhD, Department of Psychology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut Jeff Greenberg, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Corey L. Guenther, PhD, Department of Psychology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska Susan Harter, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado Michael A. Hogg, PhD, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Los Angeles, California Que-Lam Huynh, PhD, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California Stanley B. Klein, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California Mark R. Leary, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Geoff MacDonald, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada James E. Maddux, PhD, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Walter Mischel, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York Robert W. Mitchell, PhD, Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky Carolyn C. Morf, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Natalie Nardone, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York Daphna Oyserman, PhD, Institute for Social Research, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Lora E. Park, PhD, Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York David Paunesku, MA, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Tom Pyszczynski, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Frederick Rhodewalt, PhD (deceased), Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Richard M. Ryan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Barry R. Schlenker, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Constantine Sedikides, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Carolin J. Showers, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Paul J. Silvia, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina George Smith, MS, Institute for Social Research, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Timothy J. Strauman, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina William B. Swann, Jr., PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas June Price Tangney, PhD, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Meredith L. Terry, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Dianne M. Tice, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Jessica L. Tracy, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Kathleen D. Vohs, PhD, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Harry M. Wallace, PhD, Department of Psychology, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas Gregory M. Walton, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Ethan Zell, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina Virgil Zeigler-Hill, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi About the Editors: Mark R. Leary, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. His research focuses on the processes by which people think about and evaluate themselves; the effects of self-reflection on emotion and psychological well-being; and how people are influenced by concerns about how they are perceived and evaluated by others. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and a recipient of the Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity. Dr. Leary was the founding editor of the journal Self and Identity and is currently Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Review. June Price Tangney, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. A Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and of the Association for Psychological Science, she is Associate Editor of American Psychologist. Dr. Tangney’s primary research interest is the development and implications of moral emotions; her current work focuses on moral emotions among incarcerated offenders. A recipient of George Mason University’s Teaching Excellence Award, she strives to integrate service, teaching, and clinically relevant research in both the classroom and her lab.
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