Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes (Blackwell Handbooks of Social Psychology)

This authoritative handbook provides a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research as well as an assessment of future trends in the field of interpersonal processes. Ensures thorough and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of interpersonal processes Includes contributions by academics and other experts from around the world to ensure a truly international perspective Provides a comprehensive overview of classic and current research and likely future trends Fully referenced chapters and annotated bibliographies allow easy access to further study Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information, visit www.xreferplus.com Cover......Page 1 Halftitle......Page 2 Inside Cover......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Series Editors’ Foreword......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 PART I: Cognition/Attribution......Page 13 1 - Attributions in Close Relationships: From Balkanization to Integration......Page 14 2 - Cognition and the Development of Close Relationships......Page 43 3 - Cognitive Representations of Attachment: The Content and Function of Working Models......Page 71 4 - The Structure and Function of Ideal Standards in Close Relationships......Page 97 5 - Seeking a Sense of Conviction: Motivated Cognition in Close Relationships......Page 118 PART II: Social Motivation......Page 138 6 - Integrating Social Psychological Research on Aggression within an Evolutionary-based Framework......Page 139 7 - Helping and Altruism......Page 172 8 - The Death and Rebirth of the Social Psychology of Negotiation......Page 206 9 - Motivational Aspects of Empathic Accuracy......Page 239 PART III: Affect/Emotion......Page 261 10 - Understanding People’s Perceptions of Relationships Is Crucial to Understanding their Emotional Lives......Page 262 11 - Emotional Intelligence: Conceptualization and Measurement......Page 288 12 - Emotional Experience in Close Relationships......Page 317 13 - The Status of Theory and Research on Love and Commitment......Page 340 PART IV: Social Influence and Comparison......Page 366 14 - Interdependence in Close Relationships......Page 367 15 - Social Comparison and Close Relationships......Page 396 PART V: Self and Identity......Page 417 16 - An Evolutionary-Psychological Approach to Self-esteem: Multiple Domains and Multiple Functions......Page 418 17 - Is Loving the Self Necessary for Loving Another? An Examination of Identity and Intimacy......Page 444 18 - The Self We Know and the Self We Show: Self-esteem, Self-presentation, and the Maintenance of Interpersonal Relationships......Page 464 19 - Self-expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships and Beyond......Page 485 PART VI: Methods......Page 510 20 - A Statistical Framework for Modeling Homogeneity and Interdependence in Groups......Page 511 PART VII: Applications......Page 541 21 - Attachment Style and Affect Regulation: Implications for Coping with Stress and Mental Health......Page 542 22 - Marital Therapy and Social Psychology: Will We Choose Explicit Partnership or Cryptomnesia?......Page 563 Subject Index......Page 592 Author Index......Page 607 Following Kelley's (1967) and Jones and Davis's (1965) important elaboration and systematization of Heider's (1958) seminal ideas about the perceived causes of behavior, attribution research replaced dissonance as the major research topic in social psychology, accounting for 11 percent of all published social-psychological research during the 1970s (Pleban & Richardson, 1979). [v. 1] Intraindividual processes / edited by Abraham Tesser and Norbert Schwarz [v. 2] Interpersonal processes / edited by Garth J.O. Fletcher and Margaret S. Clark [v. 3] Group processes / edited by Michael A. Hogg and R. Scott Tindale [v. 4] Intergroup processes / edited by Rupert Brown and Samuel L. Gaertner. This volume provides an authoritative overview of the field of interpersonal processes. The ideas and research into communal and exchange relationships are discussed, covering topics such as cognition/attribution, social motivation, affect/emotion, social influence and comparison and identity