edited by Katherine J. Reynolds and Nyla R. Branscombe
xiv, 307 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Section I. Broad environmental effects on the person : Toward person plasticity: individual and collective approaches / Nyla R. Branscombe and Katherine J. Reynolds -- Experience-dependent effects of genes: responses to stressors / Opal A. McInnis, Robyn J. McQuaid, Kimberly Matheson and Hymie Anisman -- The age in which we live and its impact on the person / Jean M. Twenge -- Psychological metamorphosis: understanding the effects of institutions, roles, and dramatic social change on individuals / Serge Guimond and Roxane de la Sablonnière -- Exposure to political violence and political behavior : psychological mechanisms of transformation / Daphna Canetti and Miriam Lindner -- Section II. The person across time, contexts, and categorizations : A functional perspective on personality trait development / Dustin Wood and Jaap J.A. Denissen -- Emotion in adulthood: what changes and why? / Derek M. Isaacowitz and Kimberly Livingstone -- Social determinants of cognitive change: identity processes as the source of both enhancement and decline / Chatherine Haslam, S. Alexander Haslam, and Jolanda Jetten -- Designing and evaluating behavior-change interventions to promote health / Sarah Denford, Charles Abraham, Jane Smith, Jenny J. Lloyd, Mathew White, Mark Tarrant, Katrina Wyatt, Colin Greaves, and Sara Dean -- Does education really change us? The impact of school-based social processes on the person / Katherine J. Reynolds, Emina Subašić, Eunro Lee, David Bromhead, and Karen Tindall -- Section III. Shifts in meaning, behavior, and identities : Situations change thought and behavior through metaphor / Mark J. Landau and Lucas A. Keefer -- Prosocial behavior and person change / Lara B. Aknin -- The dynamic nature of identity: from the brain to behavior / Dominic J. Packer and Jay J. Van Bavel -- Changing identities of change society : leadership as a contest for influence and collective mobilization / Emina Subašić, Katherine J. Reynolds, and Mariyam S. Mohamed -- Advancing the psychology of change / Katherine J. Reynolds and Nyla R. Branscombe
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"This volume tackles the critical question of whether people change or whether they remain relatively constant across the lifespan. Much existing literature in psychology has largely endorsed the concept of stability. Indeed, in many people's minds, the person is understood to be set in stone, as a function of early socialization and reaching a particular stage of development, evolutionary processes, or traits that are hard-wired from the beginning by genes and biology."--Publisher's website