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Volume 4 of this innovative series on social and personality psychology showcases the rapid advances being made in the science of cognitive and behavioral control, seen in their experimental (e.g., brain studies) and everyday (e.g., emotion regulation) varieties. Reflecting the nature of this topic, the book is divided in to two parts. The first part, "Basic Models of Control," explores fundamental brain-behavioral mechanisms and extends these to consider the alluring but still mysterious nature of consciousness. Part II, "Complex Models of Control," discusses adaptive (e.g., musical performance) and maladaptive (anxiety and depression) aspects of self-regulation. The book is intended for academic psychologists and advanced students who are studying the role of control mechanisms in personality processes.
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A professional volume of papers in psychology, this book was based on presentations at the fourth Biennial Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, in 2012. The theme of the book is personality and control. The premise that unites the contributors is that control processes are vitally important to every manifestation of psychology, that they vary on an individual level, and that these individual variations are important but often excluded or defined as statistical errors in scientific studies of behavior. Part one looks at basic models for the conscious control of one's own behavior (Gray's comparator model, Skinner's three-term contingency, response and incentive interference, behavioral inhibition system). Part two looks at complex models of control (in cognition, musical performance, anxiety and depression, and impulsive aggression and sensation-seeking). Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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