The Oxford handbook of psychological situations / John F. Rauthmann, Ryne A. Sherman, David C. Funder.
Contributor(s): Rauthmann, John F [editor.] | Sherman, Ryne A [editor.] | Funder, David C [editor.].
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2020Description: 518 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190263348.Genre/Form: Print books.Summary: "Even as the acknowledgment that "behavior is a function of an interaction between the person and situation" has attained the status of a truism in psychology, the study of situations has lagged far behind the study of persons. This imbalance has begun to be remedied in recent years, with the development of assessment instruments and new theoretical perspectives for understanding situations. More and more papers are being published, symposia and even entire conferences are being devoted to the interplay of persons and situations, and research is progressing rapidly. This handbook offers an extensive review of the research on psychological situations, providing a one-stop source for readings on the state of the art of theory, methods, findings, and applications in this burgeoning field. The handbook chapters are written by experts in their respective research areas and are conveniently organized along these themes. Bringing together historical reviews, theoretical pieces, methodological descriptions, and empirical applications, this volume is the definitive, go-to source for a psychology of situations"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | BF698.9 .S55 O94 2020 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000018830 |
"Even as the acknowledgment that "behavior is a function of an interaction between the person and situation" has attained the status of a truism in psychology, the study of situations has lagged far behind the study of persons. This imbalance has begun to be remedied in recent years, with the development of assessment instruments and new theoretical perspectives for understanding situations. More and more papers are being published, symposia and even entire conferences are being devoted to the interplay of persons and situations, and research is progressing rapidly. This handbook offers an extensive review of the research on psychological situations, providing a one-stop source for readings on the state of the art of theory, methods, findings, and applications in this burgeoning field. The handbook chapters are written by experts in their respective research areas and are conveniently organized along these themes. Bringing together historical reviews, theoretical pieces, methodological descriptions, and empirical applications, this volume is the definitive, go-to source for a psychology of situations"--