Presenting state-of-the-art research from leading investigators, this volume examines the processes by which people understand their interpersonal experiences. Provided are fresh perspectives on how individuals glean social knowledge from past relationships and apply it in the here and now. Also explored are the effects of biases and expectancies about significant others on relationship satisfaction and personal well-being. Broad in scope, the book integrates findings from experimental social psychology with insights from developmental, personality, and clinical psychology. Throughout, chapters strike an appropriate balance between theory and method, offering an understanding of the core issues involved as well as the tools needed to study them.
1. The Relational Self and Transference: Evoking Motives, Self-Regulation, and Emotions through Activation of Mental Representations of Significant Others, Susan Andersen and S. Adil Saribay 2. Understanding and Modifying the Relational Schemas Underlying Insecurity, Mark W. Baldwin and Stephane D. Dandeneau 3. Rejection Sensitivity as an Interpersonal Vulnerability, Janina Pietrzak, Geraldine Downey, and Ozlem Ayduk 4. Interpersonal Cognition and the Quest for Social Acceptance: Inside the Sociometer, Mark R. Leary 5. Goals and Labors, Friends and Neighbors: Self-Regulation and Interpersonal Relationships, Grainne M. Fitzsimons, James Shah, Tanya L. Chartrand, and John A. Bargh 6. Commitment Calibration with the Relationship Cognition Toolbox, John E. Lydon, Kimberly Burton, and Danielle Menzies-Toman 7. A Relationship-Specific Sense of Felt Security: How Perceived Regard Regulates Relationship-Enhancement Processes, Sandra L. Murray and Jaye Derrick 8. The Role of Prototypes in Interpersonal Cognition, Beverley Fehr 9. Including Close Others in the Cognitive Structure of the Self, Arthur Aron, Debra Mashek, Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe, Stephen Wright, Gary Lewandowski, and Elaine N. Aron 10. Mental Representations of Attachment Security: Theoretical Foundation for a Positive Social Psychology, Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver 11. The Four Basic Social Bonds: Structures for Coordinating Interaction, Alan Page Fiske and Nick Haslam 12. Social Mentalities: A Biopsychosocial and Evolutionary Approach to Social Relationships, Paul Gilbert 13. Role-Relationship Models: Addressing Maladaptive Interpersonal Patterns and Emotional Distress, Jodene R. Baccus and Mardi J. Horowitz 14. Interpersonal Schemas: Clinical Theory, Research, and Implications, Polly Scarvalone, Melanie Fox, and Jeremy D. Safran 15. Self as a Society: The Dynamics of Interchange and Power, Hubert J. M. Hermans 16. An Integrative Review of Theories of Interpersonal Cognition: An Interdependence Theory Perspective, John G. Holmes and Jessica Cameron
