The five‐factor model of personality is a hierarchical organization of personality traits in
terms of five basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness …

A theory was proposed to reconcile paradoxical findings on the invariance of personality
and the variability of behavior across situations. For this purpose, individuals were assumed …

This book is a reader-friendly description of a viewpoint on human behavior which sees all
behavior as aimed at attaining goals. A wide variety of topics are treated (the theory is …

In this chapter I propose that frames provide the fundamental representation of knowledge in
human cognition. In the first section, I raise problems with the feature list representations …

" My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing, and I can only do one thing
at a time"(James 1 890/1983: 960). The pragmatics of social cognition, foreseen by James …

Based on the notion that approach-avoidance underlies impression formation processes
and that approach-avoidance is more directly based on appraisals of others' morality (M) …

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on
prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories …

After reviewing classic and current conceptions of trait (as measured by questionnaires) and
motive (as measured by the Thematic Apperception Test [TAT] or other imaginative verbal …

Developments in personality-social psychology, in social cognition, and in cognitive
neuroscience have led to an emerging conception of personality dynamics and dispositions …

Humans are social animals in that they are dependent on one another for connectedness,
self-esteem, and knowledge/understanding of the world. This chapter focuses on an …