Volume 3 of this series presents contemporary advances in psychological science that address questions about personality dynamics. Twenty-two contributors discuss three challenging themes in personality dynamics: processes of meaning construction, the interplay between personality and the social world, and the embodied nature of the mind.  

Introduction: Personality Dynamics I. PERSONALITY AND MEANING CONSTRUCTION IN SOCIAL CONTEXT Knowledge, Appraisal, and Personality Dynamics, Daniel Cervone and Gregory Bartoszek. Dialogical Self Theory in Practice: About Some Interesting Phenomena, Hubert J. M. Hermans and Piotr Ole? The Construction of Meaning, Shulamith Kreitler II. PERSONALITY PROCESSES IN A SOCIAL WORLD The Relational Self: Transference as a Meaning-Making Mechanism, Susan M. Andersen and Elizabeth Przybylinski Perceived Isolation, John T. Cacioppo and Louise C. Hawkley Need and Ability in the Process of Knowledge Formation, Ma?gorzata Kossowska and Katarzyna Ja?ko III. COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE DYNAMICS AND THE EMBODIED MIND Social Anxiety and Performance, Michael W. Eysenck Embodied Simulation and the Human Smile: Processing Similarities to Cultural Differences, Paula M. Niedenthal, Magdalena Rychlowska,and Piotr Szarota Mental Dynamism and Its Constraints: Finding Patterns in the Stream of Consciousness, Robin R. Vallacher, Jay Michaels, Susan Wiese, Urszula Strawinska,and Andrzej Nowak Name Index Subject Index

'This outstanding volume features exciting new developments in the scientific study of personality. It reflects the inevitable interdependencies between epistemic, social and motivational factors that jointly elucidate the fundamental antinomy of human change and stability. A stimulating and inspiring read.' (Arie W. Kruglanski, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park)