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The psychology of meaning /

From moral philosophy and existentialism to the clinical realm of psychotherapy, The Psychology of Meaning explores the multifaceted nature of this highly subjective construct.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: American Psychological Association
Otros Autores: Markman, Keith D. (Keith Douglas), 1967-, Proulx, Travis, Lindberg, Matthew J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction: The New Science of Meaning / Matthew J. Lindberg
  • I. The Architecture of Meaning
  • 2. Three Forms of Meaning and the Management of Complexity / Jordan B. Peterson
  • 3. An Edifice for Enduring Personal Value: A Terror Management Perspective on the Human Quest for Multilevel Meaning / Matthew Vess
  • 4. Beyond Mortality and the Self: Meaning Makes a Comeback / Travis Proulx
  • II. Epistemic Understanding
  • 5. Truth Motivation / E. Tory Higgins
  • 6. Lay Theories of Personality as Cornerstones of Meaning / Jason E. Plaks
  • 7. Making Meaning by Seeing Human / Adam Waytz
  • III. Teleological Understanding: A Guide for Living
  • 8. Autobiographical Memory and the Creation of Meaning From Personally Experienced Events / John J. Skowronski
  • 9. How Actors, Agents, and Authors Find Meaning in Life / Dan P. McAdams
  • 10. Meaning and Morality: A Natural Coupling / Ronnie Janoff-Bulman
  • 11. Wrestling With Our Better Selves: The Search for Meaning in Life / Michael F. Steger
  • IV. Teleological Understanding: Explanations for Events
  • 12. Searching for and Finding Meaning Following Personal and Collective Traumas / John A. Updegraff
  • 13. Spirituality and Meaning Making in Cancer Survivorship / Crystal L. Park
  • 14. Finding Silver Linings: Meaning Making as a Compensatory Response to Negative Experiences / Grainne M. Fitzsimons
  • 15. Finding Meaning in One's Past: Nostalgia as an Existential Resource / Jacob Juhl
  • 16. Twists of Fate: Moments in Time and What Might Have Been in the Emergence of Meaning / Adam D. Galinsky
  • 17. "It Was Meant to Be": Retrospective Meaning Construction Through Mental Simulation / Hyeman Choi
  • V. Restoring Meaning
  • 18. Meaning Making Following Activation of the Behavioral Inhibition System: How Caring Less About What Others Think May Help Us to Make Sense of What Is Going on / Kees van den Bos
  • 19. The Embodiment of Meaning Violations / Brenda Major
  • 20. Neural and Motivational Mechanics of Meaning and Threat / Ian McGregor
  • 21. Still a Thrill: Meaning Making and the Pleasures of Uncertainty / Daniel T. Gilbert
  • 22. What Makes Life Meaningful: Positive Mood Works in a Pinch / Laura A. King
  • 23. Psychotherapy and the Restoration of Meaning: Existential Philosophy in Clinical Practice / Matthew J. Lindberg.