Then a miracle occurs
Subtitle: focusing on behavior in social psychological theory and research : Purdue Symposium on Psychological Sciences
By: edited by Christopher R. Agnew ... [et al.].
Contributors: Agnew, Christopher Rolfe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780195377798
Subjects: Interbehavioral psychology -- Congresses; Social psychology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "Then a Miracle Occurs is a collection of papers focusing on a multiplicity of issues surrounding behavior. Social psychology has contributed a great deal to our understanding of behavior and its antecedents, and there is considerable utility in drawing together such work in one place. However, thought there has been great progress in elucidating the internal cognitive, affective and motivational underpinnings of behavior, much less research has focused on external behavior itself. While psychology has focused on the internal states of individuals, the study of actual observed behavior has become overly neglected. Then a Miracle Occurs identifies the theoretical gaps, the empirical needs, and the focal issues that still demand attention." "Bringing together well-known scholars from personality and social psychology to discuss ways that social psychological research can be more effective, Then a Miracle Occurs focuses on bringing behavior and social interaction back to the forefront of examination. The book examines one of the biggest problems in modern social psychological research and presents an array of methods and approaches to remedy the current trend in the field."--Jacket.
Notes: Symposium held on the West Lafayette, Indiana campus of Purdue Univ. in May of 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Behavior and miracles / Christopher R. Agnew ... [et al.]; title: Psychology as the science of self-reports and finger movements : whatever happened to actual behavior? / Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs, and David C. Funder; title: Behavioral assessment practices among social psychologists who study small groups / Richard L. Moreland ... [et al.]; title: Individuals, behavior, and what lies between the two / Donal E. Carlston and William G. Graziano; title: Habit : from overt action to mental events / Bas Verplanken; title: Unconscious behavioral guidance systems / John A. Bargh and Ezequiel Morsella; title: Does emotion cause behavior (apart from making people do stupid, destructive things)? / Roy F. Baumeister ... [et al.]; title: How to maximize implementation intention effects / Peter M. Gollwitzer ... [et al.]; title: Distinguishing between prediction and influence : multiple processes underlying attitude-behavior consistency / Leandre R. Fabrigar, Duane T. Wegener, and Tara K. MacDonald; title: Personality as manifest in behavior : direct behavioral observation using the revised riverside behavioral Q-sort (RBQ-3.0) / R. Michael Furr, Seth A. Wagerman, and David C. Funder; title: Personality, demographics, and self-reported behavioral acts : the development of avocational interest scales from estimates of the amount of time spent in interest-related activities / Lewis R. Goldberg; title: Measuring self-enhancement : from self-report to concrete behavior / Delroy L. Paulhus and Ronald R. Holden; title: Developing an ecological framework for establishing connections among dispositions, behaviors, and environments : from affordances to behavior settings / Reuben M. Baron; title: Behavior between people : emphasizing the "act" in interaction / Christopher R. Agnew and Janice R. Kelly; title: Behavior, the brain, and the social psychology of close relationships / Arthur Aron; title: The relationship context of social behavior / Harry T. Reis; title: The atlas of interpersonal situations : a theory-driven approach to behavioral signatures / John G. Holmes and Justin V. Cavallo; title: Mind-behavior relations in attachment theory and research / Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer; title: Grounding social psychology in behavior in daily life : the case of conflict and distress in couples / Niall Bolger ... [et al.]; title: Communication, coordinated action and focal points in groups : from dating couples to emergency responders / Andrea B. Hollingshead; title: Nonverbal behavior in social psychology research : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Judy A. Hall.