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Author:   Mario Mikulincer ,  Phillip R. Shaver
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.950kg
ISBN:  

9781433814150

ISBN 10:   1433814153
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   19 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors Preface Introduction  Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver Part I. Brain Chapter 1: Comparative and Developmental Perspectives on Oxytocin and Vasopressin  Karen L. Bales Chapter 2: Primary-Process Separation-Distress (PANIC/GRIEF) and Reward Eagerness (SEEKING) Processes in the Ancestral Genesis of Depressive Affect and Addictions  Jaak Panksepp, Mark Solms, Thomas E. Schläpfer, and Volker A. Coenen Chapter 3: Romantic Love, Pair-Bonding, and the Dopaminergic Reward System  Bianca P. Acevedo and Arthur P. Aron Chapter 4: The Vicarious Brain  Christian Keysers and Valeria Gazzola Chapter 5: Our Social Baseline: The Role of Social Proximity in Economy of Action  James A. Coan, Casey L. Brown, and Lane Beckes Chapter 6:Emotion, Morality, and the Developing Brain  Jean Decety and Lauren H. Howard Part II. Infancy and Development Chapter 7: Child–Parent Attachment and Response to Threat: A Move From the Level of Representation  Jude Cassidy, Katherine B. Ehrlich, and Laura J. Sherman Chapter 8: Synchrony and the Neurobiological Basis of Social Affiliation  Ruth Feldman Chapter 9: Gaze Following: A Mechanism for Building Social Connections Between Infants and Adults  Rechele Brooks and Andrew N. Meltzoff Chapter 10: Beyond Words: Parental Embodied Mentalizing and the Parent–Infant Dance  Dana Shai and Peter Fonagy Chapter 11: Parental Insightfulness and Child–Parent Emotion Dialogues: Their Importance for Children's Development  David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie Chapter 12: The Impact of Early Interpersonal Experience on Adult Romantic Relationship Functioning  Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Andrew Collins, Jessica E. Salvatore, and Sooyeon Sung Part III. Adult Close Relationships Chapter 13: Risk Regulation in Close Relationships  Justin V. Cavallo, Sandra L. Murray, and John G. Holmes Chapter 14: Responsiveness: Affective Interdependence in Close Relationships  Harry T. Reis Chapter 15: Attachment Bonds in Romantic Relationships  Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer Chapter 16: A Theoretical Perspective on the Importance of Social Connections for Thriving  Brooke C. Feeney and Nancy L. Collins Chapter 17: Sexy Building Blocks: The Contribution of the Sexual System to Attachment Formation and Maintenance Gurit E. Birnbaum Part IV. Group Chapter 18: Evolution of the Social Brain: Psychological Adaptations for Group Living  Mark van Vugt and Tatsuya Kameda Chapter 19: Social Defense Theory: How a Mixture of Personality Traits in Group Contexts May Promote Our Survival  Tsachi Ein-Dor Chapter 20: It's All in the Mind: How Social Identification Processes Affect Neurobiological Responses  Naomi Ellemers, Félice van Nunspeet, and Daan Scheepers Chapter 21: Oxytocinergic Circuitry Motivates Group Loyalty  Carsten K. W. De Dreu Index About the Editors

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The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds. - CHOICE

"The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds. -- ""Choice"" This edited volume takes what might appear to be disparate topics and creates a narrative of the human social experience that is highly informative and coherent...Each of the chapters is skillfully edited so that there is relatively little repetition of information across chapters. The result is one of the very few edited books I have encountered in which the chapters flow seamlessly, as if written by one very good author. -- ""PsycCRITIQUES"" ""The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds."" - CHOICE"

“The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds.” – CHOICE This edited volume takes what might appear to be disparate topics and creates a narrative of the human social experience that is highly informative and coherent…Each of the chapters is skillfully edited so that there is relatively little repetition of information across chapters. The result is one of the very few edited books I have encountered in which the chapters flow seamlessly, as if written by one very good author. * PsycCRITIQUES * The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds. * Choice *

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Mario Mikulincer, PhD, is a professor of psychology and dean of the New School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. He has published five books and more than 280 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Mikulincer's main research interests are attachment theory, terror management theory, personality processes in interpersonal relationships, coping with stress and trauma, grief-related processes, and prosocial motives and behavior. He is a member of the editorial boards of several scientific journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Inquiry, and Personality and Social Psychology Review, and he has served as associate editor of two journals, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personal Relationships. Recently, he was elected to serve as chief editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. He received the EMET Prize in Social Science for his contributions to psychology and the Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research.   Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, a social and personality psychologist, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Before moving there, he served on the faculties of Columbia University, New York University, University of Denver, and State University of New York at Buffalo. He has coauthored and coedited numerous books and has published more than 250 scholarly articles and book chapters. Dr. Shaver's research focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close relationships, personality development, and the effects of meditation on behavior and the brain. He is a member of the editorial boards of Attachment and Human Development, Personal Relationships, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Emotion, and he has served on grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He has been executive officer of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) and president of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR). He has received a Distinguished Career Award and a Mentoring Award from the IARR, a Scientific Influence Award from SESP, and a Career Contribution award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.  

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