The Psychology of Meaning

Edited by:   Keith D. Markman, Travis Proulx, Matthew J. Lindberg
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   1.107kg
ISBN:   9781433812248
ISBN 10:   143381224X
Pages:   508
Publication Date:   15 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Keith D. Markman, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Ohio University, where he is a member of the social judgment and behavioral decision-making program.   Dr. Markman received his doctorate in 994 at Indiana University and completed a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship at The Ohio State University. He conducts research in the areas of counterfactual thinking, creativity, and psychological momentum and has published over 4 articles and book chapters in these areas.   Dr. Markman is currently an associate editor of Social and Personality Psychology Compass, was nominated for the 2 3 Theoretical Innovation Prize in social and personality psychology, and won the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award at Ohio University in 2 4. His edited volume, The Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation, was published in 2 9.   Travis Proulx, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Psychology at Tilburg University's School of Social and Behavioral Sciences in Tilburg, Netherlands.   Dr. Proulx received a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of British Columbia and went on to receive a doctorate in developmental psychology. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in social psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.   Drawing from these diverse perspectives, Dr. Proulx has worked in collaboration on the meaning maintenance model - a discipline-spanning framework that offers an integrated account of inconsistency compensation phenomena. His research focuses on the common ways that people respond to a wide array of meaning violations, ranging from absurdist humor to the absurdity of human mortality.   Matthew J. Lindberg, PhD, is a visiting researcher in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.   Dr. Lindberg received his doctorate in 2 at Ohio University and subsequently joined the Department of Psychology at Fayetteville State University as an assistant professor. His research focuses on how people think about the world and people around them, and how such thoughts affect their emotions, motivations, and behaviors.   Dr. Lindberg has conducted research on counterfactual thinking, creativity, meaning, conscious and unconscious thinking, and jury decision-making.