The Psychological Quest for Meaning (eBook)

Kentaro Fujita, Ayelet Fishbach, Nira Liberman (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
349 Seiten
The Guilford Press (Verlag)
978-1-4625-5861-2 (ISBN)

Infos

How do we transform scattered experiences into a coherent narrative? What drives us--consciously or unconsciously--to seek patterns, purpose, and understanding? This is the first volume explicitly devoted to the creation of psychological meaning, which has not been systematically defined and studied until recently. Leading authorities from multiple subdisciplines of psychology explore the mechanisms by which humans figure out the world around them, find direction in personal striving, and make sense of the self and one's life. Cutting-edge theories, methods, and findings are clearly explained, as is the key role of meaning making in the functioning of both individuals and societies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Schlagworte: Cognitive Psychology • Construal Level Theory • Courses • Culture and Personality • Decision Making • Emotion • Emotions • Existential • graduate classes • Human Relations • judgment • making meaning • Motivation • Person Perception • Philosophy • psychological distance • research handbooks • Social Cognition • Social Interaction • Social Psychology • Terror Management • textbooks • theories of self • Theory of Mind • Understanding
• ISBN-10: 1-4625-5861-5 / 1462558615
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4625-5861-2 / 9781462558612