About the Book
Time pervades every aspect of people's lives. We are all affected by remnants of our pasts, assessments of our presents, and forecasts of our futures. Our thoughts, feelings and behaviours over time inexorably intertwine and intermingle, determining varied reactions such as affect and emotions, as well as future behaviours. The purpose of this volume is to bring together the diverse theory and research of an outstanding group of scholars whose work relates to peoples judgements over time. To date, much theory and research on temporal variables within psychology has remained somewhat fragmented, isolated and even provincial - researchers in particular domains are either unaware of or are paying little attention to each other's work. Integrating the theory and research into a single volume will bring about a greater awareness and appreciation of conceptual relations between seemingly disparate topics, define and promote the state of scientific knowledge in these areas, and set the agenda for future work. The volume presents the two main ways of looking at judgments over time: looking at how people's thoughts about the future and the past affect their present states, and looking at the interplay over time among people's thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Table of Contents:
ForwardGeorge Loewenstein- Carnegie Mellon University:
PrefaceLawrence J. Sanna- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Edward C. Chang- University of Michigan:
INTRODUCTION
1: Lawrence J. Sanna-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Edward C. Chang-University of Michigan: Past as Prologue: An Introduction to Judgments Over Time
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
2: James A. Sheppard and Kate Sweeney-University of Florida, Patrick J. Carroll-Ohio State University: Abandoning Optimism in Predictions About the Future
3: Julie K. Norem-Wellesley College, Shannon Smith-University of Rochester: Defensive Pessimism: Positive Past, Anxious Present, and Pessimistic Future
4: Edward C. Chang, Christina A. Downey, and Elizabeth Y. Lin-University of Michigan: Pursuing a Path to a More Perfect Future: On Causes, Correlates, and Consequences of Perfectionism
5: Leaf Van Boven and Joanne Kane-University of Colorado, Boulder: Predicting Feelings Versus Choices
6: Jeff Joireman-Washington State University, Alan Strathman-University of Missouri, Columbia, Daniel Balliet-Washington State University: Considering Future Consequences: An Integrative Model
7: C.R. Snyder, Kevin L. Rand, and Lorie A. Ritschel-University of Kansas: Hope Over Time
8: Fantasy Realization and the Bridging of Time Gabriele Oettingen-New York University/University of Hamburg, Jennifer Thorpe-New York University
THINKING ABOUT THE PAST
9: Leonard L. Martin and Abraham Tesser-University of Georgia: Extending the Goal Progress Model of Rumination: Goal Re-evaluation and Growth
10: Lawrence J. Sanna-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, Seth E. Carter and Eulena M. Small-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: The Road Not Take: Counterfactual Thinking Over Time
11: Bertram F. Malle and Chuck Tate-University of Oregon: Explaining the Past, Predicting the Future
12: Marcel Zeelenberg and Rik Pieters-Tilburg University, The Netherlands: Looking Backwards with an Eye on the Future: Propositions Towards a Theory of Regret Regulation
13: Fred B. Bryant and Adam DeHoek-Loyola University, Chicago: Looking Back on What We Knew and When We Knew It: The Role of Time in the Development of Hindsight Bias
14: John J. Skowronski-Northern Illinois University, W. Richard Walker-Winston-Salem State University, John E. Edlund-Northern Illinois University: How Do You Feel About It Now and When Did It Happen? Judgments of Emotion and Judgments of Time in Autobiographical Memory
15: Linda J. Levine-University of California, Irvine, Martin A. Safer-Catholic University of America, Heather C. Lench-University of California, Irvine: Remembering and Misremembering Emotions
CONCLUSION
16: Lawrence J. Sanna-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Edward C. Chang-University of Michigan: Future as Epilogue: Some Conclusions on Judgments Over Time
Review :
"...succeeds in its goal to inform scholars of various areas of relevant theory and research, to integrate ideas, and ultimately to advance thinking about issues over time. The book provides useful reviews of literature in seemingly disparate areas, and so integrates discussion about thinking over time, which goes across very diverse literatures and can enable readers to think more creatively and engage in asking interdisciplinary, multifaceted
questions."--PsycCRITIQUES
"Judgments Over Time succeeds in its goal to inform scholars of various areas of relevant theory and research, to integrate ideas, and ultimately to advance thinking about issues over time. The book provides useful reviews of literature in seemingly disparate areas, and so integrates discussion about thinking over time, which goes across very diverse literatures and can enable readers to think more creatively and engage in asking interdisciplinary,
multifaceted questions. As the editors point out, the ultimate success of the book will be found in its ability to stimulate readers to develop further research." --PsycCRITIQUES
"...succeeds in its goal to inform scholars of various areas of relevant theory and research, to integrate ideas, and ultimately to advance thinking about issues over time. The book provides useful reviews of literature in seemingly disparate areas, and so integrates discussion about thinking over time, which goes across very diverse literatures and can enable readers to think more creatively and engage in asking interdisciplinary, multifaceted
questions."--PsycCRITIQUES
"Judgments Over Time succeeds in its goal to inform scholars of various areas of relevant theory and research, to integrate ideas, and ultimately to advance thinking about issues over time. The book provides useful reviews of literature in seemingly disparate areas, and so integrates discussion about thinking over time, which goes across very diverse literatures and can enable readers to think more creatively and engage in asking interdisciplinary,
multifaceted questions. As the editors point out, the ultimate success of the book will be found in its ability to stimulate readers to develop further research." --PsycCRITIQUES
