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DYNAMICAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Book Chapters:

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (1994). The chaos in social psychology.  In R. R. Vallacher & A. Nowak (Eds.). Dynamical systems in social psychology (pp. 1‑16). San Diego: Academic Press.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (1994).  The stream of social judgment.  In R. R. Vallacher & A. Nowak (Eds.).  Dynamical systems in social psychology (pp. 251‑277).  San Diego: Academic Press.

Nowak, A., Lewenstein, M., & Vallacher, R. R. (1994).  Toward a dynamical social psychology.  In R. R. Vallacher & A. Nowak (Eds.).  Dynamical systems in social psychology (pp. 279‑293).  San Diego: Academic Press.

Vallacher, R. R., & Kaufman, J. (1996).  Dynamics of action identification: Volatility and structure in the representation of behavior.  In P. M. Gollwitzer & J. A. Bargh (Eds.), The psychology of action: Linking motivation and cognition to behavior (pp. 260-282).  New York: Guilford Press.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (1998).  Toward computational social psychology:  Cellular automata and neural network models of interpersonal dynamics.  In S. J. Read & L. C. Miller (Eds.), Connectionist models of social reasoning and social behavior (pp. 277-311).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Markus, J., & Strauss, J. (1998).  Dynamics in the coordination of mind and action.  In M. Kofta, G. Weary, & G. Sedek (Eds.), Personal control in action: Cognitive and motivational mechanisms (pp. 27-59).  New York: Plenum.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., & Burnstein, E. (1998).  Computational social psychology: A neural network approach to interpersonal dynamics.  In W. Liebrand, A. Nowak, & R. Hegselman (Eds.), Computer modeling and the study of dynamic social processes (pp. 97-125).  New York: Sage.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (1999).  The dynamics of self-regulation.  In R. S. Wyer, Jr. (Ed.), Advances in social cognition (Vol. 12, pp. 241-259).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2000).  Landscapes of self-reflection: Mapping the peaks and valleys of personal assessment.  In A. Tesser, R. Felson, & J. Suls (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on self and identity (pp. 35-65).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., & Borkowski, W. (2000).  Modeling the temporal coordination of behavior and internal states.  In G. Ballot & G. Weisbuch (Eds.), Applications of simulation to social sciences (pp. 67-86).  Oxford, UK: Hermes Science Publications.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2001).  Societal transition: Toward a dynamical model of social change.  In W. Wosinska, R. B. Cialdini, D. W. Barrett, & J. Reykowski (Eds.), The practice of social influence in multiple cultures (pp. 151-171).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Nowak, A. Vallacher, R. R., & Zochowski, M. (2002).  The emergence of personality: Personal stability through interpersonal synchronization.  In D. Cervone & W. Mischel (Eds.), Advances in personality science (Vol. 1, pp. 292-331).  New York: Guilford Publications.

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2003).  Computational models of social processes. In L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (Vol. 4, Article 639, pp. 81-84).  London: Nature Publishing Group (Macmillan Publishers). 

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R. (2003).  Synchronization dynamics in close relationships: Coupled logistic maps as a model for interpersonal phenomena.  In W. Klonowski (Series Ed.), Frontiers on nonlinear dynamics: Vol. 2. From quanta to societies (pp. 165-180).  Berlin: Pabst Science Publishers.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2006).  Coherence in human experience and psychological science.  In P. Van Lange (Ed.), Bridging social psychology: The benefits of transdisciplinary approaches (pp. 77-82).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Coleman, P. T., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (2006).  Approaching protracted conflicts as dynamical systems: Guidelines and methods for intervention.  In A. K. Schneider & C. Honeyman (Eds.), The Negotiator’s Fieldbook (pp. 61-74). Chicago: American Bar Association Books.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (in press).  Dynamical social psychology: Finding order in the flow of human experience.  In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2^nd ed).  New York: Guilford Publications.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P. T. (in press).  Attracted to conflict: A dynamical perspective on malignant social relations.  In A. Golec & K. Skarzynska (Eds.), Understanding social change: Political psychology in Poland.  Haauppague, NY: Nova Science Publishers Ltd.   

Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (in press).  Dynamical social psychology: On complexity and coordination in interpersonal relations.  In M. Uhl-Bien, R. Marion, & P. Hanges (Eds.), Toward a Complexity Theory of Leadership and Organizing.  Information Age Publishers.

Journal Articles:

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Kaufman, J. (1994).  Intrinsic dynamics of social judgment.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 20-34.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (1997). The emergence of dynamical social psychology.  Psychological Inquiry, 8, 73-99.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (1997).  Dynamical social psychology: The next iteration.  Psychological Inquiry, 8, 152-160.

Vallacher, R. R. (1998).  Give science the chance.  Psychological Inquiry, 9, 109-113.  

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Tesser, A., & Borkowski, W. (2000).  Society of self: The emergence of collective properties in self-structure.  Psychological Review, 107, 39-61.

Vallacher, R. R., Read, S. J.,  & Nowak, A. (2002).  The dynamical perspective in personality and social psychology.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 264-273. 

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Froehlich, M., & Rockloff, M. (2002).  The dynamics of self-evaluation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 370-379. 

Shackelford, T. K. & Vallacher, R. R. (2004).  From disorder to coherence in social psychology.  Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 356-356. 

Nowak, A. & Vallacher, R. R.  (2005).  Information and influence in the construction of shared reality.  IEEE: Intelligent Systems, 20, 90-93.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Kus, M., & Urbaniak, J. (2005).  The dynamics of societal transition: Modeling non-linear change in the Polish economic system.  International Journal of Sociology, 35, 66-88.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Zochowski, M. (2005).  Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships.  Interaction Studies, 6, 35-52.

Coleman, P. T., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (2006). Protracted conflicts as dynamical systems. In A. K. Schneider & C. Honeyman (Eds.), The negotiator’s fieldbook: The desk reference for the experienced negotiator (pp. 61-74). Chicago: American Bar Association Books.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2007). Dynamical social psychology: Finding order in the flow of human experience. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (2nd ed, pp. 734-758). New York: Guilford Publications.

Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P. T. (2007). Attracted to conflict: A dynamical perspective on malignant social relations. In A. Golec & K. Skarzynska (Eds.), Understanding social change: Political psychology in Poland. Haauppague, NY: Nova Science Publishers Ltd.

Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Zochowski, M. (2007). Dynamics of social coordination: The synchronization of internal states in close relationships. In P. Hauf & F. Forsterling (Eds.), Making minds: The shaping of human minds through social context (pp. 31-46). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (in press). Dynamical social psychology: On complexity and coordination in interpersonal relations. In M. Uhl-Bien & R. Marion (Eds.), Complexity and leadership, Volume 1: Conceptual foundations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.

Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2007). Intractable conflict as an attractor: A dynamical systems approach to conflict escalation and intractability. American Behavioral Scientist.