Robin R. Vallacher

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Research Interests

• Dynamical Social Psychology
• Action Identification
• Social Judgment
• Self-Concept
• Interpersonal Dynamics
• Conflict and Social Justice

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.
• Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., & Miller, M. E. (2003). Social influence and group dynamics. In I. Weiner (Series Ed.) & T. Millon & M. J. Lerner (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of psychology: Vol. 5. Personality and social psychology (pp. 383-417). New York: Wiley.
• 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). 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.
• Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P. T. (2006). Attracted to conflict: A dynamical perspective on malignant social relations. In A. Golec & K. Skarzynska (Eds.), Understanding social change: Political psychology in Poland (pp. 33-49). Haauppague, NY: Nova Science Publishers Ltd.
• 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.
• 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. (2007). Dynamical social psychology: On complexity and coordination in interpersonal relations. In M. Uhl-Bien & R. Marion (Eds.), Complexity and leadership, Volume 1: Conceptual foundations (pp. 49-81). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.
• Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2009). The dynamics of human experience: Fundamentals of dynamical social psychology. In S. Guastello, M. Koopmans, & D. Pincus (Eds.), Chaos and complexity in psychology: Theory of nonlinear dynamical systems (pp. 370-401). Boston: Cambridge University Press.
• Vallacher, R. R. (2009). Applications of complexity to social psychology. In Myers, R. A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of complexity and system science. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
• Liebovitch, L. S., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Coleman, P. T., Bartoli, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2012). Mathematical models of the dynamics of conflict. In A. W. Davidson, M. A. Ray, & M. Turkel, M. (Eds.), Nursing, caring, and complexity science: For human-environment well-being. New York: Springer.
• Coleman, P. T., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Nowak, A., & Vallacher, R. R. (2012). A dynamical systems perspective on peacemaking: Moving from a system of war toward a system of peace. In S. A. Nan, Z. C. Mampilly, & A. Bartoli (Eds.), Peacemaking: From practice to theory (Vol. 2, pp. 1042-1063). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., & Nowak, A.( 2012). When do conflicts become intractable? The dynamical perspective on malignant social relations. In L. Trop (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intergroup Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Bartoli, A. (in press). Navigating the landscape of conflict: Applications of dynamical systems theory to addressing protracted conflict. In D. Korppen, N. Ropers, & H. J. Giessmann (Eds.), The non-linearity of peace processes: Theory and practice of systemic conflict transformation. Berlin: The Berghoff Foundation for Peace Support.
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Bartoli, A. (in press). A systemic approach to peace: Lessons from Mozambique. In M. Deutsch, P. T. Coleman, & E. Marcus (Eds.), A Guiding Handbook for Conflict Resolution in The Arab World. New York: International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Publications. (Arabic translation).
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., & Nowak, A. (in press). Dynamical systems theory: Implications for peace and conflict. In D. J. Christie (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., & Nowak, A. (in press). Tackling the great debate: Nature-nurture, consistency, and the basic dimensions of social relations. In P. T. Coleman & M. Deutsch (Eds.), Conflict, interdependence, and justice: The intellectual legacy of Morton Deutsch. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (in press). Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems. In P. T. Coleman & M. Deutsch (Eds.), Conflict, interdependence, and justice: The intellectual legacy of Morton Deutsch. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Vallacher, R. R., & Coleman, P. T. (in press). Sustainable peace: A dynamical systems perspective. In M. Deutsch & P. T. Coleman (Eds.), The psychological components of a sustainable peace. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Vallacher, R. R., Michaels, J. L., Wiese, S. L., Strawinska, U., & Nowak, A. (in press). Mental dynamism and its constraints: Finding patterns in the stream of consciousness. In D. Cervone, M. W. Eysenck, M. Fajkowska, & T. Maruszewski (Eds.), Personality dynamics: Embodiment, meaning construction, and the social world (Vol. 3). Clinton Corners, NY: Eliot Werner Publications.
• Vallacher, R. R. & Michaels, J. L. (in press). Why the mind works: The emergence of consciousness from mental dynamics. In S. Kreitler & O. Maimon (Eds.), Consciousness: Its nature and function. New York: Peter Land Publishing Group.

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. (1997). Grave matters. Psychological Inquiry, 8, 50-54.
• 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.
• 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.
• Vallacher, R. R. & Nowak, A. (2005). The dynamical perspective: Toward coherence in human action and psychological science. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 27, 26-27.
• Nowak, A., Vallacher, R. R., & Zochowski, M. (2005). The emergence of personality: Dynamic foundations of individual variation. Developmental Review, 25, 351-385.
• Nowak, A., Strawinska, U., Johnson, S., & Vallacher, R. R. (2005). Malfunction of self-regulation in low self-esteem and depression. Psychology Colloquia, 13, 67-83.
• 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, 50, 1454-1475.
• Vallacher, R. R. (2007). Local acts, global consequences: A dynamical systems perspective on torture. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 13, 445-450.
• Liebovitch, L. S., Naudot, V., Vallacher, R. R., Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., & Coleman, P.T. (2008). Dynamics of two-actor cooperation-competition conflict models. Physica A, 387, 6360-6378.
• Vallacher, R. R. & Jackson, D. (2009). Thinking inside the box: Dynamical constraints on mind and action. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 1226-1229.
• Michaels, J. & Vallacher, R. R. (2009). The ghost in the system: Where free will lurks in the human mind. In-Mind Magazine. (Internet Social Psychology Magazine.)
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• Nowak, A., Bui-Wrzosinska, L., Coleman, P. T., Vallacher, R. R., Bartkowski, W., & Jochemczyk, L. (2010). Seeking sustainable solutions: Using an attractor simulation platform for teaching multi-stakeholder negotiation in complex cases. Negotiation Journal, 26, 49-68.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2010). Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems. American Psychologist, 65, 262-278.
• Vallacher, R. R., Coleman, P. T., & Nowak, A., & Bui-Wrzosinska, L. (2010). Dynamical foundations of intractable conflict: Introduction to the special issue. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 16, 113-125.
• Liebovitch, L. S., Vallacher, R. R., & Michaels, J. (2010). Dynamics of cooperation-competition interaction models. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 16, 175-188.
• Wiese, S. L., Vallacher, R. R., & Strawinska, U. (2010). Dynamical social psychology: Complexity and coherence in human experience. Social and Personality Compass, 4, 1018-1030.
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