Defining hope as a cognitive set that is composed of a reciprocally derived sense of successful
(a) agency (goal-directed determination) and (b) pathways (planning of ways to meet …

… Charles Richard Snyder …

Reports 5 experiments conducted with 52 paid Ss in which detection of a visual signal
required information to reach a system capable of eliciting arbitrary responses required by the …

To what extent are our conscious intentions and strategies in control of the way information
is processed in our minds? This seems to be a question of importance to us both as …

Psychology has long been enamored of the dark side of human existence, rarely exploring
a more positive view of the mind. What has psychology contributed, for example, to our …

… Chris Peterson ended his foreword to the second edition on a somber note by acknowledging
the passing of Rick Snyder, co-editor of the first and second editions of this book, and I …

This chapter focuses on conceptualizations of hope, and addresses a widely debated question:
Is hope an emotion or a cognition? Hope theory is described as an interrelated system of …

… Lopez, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, and CR Snyder bring positive psychology to life by
illustrating issues such as how psychological strength can help increase positive outcomes in …

Historical viewpoints on hope are best collectively characterized as being strongly ambivalent.
These views are “strong” in that writers agree that hope is important, but the ambivalence …

… Snyder and Fromkin's analysis of our quest for uniqueness … pursuit of being different,
Snyder and Fromkin also give us … In consuming the ideas so lavishly served up by Snyder and …