An emerging paradigm in personality science conceptualizes human experience and behavior as an expression of person-context systems. Shoda (psychology, University of Washington) presents material from a June 2005 conference reflecting theoretical and empirical advances in this paradigm, written by researchers in personality, social, cognitive, developmental, and cultural psychology. Contextual factors are addressed on multiple levels, from broad cultural dynamics to neurobiology. Essays are in sections on conceptualizing the person, self-regulation, incorporating situations into a science of the individual, and paradigm change in psychological models of human nature. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in psychology. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)