In a wide range of perspectives on the psychological study of meaning, mostly North American scholars of psychology cover the architecture of meaning, epistemic understanding, teleological understanding as both a guide for living and as explanations for events, and restoring meaning. The topics include three forms of meaning and the management of complexity, lay theories of personality as cornerstones of meaning, searching for and finding meaning following personal and collective traumas, the embodiment of meaning violations, and neural and motivational mechanics of meaning and threats. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)