There is more to San Diego than one can see on a single visit, but photographer Bill Wechter shows us plenty: a history that includes Native Americans, 16th Century European explorations and later, Spanish settlements, international expositions, and the birth of American Naval aviation; a city on the move, with something new and something old around every corner.

The world offers fantastic experiences and human encounters in new environments; these are lifes highlights. In My Impressions, author Frank Olsson captured many special moments during his worldwide travels and now shares these in this memoir and travelogue. A collection of twenty-nine notes on life and travel, the events take place in Asia, the United States, Europe, and New Zealand. The vignettes describe the locations and experiences with a light and positive approach, reflecting Olssons appreciation for his rich life. Meet the cab driver in New York; have a drink at the Wells Tavern; tour Petoskey, Michigan; stroll the streets of Milano; and relax on the beach at Waikiki. Filled with vivid descriptions of people and surroundings, and interspersed with tidbits of local history, My Impressions showcases Olssons wide array of experiences during his international travels in the banking industry. The writings highlight Olssons openness to new people and new situations, and underscores the philosophy that deep and genuine friendships can be made anywhere in the world.

In a trip designed to raise funds for the ""American Committee for Devastated France,"" Comtesse Madeleine de Bryas and her sister Jacqueline arrived in the United States in 1918. Acting in a post-World War I diplomatic capacity, the sisters traveled the country over a period of six months to give fund-raising speeches. Their travels taking them from New York, to St. Louis, to San Francisco, and the Puget Sound, before returning east to Washington, D.C.

Presenting diverse perspectives from eminent scholars and contemporary researchers, The Handbook of Impression Formation contextualizes current and future areas of research in the social psychology of impression formation within a rich historic framework. Affirming that impression formation is at the core of human experience, chapters explore how and why people form snap judgments about others and when those impressions update. They examine the processes through which people infer the reasons for the events they encounter, allowing people to plan for appropriate behavioral responses to social contexts. The research reviewed is informed by the foundational theory of unconscious automatic processes involved in making judgements of other people, pioneered by Professor Jim Uleman who contributes a chapter that suggests important new directions, and concludes the volume by reflecting on the state of the field more broadly. The book explores how certain attributes stimulate categorization, examining current issues around implicit bias, stereotypes, and social media. Chapters cover a range of approaches, featuring personal narratives, presentation of new data and discoveries, comprehensive literature reviews, and contemplations on where the field must go and what questions require focus for progress to be made, calling for even the most advanced scholars to contribute more to the collective investigation of impression formation. This fascinating work provides a solid foundation from which all researchers can build a new and unique program of research, and arms the reader with the intellectual tools they need to chart new theoretical territory and discover aspects of the human experience we have yet to even wonder about. It is essential reading for students and academics in social psychology, and the social sciences more broadly.

This volume brings together leading investigators to explore the science of first impressions: how they are formed, their underlying processes, and effects on emotions, cognitions, and behavior. Integrating cutting-edge theories, methods, and findings from diverse research traditions, the book accessibly conveys the "big picture" of this dynamic area of study. Showcasing the best current work on a fundamental aspect of person perception and social cognition, this book will be read with interest by researchers and students in social and personality psychology, as well as scholars in applied domains. It will fill a unique niche as a text in graduate-level courses.