Denise R. Beike, PhD, is a would-be novelist who discovered psychological science along the way and never looked back. She received her bachelor's degree in English and psychology from Indiana University and her PhD in social psychology from Indiana University. She is currently professor and chair of the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include the effects of autobiographical remembering on emotions, the self-concept, relationships, and behavior (it affects all of them-see Chapter 6!). She also studies the emotional experiences of regret...