Social Cognition: Understanding Self and OthersGuilford Publications, 2013 M12 9 - 612 pages An ideal text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, this accessible yet authoritative volume examines how people come to know themselves and understand the behavior of others. Core social-psychological questions are addressed as students gain an understanding of the mental processes involved in perceiving, attending to, remembering, thinking about, and responding to the people in our social world. Particular attention is given to how we know what we know: the often hidden ways in which our perceptions are shaped by contextual factors and personal and cultural biases. While the text's coverage is sophisticated and comprehensive, synthesizing decades of research in this dynamic field, every chapter brings theories and findings down to earth with lively, easy-to-grasp examples. |
Contents
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2 Automaticity and Control | 66 |
How Person Memory Illuminates Impression Formation Processes | 110 |
Mental Representations as the Building Blocks of Impressions | 153 |
5 DualProcess Models | 193 |
6 Attribution | 233 |
7 Correspondence Bias and Spontaneous Trait Inferences | 267 |
Chronic Sources of Judgmental Influence | 353 |
Assimilation and Contrast in Impression Formation | 388 |
11 Stereotypes and Expectancies | 438 |
12 Control of Stereotypes and Expectancies | 480 |
Bridging the Gap from Cognition to Behavior | 514 |
References | 549 |
Author Index | 587 |
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