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Social cognition : understanding self and others

A suitable text for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses, this accessible volume examines how people come to know themselves and understand the behaviour of others.
Print Book, English, 2005
Guilford, New York, 2005
XII, 612 p. : il. ; 25 cm.
9781593850869, 9781593850852, 1593850867, 1593850859
850970247
Introduction: What Does It Mean to Know Something?1. Naive Realism: The Construction of Reality in the Pursuit of Social Knowledge2. Automaticity and Control3. Categories and Category Structure: Person Memory Informs Impression Formation Processes4. On Schemas and Cognitive Misers: Mental Representation as the Building Blocks of Impressions5. Dual-Process Models6. Attribution7. Correspondence Bias and Spontaneous Trait Inference8. Shortcoming and Biases in Person Perception9. On Perceptual Readiness: Chronic Sources of Judgmental Influence10. Temporary Accessibility/Priming Effects: Assimilation and Contrast in Impression Formation11. Stereotypes and Expectancies12. Control of Stereotypes and Expectancies13. From the Intra- to the Interpersonal: Bridging the Gap from Cognition to Behavior
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