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11. The Mental Representation of Trait and Autobiographical Knowledge About the Self

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume V

    Edited by Thomas K. Srull, Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    If there is one topic on which we all are experts, it is ourselves. Psychologists depend upon this expertise, as asking people questions about themselves is an important means by which they gather the data that provide much of the evidence for psychological theory. Personal recollections play an...

    Published May 31st 1993 by Psychology Press
12. Perspectives on Anger and Emotion

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume Vi

    Edited by Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    In this volume, Berkowitz develops the argument that experiential and behavioral components of an emotional state are affected by many processes: some are highly cognitive in nature; others are automatic and involuntary. Cognitive and associative mechanisms theoretically come into play at different...

    Published May 31st 1993 by Psychology Press
13. The Content, Structure, and Operation of Thought Systems

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume Iv

    Edited by Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    If anyone deserves the title "father of social cognition," it is William J. McGuire who, along with his wife and colleague Claire V. McGuire, has written the target article for this volume. The culmination of many years of work, the article discusses their highly developed theory of human thought...

    Published August 31st 1991 by Psychology Press
14. Content and Process Specificity in the Effects of Prior Experiences

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume III

    Edited by Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    In Volume 3, Eliot R. Smith of Purdue University proposes that social cognition theorists have placed excessive emphasis on the role of schemata, prototypes, and various other types of abstractions. This has affected both the methodologies they use and the type of theories they construct. What has...

    Published May 31st 1990 by Psychology Press
15. Content and Process Specificity in the Effects of Prior Experiences

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume III

    Edited by Thomas K Srull, Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    In Volume 3, Eliot R. Smith of Purdue University proposes that social cognition theorists have placed excessive emphasis on the role of schemata, prototypes, and various other types of abstractions. This has affected both the methodologies they use and the type of theories they construct. What has...

    Published May 31st 1990 by Psychology Press
16. Memory and Cognition in Its Social Context

    By Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    The first comprehensive theoretical formulation of the way people use information they receive about their social environments to make judgments and behavioral decisions, this volume focuses on the cognitive processes that underlie the use of social information. These include initial interpretation...

    Published September 30th 1989 by Psychology Press
17. Social Intelligence and Cognitive Assessments of Personality

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume II

    Edited by Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    This volume presents a new conceptualization of personality and social cognition that addresses both traditional and new issues. Written for students of personality, experimental and consumer psychology and cognitive science....

    Published June 30th 1989 by Psychology Press
18. A Dual Model of Impression Formation

    Advances in Social Cognition, Volume I

    Edited by Robert S. Wyer, Jr., Thomas K. Srull

    Series: Advances in Social Cognition Series

    This volume presents different perspectives on a dual model of impression formation -- a theory about how people form impressions about other people by combining information about a person with prior knowledge found in long-term memory. This information is of real importance to graduate students...

    Published June 30th 1988 by Psychology Press