Social Psychology 2013

Unified Social Cognition

By Norman Anderson

Series: Scientific Psychology Series

This eagerly awaited volume presents Anderson's cumulative progress in unified social psychology. The research is grounded in the three fundamental laws of information integration theory. Research shows these laws to apply to topics in social and personality psychology such as person cognition,...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Cognitive Social Psychology

The Princeton Symposium on the Legacy and Future of Social Cognition

Edited by Gordon B. Moskowitz

A comprehensive overview of the mechanisms involved in how cognitive processes determine thought and behavior toward the social world, Cognitive Social Psychology: *examines cognition as a motivated process wherein cognition and motivation are seen as intertwined; * reviews the latest research on...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Social Decision Making

Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments

Edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Ann E. Tenbrunsel, Max H. Bazerman

Series: Series in Organization and Management

This book, in honor of David Messick, is about social decisions and the role cooperation plays in social life. Noted contributors who worked with Dave over the years will discuss their work in social judgment, decision making and ethics which was so important to Dave. The book offers a unique and...

To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Foundations of Social Cognition

A Festschrift in Honor of Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

Edited by Galen V. Bodenhausen, Alan J. Lambert

A tribute to Robert S. Wyer, Jr.'s remarkable contributions to social psychology, Foundations of Social Cognition offers a compelling analysis of the underlying processes that have long been the focus of Bob Wyer's own research, including attention, perception, inference, and memory. Leading...

Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press

Motivated Social Perception

The Ontario Symposium, Volume 9

Edited by Steven J. Spencer, Steven Fein, Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson

Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

This volume highlights state-of-the-art research on motivated social perception by the leaders in the field. Recently a number of researchers developed influential accounts of how motivation affects social perception. Unfortunately, this work was developed without extensive contact between the...

Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press

Social Comprehension and Judgment

The Role of Situation Models, Narratives, and Implicit Theories

By Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

Written by one of the foremost authorities in social cognition, Social Comprehension and Judgment examines how people process information encountered in their everyday lives. In the book, Dr. Wyer proposes a new theory about the way in which information acquired in everyday life is comprehended and...

Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Development of Social Cognition and Communication

Edited by Bruce D. Homer, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

For young children, two of the most important tasks they face are learning how to communicate and learning how to think about themselves and the social world around them. The premise of this book is that these two tasks are inherently linked. The communicative routines and language that children...

Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press

Social Life and Social Knowledge

Toward a Process Account of Development

Edited by Ulrich Mueller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Nancy Budwig, Bryan Sokol

Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

In this new volume, leading researchers provide state-of-the-art perspectives on how social interaction influences the development of knowledge. The book integrates approaches from a variety of disciplines including developmental psychology, psychopathology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology,...

Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press

Social Thinking and Interpersonal Behavior

Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Klaus Fiedler, Constantine Sedikides

Series: Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology

The connection between mental and social life remains one of the most intriguing topics in all of psychology. This book reviews some of the most recent advances in research exploring the links between how people think and behave in interpersonal situations. The chapters represent a variety of...

Published March 4th 2012 by Psychology Press

Social Metacognition

Edited by Pablo Briñol, Kenneth DeMarree

Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

Metacognition refers to thinking about our own thinking. It has assumed a prominent role in social judgment because our thoughts about our thoughts can magnify, attenuate, or even reverse the impact of primary cognition. Metacognitive thoughts can also produce changes in thought, feeling, and...

Published December 11th 2011 by Psychology Press

Goal-Directed Behavior

Edited by Henk Aarts, Andrew Elliot

Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

This volume presents chapters from internationally renowned scholars in the area of goals and social behavior. The book is organized around a series of topics that are of critical importance to understanding the social-cognitive aspects of goal-directed behavior. In each chapter, the authors offer...

Published October 18th 2011 by Psychology Press

Social Judgment and Decision Making

Edited by Joachim I. Krueger

Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

This volume brings together classic key concepts and innovative theoretical ideas in the psychology of judgment and decision-making in social contexts. The chapters of the first section address the basic psychological processes underlying judgment and decision-making. The guiding question is "What...

Published October 17th 2011 by Psychology Press

Social Cognition, Social Identity, and Intergroup Relations

A Festschrift in Honor of Marilynn B. Brewer

Edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston

Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

Perhaps the defining feature of humanity is the social condition -- how we think about others, identify ourselves with others, and interact with groups of others. The advances of evolutionary theory, social cognition, social identity, and intergroup relations, respectively, as major fields of...

Published May 24th 2011 by Psychology Press

Social Motivation

Edited by David Dunning

Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

Motivational science is one of the fastest-growing areas of research in social psychology, incorporating multiple perspectives from social-personality research. This volume provides students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of major topics in social motivation. All contributors are...

Published October 11th 2010 by Psychology Press

Social Psychology of Visual Perception

Edited by Emily Balcetis, G. Daniel Lassiter

This volume takes a contemporary and novel look at how people see the world around them. We generally believe we see our surroundings and everything in them with complete accuracy. However, as the contributions to this volume argue, this assumption is wrong: people’s view of their world...

Published April 11th 2010 by Psychology Press