Series Editors

Arie W. Kruglanski is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and one of the most cited researchers in Social Psychology. His interests have centered on the psychology of judgment and knowledge formation, as well as on the processes of group decision making, and goal formation and implementation.

He has served as Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition, and of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Among other distinctions, he has received the Donald T. Campbell Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution to Social Psychology, the Humboldt Foundation Life Achievement Award (Forschungpreis), and the NIMH Research Scientist Award Ko5. His publications include over 180 articles chapters and books in the scientific literature in social personality psychology.

He is Editor of two Psychology Press series: Key Readings in Social Psychology and Principles of Social Psychology; as well as a co-editor of this new Frontiers of Social Psychology series.

Joseph P. Forgas is a Scientia Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He received his DPhil degree from the University of Oxford and subsequently was awarded a DSc degree from the same university. He has written or edited 14 books and is the author of more than 120 scholarly articles and chapters. He is a fellow at the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia; the American Psychological Society; and the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. His current research focuses on the role of affect in social thinking and interpersonal behavior. This work has received international recognition, including the Research Prize from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation (Germany) and a Special Investigator Award from the Australian Research Council.