Social Cognition

Shedding new light on important social problems like prejudice, bigotry, and intense conflicts around the world, this is a unique collection of essays on Social Identity Theory from leading figures in social psychology, presenting comprehensive reports and discussion of recent motivational theories ..

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

‘Metacognition’ refers to thinking about our own thinking. _x005F_x000D_ 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, fee..

This volume focuses on social perception, the processing of information about people. This issue has always been central to social psychology, but this book brings together literatures that in large part have been separated by the nature of the social target that is involved...

Understanding how people initiate, develop, maintain, and terminate relationships is a core issue in psychology, and the subject matter of this book. The contributors explore and integrate the subtle influence that evolutionary, socio-cultural, and intra-psychic (cognitive, affective and motivationa..

Originally published in 1982, the topics covered in this book present a view of the development of aspects of the self and of self-other relations and how these two lines of development interact within a given context. All the contributions attempt to portray the child’s developing awareness of the ..

Originally published in 1982, the topics covered in this book present a view of the development of aspects of the self and of self-other relations and how these two lines of development interact within a given context. All the contributions attempt to portray the child’s developing awareness of the ..

This book will focus on the interdependence of social cognition and communication in the first 3 years of life, emphasizing both how specific cognitive developments enable new modes of social interaction and how social interactions enable the development..

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The chapters are rather diverse and cover a variety of topics from politics, including international terrorism, to health related issues, such as addiction and self-control, to basic psychological principles, such as motivation and self-regulation, the formation of attitudes, social influence, and i..

The Perception of People examines key topics in psychology to explore how we make sense of other people (and ourselves). The book provides an up-to-date and detailed account of psychological research in this area, focusing in particular on the social cognitive approach to person perception. It also ..

The contributions to this volume capture the thrill of current work on social influence, as well as providing a tutorial on the scientific and technical aspects of this research...