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1. 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
2. The Science of the Couple

   The Ontario Symposium Volume 12

   Edited by Lorne Campbell, Jennifer La Guardia, James M. Olson, Mark P. Zanna

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   Although love and relationships have been focal points for poets and philosophers for thousands of years, these topics had not traditionally been the focus of empirical research. As a result, very little was known about how couples maintained happiness and satisfaction in their relationships, or...

   Published February 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
3. The Psychology of Justice and Legitimacy

   Edited by D. Ramona Bobocel, Aaron C. Kay, Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   In response to the international turmoil, violence, and increasing ideological polarization, social psychological interest in the topics of legitimacy and social justice has blossomed considerably. Social psychologists have explored the psychological underpinnings of people’s reactions to injustice...

   Published October 27th 2009 by Psychology Press
4. Culture and Social Behavior

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 10

   Edited by Richard M. Sorrentino, Dov Cohen, James M. Olson, Mark P. Zanna

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   Cross-cultural differences have many important implications for social identity, social cognition, and interpersonal behavior. The 10th volume of the Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology focuses on East-West cultural differences and similarities and how this research can be applied...

   Published January 2nd 2005 by Psychology Press
5. The Psychology of Values

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 8

   Edited by Clive Seligman, James M. Olson, Mark P. Zanna

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   The eighth Ontario Symposium brought together an international group of scholars who work in the area of the psychology of values. Among the categories these experts address are the conceptualizations of values, value systems, and value-attitude-behavior relations; methodological issues; the role...

   Published June 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
6. The Psychology of Prejudice

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 7

   Edited by Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   This volume consists of expanded and updated versions of papers presented at the Seventh Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology. The series is designed to bring together scholars from across North America who work in the same substantive area, with the goals of identifying common...

   Published October 31st 1993 by Psychology Press
7. Self-Inference Processes

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 6

   Edited by James M. Olson, Mark P. Zanna, C. Peter Herman

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   Although self-inference processes -- the ways individuals make judgments about themselves -- have been studied in social psychology and sociology for many years, a distinct literature on this topic has not emerged due to the diversity of relevant issues. The editors of this current volume cull...

   Published May 31st 1990 by Psychology Press
8. Social Influence

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 5

   Edited by Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson, C. P. Herman

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   Published March 31st 1987 by Psychology Press
9. Relative Deprivation and Social Comparison

   The Ontario Symposium, Volume 4

   Edited by James M. Olson, C. P. Herman, Mark P. Zanna

   Series: Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology Series

   Published June 30th 1986 by Psychology Press