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Social Cognition: Key Readings book cover

1st Edition

Social Cognition Key Readings

Edited By David Hamilton Copyright 2005
674 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

676 Pages 54 B/W Illustrations
by Psychology Press

This collection features articles that have shown a significant impact on the field of social cognition. The articles are organized into eight major sections: (1) social information processing; (2) cognitive representation of social information; (3) activation and use of cognitive representations; (4) nonconscious and automatic processing; (5) impression formation and judgment; (6) dispositional... Read more
Processing Information from the Social World. Cognitive Representation of Social Information. Activation and Use of Cognitive Representations. Nonconscious and Automatic Processing. Dispositional Inference and Attribution. Impression Formation and Judgment. Stereotypes. Motivational Effects on Information Processing. Reconstructing the Past, Anticipating the Future.

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David Hamilton

'In Social Cognition: Key Readings in Social Psychology, David L. hamilton has done a masterful job in bringing together classic and soon-to-be classic original journal articles and selections from books dealing with cognition. ...

The writing style will be exceptionally engaging to advanced undergraduates, without sacrificing the integrity of communicating complex ideas. ...

This book belongs on the shelf of every teacher of social psychology and provides an important resource for any course dealing with social cognition. The quality of the introductory section and section narratives are worth the price of the book' - David D. Simpson in PsyCRITIQUES June 7 2006

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