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Author Moskowitz, Gordon B.

Title Social cognition : understanding self and others / Gordon B. Moskowitz
Published New York : Guilford Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description xii, 612 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Texts in social psychology
Texts in social psychology.
Contents Introduction : what does it mean to "know" something? -- 1. Naive realism : the construction of reality in the pursuit of social knowledge -- 2. Automaticity and control -- 3. Categories and category structure : how person memory illuminates impression formation processes -- 4. On schemas and cognitive misers : mental representations as the building blocks of impressions -- 5. Dual-process models -- 6. Attribution -- 7. Correspondence bias and spontaneous trait inferences -- 8. Shortcomings and biases in person perception -- 9. On perceptual readiness : chronic sources of judgmental influence -- 10. Temporary accessibility/priming effects : assimilation and contrast in impression formation -- 11. Stereotypes and expectancies -- 12. Control of stereotypes and expectancies -- 13. From the intra- to the interpersonal : bridging the gap from cognition to behavior
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-586) and indexes
Subject Social perception.
LC no. 2004017501
ISBN 1593850867 hardcover
1593850859 paperback