Social Cognition : How Individuals Construct Social Reality / Rainer Greifeneder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greifeneder, Rainer, author.

Contributor:

Bless, Herbert.

Fiedler, Klaus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Summary:

Social cognition is a key area of social psychology, which focuses on cognitive processes that are involved when individuals make sense of, and navigate in their social world. For instance, individuals need to understand what they perceive, they learn and recall information from memory, they form judgments and decisions, they communicate with others, and they regulate their behavior. While all of these topics are also key to other fields of psychological research, it’s the social world—which is dynamic, complex, and often ambiguous—that creates particular demands. This accessible book introduces the basic themes within social cognition and asks questions such as: How do individuals think and feel about themselves and others? How do they make sense of their social environment? How do they interact with others in their social world? The book is organized along an idealized sequence of social information processing that starts at perceiving and encoding, and moves on to learning, judging, and communicating. It covers not only processes internal to the individual, but also facets of the environment that constrain cognitive processing. Throughout the book, student learning is fostered with examples, additional materials, and discussion questions. With its subdivision in ten chapters, the book is suitable both for self-study and as companion material for those teaching a semester-long course. This is the ideal comprehensive introduction to this thriving and captivating field of research for students of psychology.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

What is social cognition research about? / Herbert Bless Rainer Greifeneder

chapter 2 General framework of social cognitive processing / Herbert Bless Rainer Greifeneder

chapter 3 Perceiving and encoding / Herbert Bless Rainer Greifeneder

chapter 4 Storing and retrieving information / Klaus Fiedler

chapter 5 Using information

Controlled and automatic processing of information / Herbert Bless Axel M. Burger

chapter 6 Using information

Judgmental shortcuts 1 / Rainer Greifeneder Herbert Bless

chapter 7 The interplay of cognition and feelings

Mood states / Rainer Greifeneder Herbert Bless

chapter 8 The interplay of cognition and feelings

Fluency / Rainer Greifeneder Herbert Bless

chapter 9 Communicating information / Klaus Fiedler Rainer Greifeneder

chapter 10 How the environment constrains social cognitive processing / Klaus Fiedler.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-30015-7

1-315-64815-6

1-317-30016-5

9781315648156

OCLC:

994401848