Originally published in 1981, this volume presents papers from the first Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology held at the University of Western Ontario from August 25-27, 1978. The general theme of the symposium was social cognition. The chapters have been grouped into two major parts. Chapters 1-5 focus on the implications of cognitive structures for social cognition, with particular emphasis on the nature of social schemata and the organization of social information. Chapters 6-11 focus on the consequences for social cognition of various cognitive processes and mechanisms, including verbal and nonverbal communicative processes, category accessibility, salience and selective attention, hypothesis-testing, and self-centered biases. Chapter 12 comments on the general perspectives taken in the previous chapters and suggests some additional directions for future consideration. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.
Author(s): E. Tory Higgins, C. Peter Herman, Mark P. Zanna
Series: Psychology Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 449
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: Organization and Representation of Social Information
1. The Organization of Social Information
The Organization of Social Information
Analysis of the Cognitive Organization of Social Information
Contributions of Previous Clustering Research to Person Perception
Research on the Organization of Social Information According to Persons
Discussion
2. Schematic Principles in Human Memory
Introduction
Verbal Learning and Memory Research
Visual Schemata
Social Group Schemata
Individual Person Schemata
Point-of-View Schemata
Discussion
Conclusion
3. Schematic Bases of Social Information Processing
What is a Schema?
The Functions of Schemas
Liabilities of Schematic Processing
Summary, Conclusions, and Future Considerations
4. Cognitive Representations of Persons
Some Thoughts on a Social Cognition Approach to Person Perception
Organization Processes in the Development of Cognitive Representations of Persons
Toward a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Cognitive Representations of Persons
5. Category Accessibility: Some Theoretical and Empirical Issues Concerning the Processing of Social Stimulus Information
A Theoretical Description of Social Inference Processes
The Role of Schemata in Memory for Episodic Information
Effects of Prior Judgments on Subsequent Ones
The Effects of Category Accessibility on the Interpretation of New Information
Conclusions
Part II: Processing Factors and Biases in Social Cognition
6. What Grabs You? The Role of Attention in Impression Formation and Causal Attribution
Introduction
Object Perception
Impressions
Causal Attributions
Mediation
Conclusions
7. Cognitive Processes in Inferences About A Person's Personality
Research on Personality
Processes By Which Raters Construct Responses
Research on the Construction of Personality
Implications
8. Seek, And Ye Shall Find: Testing Hypotheses About Other People
Formulating Strategies for Testing Hypotheses About Other People: A Paradigmatic Investigation
In Search of the Limits of Confirmatory Hypothesis Testing
The Consequences of Confirmatory Strategies for Testing Hypotheses About Other People
Hypothesis Testing: A Theoretical Analysis
Hypothesis Testing and the Social Nature of Social Knowledge
9. Self-centered Biases in Attributions of Responsibility: Antecedents and Consequences
Pervasiveness of Self-Centered Biases in Judgments of Responsibility
Determinants of the Self-Centered Bias in Judgments of Responsibility
Availability and Judgments of Responsibility
The Interaction Hypothesis
Determinants of the Availability Bias
Group Centered Biases in Availability and Responsibility
Exceptions
Intentionality
Participant Involvement
Valence of Outcome
Consequences of Self-Centered Biases in Responsibility
10. Impression Formation, Impression Management, and Nonverbal Behaviors
11. The "Communication Game": Implications for Social Cognition and Persuasion
General Rules of the "Communication Game"
The ''Communication Game" as Purposeful Social Interaction
General Summary and Conclusions
Part III: Commentary
12. Social Cognition: A Need to Get Personal
The Role of Personal Experience in Social Cognition
The Role of Affect in Social Cognition
The Role of Personal Relevance in Social Cognition
Concluding Remarks
Author Index
Subject Index
