- 672 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The social world is complicated and our minds are limited, so we take shortcuts. You have to make quick decisions – this person is dangerous, this one is not. The shortcuts we take mostly work well enough, because, after all, we survive. But some are deeply unjust, including racial or social class categories or other unfair stereotypes.
This book will help you understand how these shortcuts work, why they exist, and how they are changing.Â
There are examples in each chapter which
* Show applications in the real world to help with your understanding
* Highlight significant pieces of research to help you demonstrate knowledge of a wide range of sources
* Explain researching in social cognition to improve your skills and give ideas for your own research.
Check out the accompanying online resources for more.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Online Resources
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Basic Concepts in Social Cognition
- 2 Dual Modes in Social Cognition
- 3 Attention and Encoding
- 4 Representation in Memory
- Part Two Understanding Individual Selves and Others
- 5 Self in Social Cognition
- 6 Attribution Processes
- 7 Heuristics and Shortcuts Efficiency in Inference and Decision Making
- 8 Accuracy and Efficiency in Social Inference
- Part Three Making Sense of Society
- 9 Cognitive Structures of Attitudes
- 10 Cognitive Processing of Attitudes
- 11 Stereotyping Cognition and Bias
- 12 Prejudice Interplay of Cognitive and Affective Biases
- Part Four Beyond Cognition: Affect and Behavior
- 13 From Social Cognition to Affect
- 14 From Affect to Social Cognition
- 15 Behavior and Cognition
- Glossary
- References
- Index