Social Cognition
eBook - PDF

Social Cognition

From brains to culture

  1. 672 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Social Cognition

From brains to culture

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. 

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

  1. SOCIAL COGNITION -FRONT COVER
  2. SOCIAL COGNITION
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. CONTENTS
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. PREFACE
  7. ONLINE RESOURCES
  8. CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
  9. PART ONE - BASIC CONCEPTS IN SOCIAL COGNITION
  10. CHAPTER 2 - DUAL MODES IN SOCIAL COGNITION
  11. CHAPTER 3 - ATTENTION AND ENCODING
  12. CHAPTER 4 - REPRESENTATION IN MEMORY
  13. PART TWO - UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL SELVES AND OTHERS
  14. CHAPTER 5 - SELF IN SOCIAL COGNITION
  15. CHAPTER 6 - ATTRIBUTION PROCESSES
  16. CHAPTER 7 - HEURISTICS AND SHORTCUTS: EFFICIENCY IN INFERENCE AND DECISION MAKING
  17. CHAPTER 8 - ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY IN SOCIAL INFERENCE
  18. PART THREE - MAKING SENSE OF SOCIETY
  19. CHAPTER 9 - COGNITIVE STRUCTURES OF ATTITUDES
  20. CHAPTER 10 - COGNITIVE PROCESSING OF ATTITUDES
  21. CHAPTER 11 - STEREOTYPING: COGNITION AND BIAS
  22. CHAPTER 12 - PREJUDICE: INTERPLAY OF COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE BIASES
  23. PART FOUR - BEYOND COGNITION: AFFECT AND BEHAVIOR
  24. CHAPTER 13 - FROM SOCIAL COGNITION TO AFFECT
  25. CHAPTER 14 - FROM AFFECT TO SOCIAL COGNITION
  26. CHAPTER 15 - BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION
  27. GLOSSARY
  28. REFERENCES
  29. INDEX