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Tables of Contents for Social Cognition
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series preface
vii
 
Preface
ix
 
1 Introduction: What is social cognition research about?
1
16
Making sense: Constructing social reality
1
2
Different perspectives on the social thinker
3
3
The cognitive component of social cognition
6
2
What is social about social cognition?
8
4
Overview: The structure of this book
12
2
Chapter summary
14
3
2 A first look at social cognition: General framework and basic assumptions
17
34
Overview: Main ingredients and steps in information processing
17
2
General themes underlying the construction of social reality
19
10
The sequence of information processing
29
19
Chapter summary
48
3
3 Memory organization as a key to understanding social cognition
51
32
How is information organized in memory?
51
8
How is information retrieved?
59
8
Linking old to new information
67
6
Controlling the consequences of activated information
73
6
Using implicit social cognition for diagnostic purposes
79
2
Chapter summary
81
2
4 Judgmental heuristics in social cognition
83
36
Introduction
83
1
What are judgmental heuristics?
84
3
Availability heuristic
87
7
Representativeness heuristic
94
4
Anchoring and adjustment
98
6
Other heuristics in the judgmental process
104
4
Specific stimulus characteristics as the basis for heuristic judgments
108
1
Alternative explanations and further developments
109
4
Concluding remarks
113
4
Chapter summary
117
2
5 The use of information in judgments
119
26
Using what's on your mind!
120
2
Cognitive aspects of information use
122
6
The communication of judgments
128
4
The inclusion/exclusion model
132
1
Motivational aspects of information use
133
3
The role of knowledge
136
5
Chapter summary
141
4
6 Testing hypotheses in social interaction: How cognitive processes are constrained by environmental data
145
34
Social hypothesis testing: Updating knowledge in the light of environmental data
145
16
Completing the hypothesis-testing paradigm: Verification effects at various stages of cognitive processing
161
16
Chapter summary
177
2
7 Beyond cold information processing: The interplay of affect and cognition
179
20
Introduction
179
4
Mood and evaluative judgments
183
4
Mood and processing style
187
8
Chapter summary
195
4
8 Concluding remarks
199
4
Glossary
203
4
References
207
20
Author index
227
6
Subject index
233