Publisher's Synopsis
Social cognition emerged as a new field in psychology in the late 1970s. Researchers are now taking stock to determine, how has social cognition affected social psychology as a whole? and in what ways has social cognition proved a catalyst for new theory, methodology, and controversy?;Questions such as these are considered in this volume. It provides a summary of psychology prior to the adoption of social cognition as a systemic approach, and further discusses how this approach has changed the face of social psychology today. Discussions include coverage of research in impression formation, attribution, person perception, the self, attitudes, persuasion, conformity, stereotyping, and intergroup relations.
