Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology : Intraindividual Processes

This volume on intraindividual processes is one of a set of four handbooks in the social psychology field and covers social cognition, attitudes, and attribution theory.:.; Includes contributions by academics and other experts from around the world to ensure a truly international perspective.; Provides a comprehensive overview of classic and current research and likely future trends.; Fully referenced chapters and bibliographies allow easy access to further study.; Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information.  Read more... Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intraindividual Processes; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Part I Perspectives and Methods; 1 Evolutionary Analyses in Social Psychology; 2 The Cultural Grounding of Social Psychological Theory; 3 A Lifespan Developmental Perspective; 4 Cognitive Indices of Social Information Processing; 5 The Psychophysiological Perspective on the Social Mind; Part II Cognition; 6 Mental Representations; 7 The Social Unconscious; 8 Language and Social Cognition; 9 Conversational Processes in Reasoning and Explanation. 10 The Heuristics and Biases Approach to Judgment Under Uncertainty11 How the Mind Moves: Knowledge Accessibility and the Fine-tuning of the Cognitive System; 12 Standards, Expectancies, and Social Comparison; 13 Individual Differences in Information Processing; Part III Social Motivation; 14 Self-Regulation; 15 Goal Setting and Goal Striving; 16 On the Motives Underlying Social Cognition; 17 The Nature of Emotion; 18 The Consequences of Mood on the Proces