Social Cognition

'A rich intellectual feast for the reader and for the field, one that represents both theories and data that have emerged from around the world' - Kay Deaux, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, City University, New York

`The time is ripe for this unique integration of the formerly disparate major approaches to social psychological issues. I highly recommend this readable and exciting review of social cognition topics. The core principles of the social cognition, social identity, social representations, and discursive approaches are clearly outlined in such a way that students will truly engage with the theories' - Nyla R Branscombe, Professor of Psychology, University of Kansas

With a new structure, the Second Edition of this critically acclaimed textbook represents a much more `integrated' and pedagogically developed account of its predecessor. The authors examine the different theoretical and methodological accomplishments of the field by focusing on the four major and influential perspectives which have currency in social psychology today - social cognition, social identity, social representations and discursive psychology. A foundational chapter presenting an account of these perspectives is then followed by topic-based chapters from the point of view of each perspective in turn, discussing commonalities and divergences across each of them.

Key features of Second Edition:

- cross-referencing throughout the text - especially to the foundational chapter

- key terms in bold which refer to a glossary at the back of the textbook

- extensive pedagogical features: textboxes illustrating key studies, effective summaries and further readings in every chapter.

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"This is a unique book. There are many books that tackle one perspective or another, but no other that lays out all four approaches and illustrates clearly how they would explain the major phenomena of interest. This book is clearly written in an engaging style that will make it a pleasure for students to read. This is a provocative and persuasive guide to the major approaches to social psychological phenomena. It is beautifully written, conveys the excitement and possibilities of the discipline, and is thought provoking throughout. The time is ripe for this unique integration of the formerly disparate major approaches to social psychological issues. I highly recommend this readable and exciting review of social cognition topics. The core principles of the social cognition, social identity, social representations, and discursive approaches are clearly outlined in such a way that students will truly engage with the theories."

"This book, now in its Second Edition, represents the globalization of social cognition.  Like the earlier edition, this text offers the reader a broad analysis of how humans think about their social world.  The authors give readers a way to extend their horizons beyond the dominant information-processing model of social cognition, as they add theoretical perspectives from social identity, social representations, and discursive psychology to the mix.... Those who are most familiar and comfortable with traditional information-processing models need not fear: the dominant social cognition paradigm gets the lions share of coverage in most of the chapters (the most notable exception being the discussion of ideology, where other paradigms have much more to say).  But the authors challenge readers to go beyond that single paradigm, looking both for gaps in its explanatory power and for points of intersection with other theoretical traditions.  The result is a rich intellectual feast for the reader and for the field, one that represents both theories and data that have emerged from around the world."

"I was a considerable admirer of the first edition, which I used as the main text for my Year 3 course for a number of years. This seems to me to be an improvement on that high standard. I think it works best as an upper level undergraduate text, but graduate students with less background in social psychology will find it provides a useful critical orientation to the field...(Strengths include) the balanced and interlinked coverage of perspectives, backed up by good detail on representative research in each area. I found the first edition unique (and uniquely helpful) in its focus, and it has not been matched by anything else I have seen."

"The manuscript provide(s) excellent coverage of the main areas within social cognition research.... Different approaches to social cognition research are integrated to a greater extent than before. The...

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Introduction; Theoretical Foundations; Social Perception; Attitudes; Attributions; Self and Identity; Prejudice; Ideology; Conclusion.

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