Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-567) and index.
Introduction. -- Part I. Basic concepts in social cognition. -- Dual modes in social cognition. -- Attention and encoding. -- Representation in memory. -- Part II. Topics in social cognition : from self to society. -- Self in social cognition. -- Attribution processes. -- Heuristics and shortcuts : efficiency in inference and decision making. -- Accuracy and efficiency in social inference. -- Cognitive structures of attitudes. -- Cognitive processing of attitudes. -- Stereotyping : cognition and bias. -- Prejudice : interplay of cognitive and affective biases. -- Part III. Beyond cognition. -- From social cognition to affect. -- From affect to social cognition. -- Behaviour and Cognition.
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Highlighting the cutting-edge research in social neuropsychology, mainstream experimental social-cognitive psychology, and cultural psychology, this new text features comprehensive treatment of stereotyping and prejudice.