The Content, Structure, and Operation of Thought Systems: Advances in Social Cognition, Volume IV

by Wyer, Robert S.; Srull, Thomas K.

• ISBN13: 9780805807417
• ISBN10: 0805807411
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-09-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

If anyone deserves the title "father of social cognition," it is William J. McGuire who, along with his wife and colleague Claire V. McGuire, has written the target article for this volume. The culmination of many years of work, the article discusses their highly developed theory of human thought systems, and establishes many new directions for theoretical and empirical inquiry. Equally important, however, are the chapters -- written from many different theoretical and empirical perspectives -- that challenge various assumptions underlying the McGuires' work. In addition to examining implications not explicitly considered in the target article, these contributions explore the new directions that future research and theorizing might take.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Content, Structure, and Operation of Thought Systems	p. 1
References	p. 76
Attitudes and Thought Systems	p. 79
Conclusions	p. 85
References	p. 86
Free Association and the Representation of Complex Cognitive Structures	p. 87
References	p. 95
Conscious Representation and Thought Systems	p. 97
References	p. 116
The Three Ironies of the Mcguires' Theory of Thought Systems	p. 121
References	p. 127
Beyond Local Cognitive Processes: Imprinting a Systems Approach to Social Cognition	p. 129
References	p. 139
Comment on Mcguire and Mcguire's ""Thought Systems""	p. 143
References	p. 146
Thought Systems, Argument Quality, and Persuasion	p. 147
References	p. 159
Conclusions	p. 159
Acknowledgement	p. 159
By Their Fruits Shall You Know Them? The Measurement of Public Opinion and the Content, Structure, and Operation of Thought Systems	p. 163
References	p. 172
Thought Systems for the Past as Well as for the Future	p. 173
Concluding Remakrs	p. 191
References	p. 192
Some Thoughts About Thought Systems	p. 197
References	p. 201
The Construction and Use of Thought Systems: Some Theoretical Ambiguities	p. 203
Acknowledgements	p. 212
References	p. 212
Homage to Our Critics: A Dialectical Collaboration	p. 215
References	p. 264
Author Index	p. 267
Subject Index	p. 275
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