Memory and Cognition in Its Social Context

by Wyer, Jr.; Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9780805805994
• ISBN10: 0805805990
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-10-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

The first comprehensive theoretical formulation of the way people use information they receive about their social environments to make judgments and behavioral decisions, this volume focuses on the cognitive processes that underlie the use of social information. These include initial interpretation, the representations used to make inferences, and the transformation of these subjective inferences into overt judgment and behavior. In addition, it specifies the role of affect and emotion in information processing, and the role of self-knowledge at different stages of processing. The theoretical model presented here is the first to provide a conceptual integration of existing theory and research in all phases of social information processing. It not only accounts for the major portion of existing research findings, but permits several hypotheses to be generated concerning phenomena that have not yet been empirically investigated. Although focused here on the processing of information about people and events, the formulation proposed has implications for other domains such as personnel appraisal, political decision making, and consumer behavior.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
a General Model of Social Information Processing	p. 13
Summary	p. 32
the Structure and Function of the Work Space	p. 33
Concluding Remarks	p. 46
the Organization of Information in Permanent Memory	p. 47
Concluding Remarks	p. 78
Retrieval Processes	p. 81
Concluding Remarks	p. 113
Encoding and Organization: I. the Effects of Concept Accessibility on the Interpretation of Information	p. 115
Concluding Remarks	p. 154
Encoding and Organization: Ii. the Cognitive Representation of Persons	p. 157
Concluding Remarks	p. 203
Encoding and Organization: Iii. the Cognitive Representation of Social Events	p. 205
Concluding Remarks	p. 254
Inference Making: I. General Processes	p. 255
Inference Making: Ii. Judgments of Persons	p. 285
Summary and Conclusions	p. 315
Response Generation	p. 317
Concluding Remarks	p. 349
the Role of Affect and Emotion in Information Processing	p. 351
Concluding Remarks	p. 407
the Self	p. 409
Appendix Summary: of Postulates	p. 445
References	p. 451
Author Index	p. 477
Subject Index	p. 485
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