The Social Mind: Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Behavior

by Edited by Joseph P. Forgas , Kipling D. Williams , Ladd Wheeler

• ISBN13: 9780521770927
• ISBN10: 0521770920
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-29
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Effective social interaction requires sophisticated mental and motivational strategies. The Social Mind reviews and integrates recent psychological research on the relationship between people's thoughts and motives--their "social mind"--and their interpersonal strategies. The research shows that success in personal relationships, group behavior and strategic interaction are all significantly influenced by how individuals interpret and explain the social world around them. The implications of this research for personal adjustment, organizational effectiveness and clinical, counseling, and health psychology are also explored.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Preface	xiii
The Social Mind: Introduction and Overview	1	(24)
Joseph P. Forgas
Kipling D. Williams
Ladd Wheeler
Part I The Social Mind: Basic Issues and Processes
Dimensions of the Social Mind: Size, Asymmetries, Congruence, and Sex Differences in Thought Systems Focused on Self or Other Persons	25	(21)
William J. Mcguire
Claire V. McGuire
Affect and the ``Social Mind'': Affective Influences on Strategic Interpersonal Behaviors	46	(26)
Joseph P. Forgas
Motivating Cognitive Change: The Self-Standards Model of Dissonance	72	(20)
Joel Cooper
The Motivational and Cognitive Dynamics of Day-to-Day Social Life	92	(23)
John B. Nezlek
Part II The Social Mind of Individuals: The Role of the Self and Individual Differences
The Social Self: The Quest for Identity and the Motivational Primacy of the Individual Self	115	(24)
Constantine Sedikides
Lowell Gaertner
Cognitive and Motivational Processes in Self-Presentation	139	(18)
Dianne M. Tice
Jon Faber
Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Strategies	157	(20)
Astrid Schutz
The Social Mind of the Narcissist: Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Self-Construction	177	(22)
Frederick Rhodewalt
Uncertainty Orientation and the Social Mind: Individual Differences in the Interpersonal Context	199	(32)
Richard M. Sorrentino
Gordon Hodson
Gunter L. Huber
Part III The Social Mind in Personal Relationships and Interpersonal Behaviors
Perceiving, Feeling, and Wanting: Experiencing Prior Relationships in Present-Day Interpersonal Relations	231	(26)
Susan M. Andersen
Kathy R. Berenson
Ideal Standards in Close Relationships	257	(17)
Garth J.O. Fletcher
Jeffry A. Simpson
Victims and Perpetrators Provide Discrepant Accounts: Motivated Cognitive Distortions about Interpersonal Transgressions	274	(20)
Roy F. Baumeister
Kathleen Catanese
Inside the Social Mind of the Ostracizer	294	(29)
Kipling D. Williams
Ladd Wheeler
Joel A.R. Harvey
Part IV The Social Mind of Groups: Group Representations and Group Behavior
Self-Categorization and Subjective Uncertainty Resolution: Cognitive and Motivational Facets of Social Identity and Group Membership	323	(27)
Michael A. Hogg
Motivation Gains in Performance Groups: Aspects and Prospects	350	(21)
Norbert L. Kerr
The Social Influence of Automatic Responding: Controlling the Uncontrollable	371	(18)
Pascal Huguet
Marie P. Galvaing
Florence Dumas
Jean-M. Monteil
Directed Social Influence	389	(17)
William D. Crano
Cognitive and Social Motivation in Group Decision Making	406	(23)
Martin F. Kaplan
Henk Wilke
Author Index	429	(11)
Subject Index	440