Presents a series of studies assessing whether people recruit specific exemplars or abstract trait summaries when making trait judgments about themselves. The limitations of social cognition paradigms, as methods for studying the representation of long-term social knowledge, are discussed.

In this volume, Berkowitz develops the argument that experiential and behavioral components of an emotional state are affected by many processes: some are highly cognitive in nature; others are automatic and involuntary. Cognitive and associative mechanisms theoretically come into play at different times in the emotion-cognition sequence. The model he proposes, therefore, integrates theoretical positions that previously have been artificially segregated in much of the emotion-cognition literature. The breadth of the implications of Berkowitz's theory is also reflected in the diversity of this...

This volume focuses on the type of cognitive activity which concerns life events that have either occurred in the past or are likely to occur in the future. It develops a theoretical formulation of ruminative thinking and the consequences for the performance of daily life activities.

This volume continues the series format of a target article on a hot topic in social cognition accompanied by commentary from other leading researchers. This book, on stereotyping, will appeal to social and cognitive psychologists and sociologists.

The 12th volume of the Advances in Social Cognition series, this book presents and evaluates new theoretical advances in all areas of social cognition and information processing. An entire volume is devoted to each theory, offering evaluation from a variety of perspectives. The series reflects two major characteristics of social cognition: the high level of activity in the field and the interstitial nature of the work. An understanding of the cognitive and motivational determinants of behavioural self-regulation is regarded as one of the most important goals of social and personality...

The 12th volume of the Advances in Social Cognition series, this book presents and evaluates new theoretical advances in all areas of social cognition and information processing. An entire volume is devoted to each theory, offering evaluation from a variety of perspectives. The series reflects two major characteristics of social cognition: the high level of activity in the field and the interstitial nature of the work. An understanding of the cognitive and motivational determinants of behavioural self-regulation is regarded as one of the most important goals of social and personality...

In their target article, the authors of this book argue that narrative forms of metal representation are the basic ingredients of social knowledge that play a fundamental role in the comprehension of information conveyed in a social context.