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...

This text examines the processing of information that people encounter in their everyday lives. It proposes a general theory about the way in which information acquired in everyday life is comprehended and represented in memory, and how it is later used as a basis for judgments and decisions. A major emphasis throughout is on the construction and use of narrative representations of knowledge and the way that visual images influence the comprehension of these narratives and the judgments based on them. The role of affective reactions in this cognitive activity is also discussed. The book is...

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.

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...