Through his extensive research, editorial activities, and his enormous impact on students and colleagues, Robert S. Wyer, Jr. has established himself as a prolific scholar in the history of social psychology. This book is a tribute to his contributions. It provides an introduction to the major issues and current thinking in the field, offering an analysis of the underlying processes that have long been the focus of Bob Wyer's own research including attention, perception, inference, and memory. In each of the chapters, scholars provide an in-depth analysis of these processes as they pertain to...

A tribute to Robert S. Wyer, Jr.'s remarkable contributions to social psychology, Foundations of Social Cognition offers a compelling analysis of the underlying processes that have long been the focus of Bob Wyer's own research, including attention, perception, inference, and memory. Leading scholars provide an in-depth analysis of these processes as they pertain to one or more substantive areas, including attitudes, construct accessibility, impressions of persons and groups, the interplay between affect and cognition, motivated reasoning, and stereotypes. Each chapter reviews and synthesizes...

This volume provides the first authoritative explication of meta- theoretical principles in the construction and evaluation of social psychological theories. Leading international authorities review the conceptual foundations of the field's most influential approaches, scrutinizing the range and limits of theories in various areas of inquiry. The chapters describe basic principles of logical inference, illustrate common fallacies in theoretical interpretations of empirical findings, and outline the unique contributions of different levels of analysis. An in-depth look at the philosophical...