The Social Mind: Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal BehaviorJoseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams, Ladd Wheeler 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. |
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... concern with the social and concern with the individual has been an enduring feature of social psychology through- out its history . However , the present appears to us a particularly aus- picious time to propose an integration between ...
... concern with the social and concern with the individual has been an enduring feature of social psychology through- out its history . However , the present appears to us a particularly aus- picious time to propose an integration between ...
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... concerns of social psychology . Understanding how people relate to each other and how their mental representations about other individuals and groups guide their interpersonal strategies has never been of greater importance than it is ...
... concerns of social psychology . Understanding how people relate to each other and how their mental representations about other individuals and groups guide their interpersonal strategies has never been of greater importance than it is ...
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... concerned with the study of " mind " or " behavior " ( Hilgard , 1980 ) . It seems to us that any meaningful approach to social psychology necessarily involves paying as much attention to the thoughts , motivations , and feelings of ...
... concerned with the study of " mind " or " behavior " ( Hilgard , 1980 ) . It seems to us that any meaningful approach to social psychology necessarily involves paying as much attention to the thoughts , motivations , and feelings of ...
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... concerns of the present book is symbolic interactionism , and the work of George Herbert Mead in particular . Mead's social behaviorism , later to be renamed symbolic interactionism , was perhaps the most com- prehensive attempt to ...
... concerns of the present book is symbolic interactionism , and the work of George Herbert Mead in particular . Mead's social behaviorism , later to be renamed symbolic interactionism , was perhaps the most com- prehensive attempt to ...
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... concerns ( e.g. , those of Andersen and Berenson , Fletcher and Simpson , Nezlek , Rhodewalt , Sedikides and Gaertner ) . Like these authors , symbolic interactionists were also interested in these questions : How do people's ideas and ...
... concerns ( e.g. , those of Andersen and Berenson , Fletcher and Simpson , Nezlek , Rhodewalt , Sedikides and Gaertner ) . Like these authors , symbolic interactionists were also interested in these questions : How do people's ideas and ...
Contents
Dimensions of the Social Mind Size Asymmetries Congruence and Sex Differences in Thought Systems Focused on Self or Other Persons | 25 |
Affect and the Social Mind Affective Influences on Strategic Interpersonal Behaviors | 46 |
Motivating Cognitive Change The SelfStandards Model of Dissonance | 72 |
The Motivational and Cognitive Dynamics of DaytoDay Social Life | 92 |
The Social Mind of Individuals The Role of the Self and Individual Differences | 113 |
The Social Self The Quest for Identity and the Motivational Primacy of the Individual Self | 115 |
Cognitive and Motivational Processes in SelfPresentation | 139 |
SelfEsteem and Interpersonal Strategies | 157 |
Ideal Standards in Close Relationships | 257 |
Victims and Perpetrators Provide Discrepant Accounts Motivated Cognitive Distortions about Interpersonal Transgressions | 274 |
Inside the Social Mind of the Ostracizer | 294 |
The Social Mind of Groups Group Representations and Group Behavior | 321 |
SelfCategorization and Subjective Uncertainty Resolution Cognitive and Motivational Facets of Social Identity and Group Membership | 323 |
Motivation Gains in Performance Groups Aspects and Prospects | 350 |
The Social Influence of Automatic Responding Controlling the Uncontrollable | 371 |
Directed Social Influence | 389 |
The Social Mind of the Narcissist Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal SelfConstruction | 177 |
Uncertainty Orientation and the Social Mind Individual Differences in the Interpersonal Context | 199 |
The Social Mind in Personal Relationships and Interpersonal Behaviors | 229 |
Perceiving Feeling and Wanting Experiencing Prior Relationships in PresentDay Interpersonal Relations | 231 |
Cognitive and Social Motivation in Group Decision Making | 406 |
Author Index | 429 |
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