Social Cognition: The Ontario Symposium Volume 1

This volume presents papers from the first Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, held at the University of Western Ontario in 1978, with a focus on social cognition. The chapters discuss the implications of cognitive structures for social cognition, including social schemata and the organization of social information, and the consequences of cognitive processes and mechanisms for social cognition.

Format: Hardback
Length: 450 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Originally published in 1981, this volume presents papers from the inaugural Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, held at the University of Western Ontario from August 25 to 27, 1978. The overarching theme of the symposium was social cognition. The chapters have been organized into two main sections. Chapters 1 to 5 delve into the implications of cognitive structures for social cognition, with a particular focus on the nature of social schemata and the organization of social information. Chapters 6 to 11 explore the consequences for social cognition of various cognitive processes and mechanisms, including verbal and nonverbal communicative processes, category accessibility, salience and selective attention, hypothesis-testing, and self-centered biases. Chapter 12 provides commentary on the general perspectives taken in the preceding chapters and suggests some additional directions for future consideration. Today, it can be read and appreciated in its historical context.

Weight: 990g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032317816