Social Perception from Individuals to Groups

Steven J. Stroessner is the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Psychology at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York City, having earned his PhD in social/personailty psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1992. His research examines cognitive, motivation, and affective factors underlying stereotyping and prejudice.Jeffrey W. Sherman is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, having earned his PhD in social psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994. His research interests are in the cognitive processes underlying social psychology and behavior. In particular, he studies how people perceive themselves, other people, and groups of people. He is currently editor of the journal Social Cognition.

• Part 1: Introduction. Social Perception from Individuals to Groups: An Introduction, J.W. Sherman, S.J. Stroessner. Dave and Me: A History of Our Collaboration, S.J. Sherman. Part 2: Perceiving Persons: Impression Formation. The Mental Representation of Persons, Events and Behavioral Mindsets. R.S. Wyer, Jr. Causes and Causal Attributions: Questions Raised by Dave Hamilton and Spontaneous Trait Inferences, J.S. Uleman. From Idiosyncratic Impressions to Distributed Impressions of Others: A Case for Collaborative Person Memory, L.Garcia-Marques, M. Vaz Garrido. Part 3: Perceiving Persons and Groups: Processes in Impression Formation and Stereotyping. When Literatures Collide: Synergies Between Stereotyping and Impression Formation, D.E. Carlston, E.D. Schneid. Variations on a Theme: Attentional Processes in Group and Individual Perception, J.W. Sherman, D.L.M. Sacchi, L. Huang. Two (or more?) Cognitive Approaches to Stereotype Formation: Biased or Reality-based?, R. Spears, W. Stroebe. Part 4: Perceiving Groups: Entitativity. Motivated Entitativity: When We’d Rather See the Forest Than the Trees, M.B. Brewer. Inferring Group Traits and Group Goals: A Unified Approach to Social Perception, S.J. Stroessner, C.S. Dweck. Generalization Processes in Collective Responsibility and Intergroup Conflict, B. Lickel, M. Onuki. Essentialism in Language: Plagiarizing David Hamilton, A. Maass, A. Carnaghi, T. Rakić.

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