ABSTRACT
This provocative book provides the first comprehensive and informative overview of the role of various subjective experiences in social cognition and behavior, and argues that the study of such experiences may be one of the key unifying themes of social psychology. Based on recent theoretical and empirical developments in the discipline, this select group of leading international researchers surveys extensive evidence and shows that subjective experiences play a key role in most aspects of social cognition and social behavior. The book contains five main sections, discussing the role of subjective experiences in social information processing (Part 1), their influence on memory (Part 2) and their role in intergroup contexts (Part 3). The role of affective experiences in social thinking and behavior is analyzed (Part 4), and the influence of subjective experiences on the development and change of attitudes and stereotypes is also addressed (Part 5).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|96 pages
Subjective Experience and Information Processing
chapter 3|15 pages
Of Men and Mackerels
chapter 6|19 pages
Availability as Input
part II|69 pages
Subjective Experience and Memory Phenomena
chapter 9|19 pages
The Effects of Subjective Ease of Retrieval on Attitudinal Judgments
part III|103 pages
Affect as a Subjective Experience and Social Cognition
chapter 11|24 pages
Subjective Experience and Mood Regulation
chapter 14|22 pages
The Positive Feeling of Familiarity
part IV|112 pages
Subjective Experience, Stereotyping, and Intergroup Behavior