The Story of Faith Missions: Lynx/Regnum Studies in Evangelism Mission and Development

Fiedler, Klaus

Religion & Spirituality

Chariot Victor Pub.

How do people think about the world? How do individuals make sense of their complex social environment? What are the underlying mechanisms that determine our understanding of the social world? Social cognition - the study of the specific cognitive processes that are involved when we think about the social world - attempts to answer these questions. Social cognition is an increasingly important and influential area of social psychology, impacting on areas such as attitude change and person perception. This introductory textbook provides the student with comprehensive coverage of the core topics in the field: how social information is encoded, stored and retrieved from memory; how social knowledge is structured and represented; and what processes are involved when individuals form judgements and make decisions. The overall aim is to highlight the main concepts and how they interrelate, providing the student with an insight into the whole social cognition framework. With this in mind, the first two chapters provide an overview of the sequence of information processing and outline general principles. Subsequent chapters build on these foundations by providing more in-depth discussion of memory, judgemental heuristics, the use of information, hypothesis-testing in social interaction and the interplay of affect and cognition. Social Cognition will be essential reading for students and researchers in psychology, communication studies, and sociology.

Social Cognition: How Individuals Construct Social Reality (Social Psychology: A Modular Course (Hardcover))

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bless, Herbert

Mental Health

Psychology Press

Social Cognition: How Individuals Construct Social Reality (Social Psychology: A Modular Course)

Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing (European Monographs in Social Psychology)

Traditional social hypotheses have a built-in tendency to verify themselves and so involuntarily resist attempts at stereotype change or correction. This is the insight demonstrated and discussed as the start point for an alternative approach to the problem of stereotyping and hypothesis testing. Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing explicates the proposition that many stereotypes originate not so much in individual brains, but in the stimulus environment that interacts with and constitutes the social individual. This cognitive-ecological approach is then used to analyse the different aspects of language, sign systems and communication that can implicitly govern hypothesis testing procedures and lead to circular or reinforcing outcomes. The authors describe factors in tests such as judgment, memory and expectation and go on to suggest viable ecological learning approaches to them. An original research project based on a classroom situation is used to demonstrate and verify findings. The cognitive-ecological approach is then contextualised in relation to both the traditional approaches it can replace and the contemporary statistical sampling practices it can improve. Written with a profound understanding of the link between theoretical rigour and good empirical research practice this monograph will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in stereotyping or who wishes to enhance the reliability and self-awareness of their research methods.

Walther, Eva

Parenting & Relationships

One of the most time-honored issues in the history of psychology is addressed in this book: the links among the three components of the ancient "trilogy of the mind" - affect, cognition and conation. Affect is now one of the more prominent areas of investigation in contemporary psychology, especially in its relationship with cognition. This book contrasts and integrates some of the most promising theories and research dealing with the cognitive and behavioural implications of affective states. In particular, it deals with the emerging pluralism and diversity of theorizing about affect, as well as the growing number of practical implications of this work. The focus here is on modern trends and developments, considered within the relevant historical context.

Affect Cognition and Social Behavior: New Evidence and Integrative Attempts

Psychology & Counseling

Hogrefe & Huber Pub

Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing

Social cognition is a key area of social psychology, which focuses on cognitive processes that are involved when individuals make sense of, and navigate in their social world. For instance, individuals need to understand what they perceive, they learn and recall information from memory, they form judgments and decisions, they communicate with others, and they regulate their behavior. While all of these topics are also key to other fields of psychological research, it’s the social world―which is dynamic, complex, and often ambiguous―that creates particular demands.  This accessible book introduces the basic themes within social cognition and asks questions such as: How do individuals think and feel about themselves and others? How do they make sense of their social environment? How do they interact with others in their social world? The book is organized along an idealized sequence of social information processing that starts at perceiving and encoding, and moves on to learning, judging, and communicating. It covers not only processes internal to the individual, but also facets of the environment that constrain cognitive processing. Throughout the book, student learning is fostered with examples, additional materials, and discussion questions. With its subdivision in ten chapters, the book is suitable both for self-study and as companion material for those teaching a semester-long course. This is the ideal comprehensive introduction to this thriving and captivating field of research for students of psychology.

Greifeneder, Rainer

Traditional social hypotheses have a built-in tendency to verify themselves and so involuntarily resist attempts at stereotype change or correction. This is the insight demonstrated and discussed as the start point for an alternative approach to the problem of stereotyping and hypothesis testing. Stereotyping as Inductive Hypothesis Testing explicates the proposition that many stereotypes originate not so much in individual brains, but in the stimulus environment that interacts with and constitutes the social individual. This cognitive-ecological approach is then used to analyse the different aspects of language, sign systems and communication that can implicitly govern hypothesis testing procedures and lead to circular or reinforcing outcomes. The authors describe factors in tests such as judgment, memory and expectation and go on to suggest viable ecological learning approaches to them. An original research project based on a classroom situation is used to demonstrate and verify findings. The cognitive-ecological approach is then contextualised in relation to both the traditional approaches it can replace and the contemporary statistical sampling practices it can improve. Written with a profound understanding of the link between theoretical rigour and good empirical research practice this monograph will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in stereotyping or who wishes to enhance the reliability and self-awareness of their research methods.

Routledge

Effizientes Gewässergütemanagement: Eine Theoretische Analyse mit Praxisbezug (German Edition)

Business & Money

Economics

Springer

Diese interdisziplinäre Studie basiert auf naturwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen zu natürlichen Selbstreinigungsprozessen von Wasserressourcen. Der Autor analysiert, inwieweit umweltpolitische Instrumente, wie z. B. Entwässerungsgebühr, Abwasserabgabe, Gewässergütestandards oder Wasserpfennig, wirksam sind. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht dabei die Frage, ob mit Hilfe der Abwasserabgabe eine Produktionseffizienz zu erzielen ist bzw. ob Rohwasser hoher Güte einen positiven Knappheitspreis hat.

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