The Social Mind - Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Interpersonal Behavior

Effective social interaction requires sophisticated mental and motivational strategies. The Social Mind reviews and integrates psychological research on the relationship between peoples thoughts and motives - their social mind - and their interpersonal strategies. The research shows that success in personal relationships, group behaviour 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, counselling and health psychology are also explored. Contents
Contributors
Preface
1. The social mind: introduction and overview Joseph P. Forgas, Kipling D. Williams and Ladd Wheeler
Part I. The Social Mind: Basic Issues and Processes: 2. Dimensions of the social mind: size, asymmetries, congruence and sex differences in thought systems focused on self or other persons William J. McGuire and Claire V. Mcguire
3. Affect and the social mind: affective influences on strategic interpersonal behaviours Joseph P. Forgas
4. Motivating cognitive change: the self-standards model of dissonance Joel Cooper
5. The motivational and cognitive dynamics of day-to-day social life John B. Nezlek
Part II. The Social Mind of Individuals: The Role of the Self and Individual Differences: 6. The social self: the quest for identity and the motivational primacy of the individual self Constantine Sedikides and Lowell Gaertner
7. Cognitive and motivational processes in self-presentation Dianne M. Tice and Jon Faber
8. Self-esteem and interpersonal strategies Astrid Schtz
9. The social mind of the narcissist: cognitive and motivational aspects of interpersonal self-construction Frederick Rhodewalt
10. Uncertainty orientation and the social mind: individual differences in the interpersonal context Richard M. Sorrentino, Gordon Hodson and Gnter L. Huber
Part III. The Social Mind in Personal Relationships and Interpersonal Behaviours: 11. Perceiving, feeling and wanting: experiencing prior relationships in present-day interpersonal relations Susan M. Andersen and Kathy R. Berenson
12. Ideal standards in close relationships Garth J. O. Fletcher and Jeffry A. Simpson
13. Victims and perpetrators provide discrepant accounts: motivated cognitive distortions about interpersonal transgressions Roy F. Baumeister and Kathleen Catanese
14. Inside the social mind of the ostraciser Kipling D. Williams, Ladd Wheeler and Joel A. R. Harvey
Part IV. The Social Mind of Groups: Group Representations and Group Behaviour: 15. Self-categorisation and subjective uncertainty resolution: cognitive and motivational facets of social identity and group membership Michael A. Hogg
16. Motivation gains in performance groups: aspects and prospects Norbert L. Kerr
17. The social influence of automatic responding: controlling the uncontrollable Pascal Huguet, Marie P. Galvaing, Florence Dumas and Jean-M. Monteil
18. Directed social influence William D. Crano
19. Cognitive and social motivation in group decision making Martin F. Kaplan and Henk Wilke
Author index
Subject index.

Author/Editor Details
Edited by: Joseph P. Forgas, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Edited by: Kipling D. Williams, Macquarie University, Sydney
Edited by: Ladd Wheeler, University of New South Wales, Sydney