Social Cognitive Psychology: History and Current Domains (The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology)

Social Cognitive Psychology is the first text to provide comprehensive coverage of the field, with thorough discussions of both its historical foundations and significant recent developments. Highlights include: + the contributions of cognition, affect and direct perception to social knowing, and + the development of positive and negative self theories in social context. This valuable reference contains chapter summaries, lists of key terms and concepts, and graphs of processing models from various theories.