Categorization in social psychology [[electronic resource]. /] / Craig McGarty

• Autore: McGarty Craig
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 293 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 302.1
• Soggetto topico: Categorization (Psychology); Social perception
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I - Cognitive and Social Psychological Approaches to Categorization; Chapter 1 - Some Starting Assumptions: Perceivers' Perspectives and Social Consensus; Chapter 2 - Categorization and Cognition I: Introducing Category Function and Structure; Chapter 3 - Categorization and Cognition II: Category Learning, Formation and Use; Chapter 4 - The Categorization Process in Social Psychology: Biased Stimulus Processing and Knowledge Activation; Chapter 5 - Categorization as Meaning Creation I: Self-Categorization Theory and some Other Developments ; Chapter 6 - Categorization as Meaning Creation II: Other Sense-Making ApproachesChapter 7 - Contrasting Perspectives on Motivated Relative Perception; Part II - Some Explorations in Social Categorization; Chapter 8 - Group Variability and Consistency; Chapter 9 - The Constraints of the Social Context on Categorization; Chapter 10 - Categorization, Covariation and Causal Explanation; Chapter 11 - Conclusion: Categorization as Explanation; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a wide-ranging and up-to-date introduction to all the major approaches to categorisation in social psychology including biased stimulus processing, construct activation self-categorisation, and social judgeability.
• Titolo autorizzato: Categorization in social psychology
• ISBN: 0-7619-5954-8; 1-283-88104-7; 1-84860-895-0; 0-585-34523-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778994203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II