Handbook of affect and social cognition

612 Pages·2001·3.14 MB·English

by  Joseph P. Forgas

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title: Handbook of Affect and Social Cognition
author: Forgas, Joseph P.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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print isbn13: 9780805832174
ebook isbn13: 9780585350660
language: English
subject Affect (Psychology) , Cognition--Social aspects.
publication date: 2001
lcc: BF511.H34 2001eb
ddc: 152.4
subject: Affect (Psychology) , Cognition--Social aspects.
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Handbook of Affect and Social Cognition
Edited by
Joseph P. Forgas
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

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Copyright © 2001 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, retrieval system,
or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers
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Cover design by Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Handbook of affect and social cognition / edited by Joseph P. Forgas.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-3217-3 (alk. paper)
1. Affect (Psychology) 2. CognitionSocial aspects. I. Forgas, Joseph P.
BF511.H34 2000
152.4dc21 00-034779
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CONTENTS
Contributors xiii
Preface xv
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Introduction: Affect and Social Cognition
Joseph P. Forgas, University of New South Wales 1
6
Philosophical and Speculative Theories Linking Affect and Cognition
7
Some Early Empirical Evidence for Affective Influences on Cognition and
Judgments
8
Psychodynamic Approaches to Affect and Cognition
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Conditioning Approaches to Affect and Cognition
12
The Emergence of a Cognitive Paradigm
15
Major Areas of Contemporary Research on Affect and Social Cognition
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Affect and Cognition: Fundamental Issues and the Nature of the Relationship
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Affective Influences on the Content of Cognition
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Affect and Social Information Processing
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Affective Influences on Social Motivation and Intentions
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Affect, Cognition, and Interpersonal Behavior
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Personality and Individual Differences in Affectivity
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Conclusion
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References
I
The Relationship between Affect and Cognition: Fundamental Issues
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The Interaction of Affect and Cognition: A Neurobiological Perspective
Ralph Adolphs and Antonio R. Damasio, University of Iowa 27
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Cognitive Affect
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Affective Modulation of Memory, Attention, and Decision Making in Animals
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Affect Modulates Declarative Memory
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Affect Modulates Decision Making
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Affect and Social Judgment

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Conclusions
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Acknowledgments
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References
3
Affect and Attitudes: A Social Neuroscience Approach
Tiffany A. Ito, University of Colorado, and John T. Cacioppo, University of Chicago 50
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Why Social Neuroscience?
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The Separability of Positive and Negative Affect
54
The Evaluative Space Model
57
Neural Substrates
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Negativity Bias
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Summary
60
Rerepresentation of Evaluative Processes across the Neuraxis
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Feeling without Knowing
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Applications to Implicit and Explicit Prejudice
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Different Evaluative Mechanisms or Decreased Activation with Practice?
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Summary
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Conclusion
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References
4
Affect and Cognitive Appraisal Processes
Craig A. Smith, Vanderbilt University, and Leslie D. Kirby, University of Alabama
at Birmingham 75
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Appraisal Theory: Its Purpose and Major Assumptions
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Structural Models of Appraisal
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Toward a Process Model of Appraisal
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Appraisal Theory, Affect, and Social Cognition
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References
II
Affective Influences on the Content of Cognition
5
Mood and Social Memory
Gordon H. Bower, Stanford University, and Joseph P. Forgas, University of New
South Wales 95
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Affective Features of Social Episode Representations
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Memory for Emotional Episodes
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Affective Recall Without Factual Recall
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Emotional Units in Associative Networks
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Mood-dependent Retrieval
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Mood-congruent Processing
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Limitations on Mood Congruity

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