Categorization in Social Psychology

Craig McGarty
Categorization in Social Psychology
December 1999 | 320 pages | Sage UK
Create Flyer

Purchase

eBook
ISBN: 9781848608955
Available from January 0001
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780761959533
Available from January 0001

Description

Categorization in Social Psychology offers a major introduction to the study of categorization, looking especially at links between categorization in cognitive and social psychology.

In a highly readable and accessible style, the author covers all the main approaches to categorization in social psychology that a student might come across, including: biased stimulus processing, construct actviation, self-categorization, explanation-based, social judgeability and assimilation/contrast approaches. It is a wide-ranging and up-to-date treatment of concepts from cognitive as well as social psychology.

Contents

PART ONE: COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CATEGORIZATION

  • Some Starting Assumptions
  • Perceivers' Perspectives and Social Consensus
  • Categorization and Cognition I
  • Introducing Category Function and Structure
  • Categorizationand Cognition II
  • Category Learning, Formation and Use
  • The Categorization Process in Social Psychology I
  • Biased Stimulus Processing and Knowledge Activation
  • Categorization as Meaning Creation I
  • Self-Categorization Theory and Some Other Developments
  • Categorization as Meaning Creation II
  • Other Sense-Making Approaches
  • Contrasting Perspectives on Motivated Relative Perception

PART TWO: SOME EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION

  • Group Variability and Consistency
  • The Constraints of the Social Context on Categorization
  • Categorization, Covariation and Causal Explanation
  • Conclusion
  • Categorization as Explanation

Resources

For more details see the Authors' page

For more details see the Authors' page
http://www.psy.anu.edu.au/staff/Craig/categtoc.html

Description

Categorization in Social Psychology offers a major introduction to the study of categorization, looking especially at links between categorization in cognitive and social psychology.

In a highly readable and accessible style, the author covers all the main approaches to categorization in social psychology that a student might come across, including: biased stimulus processing, construct actviation, self-categorization, explanation-based, social judgeability and assimilation/contrast approaches. It is a wide-ranging and up-to-date treatment of concepts from cognitive as well as social psychology.

Contents

PART ONE: COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CATEGORIZATION

  • Some Starting Assumptions
  • Perceivers' Perspectives and Social Consensus
  • Categorization and Cognition I
  • Introducing Category Function and Structure
  • Categorizationand Cognition II
  • Category Learning, Formation and Use
  • The Categorization Process in Social Psychology I
  • Biased Stimulus Processing and Knowledge Activation
  • Categorization as Meaning Creation I
  • Self-Categorization Theory and Some Other Developments
  • Categorization as Meaning Creation II
  • Other Sense-Making Approaches
  • Contrasting Perspectives on Motivated Relative Perception

PART TWO: SOME EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION

  • Group Variability and Consistency
  • The Constraints of the Social Context on Categorization
  • Categorization, Covariation and Causal Explanation
  • Conclusion
  • Categorization as Explanation

Resources

For more details see the Authors' page

For more details see the Authors' page
http://www.psy.anu.edu.au/staff/Craig/categtoc.html
SAGE Publishing Logo

Categorization in Social Psychology

Craig McGarty
Cancel Print

December 1999 | 320 pages | Sage UK

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Hardcover 31/03/2026 9780761959533 $231.00
Paperback 31/03/2026 9780761959540 $116.00
180 Day Ebook 28/03/2023 9781848608955 $68.00
Lifetime 28/03/2023 9781848608955 $99.00

Categorization in Social Psychology offers a major introduction to the study of categorization, looking especially at links between categorization in cognitive and social psychology.

In a highly readable and accessible style, the author covers all the main approaches to categorization in social psychology that a student might come across, including: biased stimulus processing, construct actviation, self-categorization, explanation-based, social judgeability and assimilation/contrast approaches. It is a wide-ranging and up-to-date treatment of concepts from cognitive as well as social psychology.


Table Of Contents:

  • PART ONE: COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CATEGORIZATION
  • Some Starting Assumptions
  • Perceivers' Perspectives and Social Consensus
  • Categorization and Cognition I
  • Introducing Category Function and Structure
  • Categorizationand Cognition II
  • Category Learning, Formation and Use
  • The Categorization Process in Social Psychology I
  • Biased Stimulus Processing and Knowledge Activation
  • Categorization as Meaning Creation I
  • Self-Categorization Theory and Some Other Developments
  • Categorization as Meaning Creation II
  • Other Sense-Making Approaches
  • Contrasting Perspectives on Motivated Relative Perception
  • PART TWO: SOME EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION
  • Group Variability and Consistency
  • The Constraints of the Social Context on Categorization
  • Categorization, Covariation and Causal Explanation
  • Conclusion
  • Categorization as Explanation

Recent Product Reviews:

Recommendations