Fall 1996 Readings
Social Cognition

• Attribution Theory (Fiske & Taylor, Chapters 2 & 3)
  • Krull, D. S., & Erickson, D. J. 1995) Judging situations: On the effortful process of taking dispositional information into account. Social Cognition, 13, 417-438.
  • Leyens, J., Yzerbyt, V., & Corneille, O. (1996). The role of applicability in the emergence of the overattribution bias. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 219-229.
  
  
• Attribution Refinements (Fiske & Taylor, Chapters 2 & 3)
  • Bosveld, W., Koomen, W., & Plaisier, J. W. (1995). Differential Construal as an Explanation for False Consensus and False Uniqueness Effects. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 31, 518-532
  • Swim, J. K., & Sanna, L. J. (1996). He's skilled, she's lucky: A meta-analysis of observer's attributions for women's and men's successes and failures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 507-519.
  
  
• Schemas (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 4)
  • Andersen, S. M., Glassman, N. S., Chen, S., & Cole, S. W. (1995). Transference in socialperception: The role of chronic accessiblility in significant-other representation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 41-57.
  • Maurer, K. L., Park, B., Rothbart, M. (1995). Subtyping versus subgrouping processes in stereotype representation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 812-824.
  
  
• Schema Use (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 5)
  • Macrae, C. N., Bodenhausen, G. V., & Milne, A. B. (1995). The dissection of selection in person perception: Inhibitory processes in social stereotyping Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 397-407.
  • Wyer, R. S., Swan, S., Gruenfeld D. H, (1995). Impression formation in informal conversations. Social Cognition, 13, 243-272.
  
  
• The Self (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 6)
  • Pelham, B. W., & Wachsmuth, J. O. (1995). The waxing and waning of the social self: Assimilation and contrast in social comparison. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 825-838.
  • Fuhrman, R. W., & Funder, D. C. (1995). Convergence between self and peer in the response-time processing of trait-relevant information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 961-974.
  
  
• Encoding (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 7)
  • Uleman, J. S., Hon, A., Roman, R. J., & Moskowitz, B. B. (1996). On-line evidence for spontaneous trait inferences at encoding. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 377-394.
  • Frey, K. P., & Eagly, A. H. (1993). Vividness can undermine the persuasiveness of messages. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 32- 44.
  
  
• Memory (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 8)
  • Brewer, M. B., Weber, J. G., & Carini, B. (1995). Person memory in intergroup contexts: Categorization versus individuation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 29-40.
  • Bardach, L., & Park, B. (1996). The effect of in-group/out-group status on memory for consistent and inconsistent behavior of an individual. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 169-178.
  
  
• Inference (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 9)
  • Granberg, D., & Brown, T. A. (1995). The Monty Hall Dilemma. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 711-723.
  • Levine, G. M., Halberstadt, J. B., & Goldstone, R. L. (1996) Reasoning and weighting of attributes in attitude judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 230-240.
  
  
• Affect (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 10)
  • Carroll, J. M., & Russell, J. A. (1996). Do facial expressions signal specific emotions? Judging emotions from the face in context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 205-218.
  • Mayer, J. D., McCornmick, L. J., & Strong, S. E. (1995). Mood-congruent memory and natural mood: New evidence. Personaltiy and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 736-746.
  
  
• Attitudes (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 11)
  • Friedrich, J., Fetherstonhaugh, D., Casey, S., & Gallagher, D. (1996). Argument integration and attitude change: Suppression effects in the integration of one- sided arguments that vary in persuasiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 179-191.
  • Pomerantz, E. M., Chaiken, S. & Tordesillas, R. S. (1995). Attitude strength and resistance processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 408- 419.
  
  
• Behavior (Fiske & Taylor, Chapter 12)
  • Snyder, M., & Haugen, J. A. (1995). Why does behavioral confiramtion occur? A functional perspective on the role of the target. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 963-974. >
  • Spencer, S. M., & Norem, J. K. (1996). Reflection and distraction: Defensive pessimism, strategic optimism, and performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 354-365.

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