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The role of affect in how people think and behave in social situations has been a source of fascination to laymen and philosophers since time immemorial. Surprisingly, most of what we know about the role of feelings in social thinking and behavior has been discovered only during the last two decades. Affect in Social Thinking and Behavior reviews and integrates the most recent research and theories on this exciting topic, and features original contributions reviewing key areas of affect research from leading researchers active in the area.The book covers fundamental issues, such as the nature

Introduction: affect and social cognition / Joseph P. Forgas -- The interaction of affect and cognition: a neurobiological perspective / Ralph Adolphs and Antonio R. Damasio -- Affect and attitudes: a social neuroscience approach / Tiffany A. Ito and John T. Cacioppo -- Affect and cognitive appraisal processes / Craig A. Smith and Leslie D. Kirby -- Mood and social memory / Gordon H. Bower and Joseph P. Forgas -- Affect as information / Gerald L. Clore, Karen Gasper, and Erika Garvin -- Affective influences on the self-concept: qualifying the mood-congruency principle / Constantine Sedikides and Jeffrey D. Green -- Affective influences on social information processing / Klaus Fiedler -- Promotion and prevention experiences: relating emotions to nonemotional motivational states / E. Tory Higgins -- The role of affect in attitude change / Richard E. Petty, David DeSteno, and Derek D. Rucker -- The role of affect in cognitive-dissonance processes / Eddie Harmon-Jones -- Mood as a resource in processing self-relevant information / Yaacov Trope, Melissa Ferguson, and Raj Raghunathan -- The role of motivated social cognition in the regulation of affective states / Maureen Wang Erber and Ralph Erber -- Affect, cognition, and interpersonal behavior: the mediating role of processing strategies / Joseph P. Forgas -- Affective influences on stereotyping and intergroup relations / Galen V. Bodenhausen, Thomas Mussweiler, Shira Gabriel, and Kristen N. Moreno -- Affect and health-relevant cognition / Peter Salovey, Jerusha B. Detweiler, Wayne T. Steward, and Brian T. Bedell -- Personality as a moderator of affective influences on cognition / Cheryl L. Rusting -- Affect, stress, and personality / Jerry Suls -- Emotion, intelligence, and emotional intelligence / John D. Mayer

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Preface -- I. SOCIAL INFLUENCE: FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES AND THEORIES -- 1 Social Influence: Introduction and Overview -- Social Influence in Social Psychology -- Social Influence and Social Integration -- Social Influence: Some Historical Antecedents -- Outline of the book -- Part I. Social Influence: Fundamental Processes and Theories -- Part II. The Role of Cognitive Processes and Strategies in Social Influence -- Part III. Social Influence and Group Behavior -- Conclusion

Wie gehen Menschen im täglichen Leben miteinander um? Welche Prozesse laufen ab, wenn wir mit anderen interagieren? Wie schaffen wir es, unser soziales Leben mit anderen zu teilen? Joseph P. Forgas stellt in seiner Einführung das Wissen vor, das Sozialpsychologen über die Prozesse und Kompetenzen gesammelt haben, die soziale Interaktionen möglich machen. 'Diese Einführung ist eine Fundgrube wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und auch der Forschungsmethoden. Schon unter dem Gesichtspunkt, was für z. B. obskure Versuchsanordnungen oder Befragungen in der Sozialpsychologie erfunden werden, liest sich das Buch fast spannend. So gibt es mache Stelle in diesem Buch, die mir sozialpsychologische Forschung aus dieser oder jener Sicht transparent macht.' Sozialtherapie Prof. Dr. Joseph P. Forgas, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australien