Motivated Social Perception

The 9th book in the Ontario Symposium series.It highlights research on motivated social perception. The targeted market includes scholars, researchers, and advanced students interested in social perception.

Steven Fein, Steven J. Spencer, Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson

Contents: Preface. Z. Kunda, P.G. Davies, E. Hoshino-Browne, C.H. Jordan, The Impact of Comprehension Goals on the Ebb and Flow of Stereotype Activation During Interaction. S. Fein, E. Hoshino-Browne, P.G. Davies, S.J. Spencer, Self-Image Maintenance Goals and Sociocultural Norms in Motivated Social Perception. D. Dunning, The Zealous Self-Affirmer: How and Why the Self Lurks So Pervasively Behind Social Judgment. I. McGregor, Defensive Zeal: Compensatory Conviction About Attitudes, Values, Goals, Groups, and Self-Definition in the Face of Personal Uncertainty. S.L. Koole, B.W. Pelham, On the Nature of Implicit Self-Esteem: The Case of the Name Letter Effect. C.H. Jordan, S.J. Spencer, M.P. Zanna, "I Love Me...I Love Me Not": Implicit Self-Esteem, Explicit Self-Esteem, and Defensiveness. C. Wolfe, J. Crocker, What Does the Self Want? Contingencies of Self-Worth and Goals. M.W. Baldwin, J.R. Baccus, An Expectancy-Value Approach to Self-Esteem. J.A. Bargh, G.M. Fitzsimons, K.Y.A. McKenna, The Self, Online. M. Schaller, Ancestral Environments and Motivated Social Perception: Goal-Like Blasts From the Evolutionary Past. S.T. Fiske, Five Core Social Motives, Plus or Minus Five. J.Y. Shah, A.W. Kruglansk, R. Friedman, Goal Systems Theory: Integrating the Cognitive and Motivational Aspects of Self-Regulation. G.L. Pennington, N.J. Roese, Counterfactual Thinking and Regulatory Focus. R.M. Sorrentino, Motivated Perception and the Warm Look: Current Perspectives and Future Directions.