Memory and Cognition in Its Social Context

Contents: Preface. Introduction. A General Model of Social Information Processing. The Structure and Function of the Work Space. The Organization of Information in Permanent Memory. Retrieval Processes. Encoding and Organization: I. The Effects of Concept Accessibility on the Interpretation of Information. Encoding and Organization: II. The Cognitive Representation of Persons. Encoding and Organization: III. The Cognitive Representation of Social Events. Inference Making: I. General Processes. Inference Making: II. Judgments of Persons. Response Generation. The Role of Affect and Emotion in Information Processing. The Self. Appendix: Summary of Postulates.