Social identity and social cognition /
edited by Dominic Abrams and Michael A. Hogg.
- Oxford : Blackwell, 1999.
- xvii, 411 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The authors write chapters on social psychology from a blend of two perspectives, those of social identity and social cognition, which were traditionally opposing approaches. Topics such as the following are addressed: current theoretical trends, social categorization, automatic stereotypes, implicit self-esteem, subjective uncertainty reduction, and the role of group membership.