This article analyzes the similarities and differences in forming impressions of individuals
and in developing conceptions of groups. In both cases, the perceiver develops a mental …

“I take the view that this lack [of subversive activity] is the most ominous sign in our whole
situation. It convinces me more than perhaps any other factor that the sabotage we are to …

The authors present a reconciliation of 3 distinct ways in which the research literature has
defined overconfidence:(a) overestimation of one's actual performance,(b) overplacement of …

This chapter assesses what we have learned about some of those issues from social
psychological research, and particularly from research guided by a social cognition …

Stereotyping is one of the biggest single issues in social psychology, but relatively little is
known about how and why stereotypes form. This is the first book to explore the process of …

Factor analyses of responses from white (N= 260) and black (N= 81) college students in two
neighboring universities were utilized to develop contemporary measures of racial attitudes …

The authors argue that cultures differ in implicit theories of individuals and groups. North
Americans conceive of individual persons as free agents, whereas East Asians …

The illusions of control area is reviewed, and 5 conditions that influence control judgments
are identified: skill-related factors, success or failure emphasis, need for the outcome, mood …

Correlational studies have found candidate traits to be an important determinant of vote
preferences but cannot rule out reverse causality processes in explaining these findings …

People believe that they are better than others on easy tasks and worse than others on
difficult tasks. In previous attempts to explain these better-than-average and worse-than …