Categorization in Social Psychology [Paperback]

In a highly readable and accessible style, the author covers all the main approaches to categorization in social psychology that a student might come across, including: biased stimulus processing, construct actviation, self-categorization, explanation-based, social judgeability and assimilation//contrast approaches. It is a wide-ranging and up-to-date treatment of concepts from cognitive as well as social psychology.Categorization in Social Psychology offers a major introduction to the study of categorization, looking especially at links between categorization in cognitive and social psychology.

In a highly readable and accessible style, the author covers all the main approaches to categorization in social psychology that a student might come across, including: biased stimulus processing, construct actviation, self-categorization, explanation-based, social judgeability and assimilation//contrast approaches. It is a wide-ranging and up-to-date treatment of concepts from cognitive as well as social psychology.This is an extremely useful textbook for teaching social psychology. Some of the research is a bit outdated. It is well written, and provides a comprehensive overview of the field.This is a great, in depth of a topic very relevant to my course. I have set it as a recommended reading and I envision it will be read by third years and masters students who choose to write their assignment on this topic.PART ONE: COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CATEGORIZATION
Some Starting Assumptions
Perceivers' Perspectives and Social Consensus
Categorization and Cognition I
Introducing Category Function and Structure