This volume represents the best and the brightest in new research, theory, and practice in social psychology
1. The planning fallacy: Cognitive, motivational, and social
origins -
Roger Buehler
Dale Griffin
Johanna Peetz
2. Optimal distinctiveness theory: A framework for social cognition
and intergroup relations -
Geoffrey J. Leonardelli
Cynthia L. Pickett
Marilynn B. Brewer
3. Varieties of psychological license -
Dale T. Miller
Daniel A. Effron
4. Beyond productivity loss in brainstorming groups: The evolution
of a question -
Wolfgang Stroebe
Bernard A. Nijstad
Eric F. Rietzschel
5. Evaluative conditioning: The "how" question -
Christopher R. Jones
Michael A. Olson
Russell H. Fazio
6. Evaluations that immerse or transcend: Flexibility, consistency,
and the function of construal -
Alison Ledgerwood
Yaacov Trope
Dr. James Olson obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo and has been a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, since 1978. He served as Chair of the Psychology Department from 1998 to 2003. He has conducted research on many topics, including attitudes, justice, social cognition, and humor. He has published more than 100 articles and chapters and has co-edited 15 books. He is a co-organizer of the Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, a well-known series of conferences on various topics in personality and social psychology. He has served as an Associate Editor of three scientific journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1995 to 1998. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
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