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Interpersonal Cognition

Edited by Mark W. Baldwin

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December 23, 2004
ISBN 9781593851125
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462 Pages
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Presenting state-of-the-art research from leading investigators, this volume examines the processes by which people understand their interpersonal experiences. Provided are fresh perspectives on how individuals glean social knowledge from past relationships and apply it in the here and now. Also explored are the effects of biases and expectancies about significant others on relationship satisfaction and personal well-being. Broad in scope, the book integrates findings from experimental social psychology with insights from developmental, personality, and clinical psychology. Throughout, chapters strike an appropriate balance between theory and method, offering an understanding of the core issues involved as well as the tools needed to study them.

“A welcomed and well-received collection of 16 original chapters from leading researchers in the hot topic of interpersonal and social cognition....Baldwin has done an excellent job of ensuring that authors refer to chapters internal to the volume and that chapter authors are more than familiar with each other's work to promote an integration that is uncommon in large collections such as this....An excellent collection on an important topic....Relevant to all of psychology's subdisciplines and could be used for courses on social cognition.”

PsycCRITIQUES


“The past two decades have seen unprecedented advances in the availability of tools for studying human mental processes. No application of these methods is more compelling than their use to illuminate interpersonal cognition and its profound effects on relationships and individual well-being. This outstanding volume summarizes these extraordinary advances in our understanding of interpersonal cognition. Presenting cutting-edge research by leading scholars, it provides an indispensable resource for scholars, professionals, and students interested in linking the inner world of the individual with the outer world of social connections.”

—Harry Reis, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester


“The way we think and the way we relate to others are among the most crucial and distinctive human traits. They have also been two of the most powerful themes in social psychology. This exciting book brings them together to show how interpersonal processes shape cognition, and vice versa. The individual chapters cover a fascinating set of cutting-edge ideas and research findings that are guaranteed to expand the reader's understanding of how people understand each other—and why they sometimes fail to do so.”

—Roy F. Baumeister, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University


“Our mental representations of loved ones, friends, acquaintances, and even enemies—and corresponding thoughts and feelings about ourselves—are the topic of this book. Contributions from multiple perspectives transcend arbitrary boundaries between 'cognition,' 'affect,' and 'motivation,' clarifying the dynamic processes by which thoughts about another person trigger concerns about rejection or warm feelings of security and commitment. This is truly socialcognition: the thoughts and feelings about other people and relationships that define us as social beings.”

—Eliot R. Smith, PhD, Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington


“One of the most important developments in social psychology in recent years has been the creative and vibrant work at the intersection of social cognition and interpersonal relationships. Thanks to Mark Baldwin, we now have in one volume definitive theoretical statements by the leading thinkers in the field. This volume is suitable as a text for graduate-level courses in relationships or social cognition, or for advanced seminars in personality and social psychology. It deserves to be on the bookshelves of anyone interested in social cognition and interpersonal relationships.”

—Niall Bolger, PhD, Department of Psychology, New York University

Table of Contents

1. The Relational Self and Transference: Evoking Motives, Self-Regulation, and Emotions through Activation of Mental Representations of Significant Others, Susan Andersen and S. Adil Saribay

2. Understanding and Modifying the Relational Schemas Underlying Insecurity, Mark W. Baldwin and Stéphane D. Dandeneau

3. Rejection Sensitivity as an Interpersonal Vulnerability, Janina Pietrzak, Geraldine Downey, and Ozlem Ayduk

4. Interpersonal Cognition and the Quest for Social Acceptance: Inside the Sociometer, Mark R. Leary

5. Goals and Labors, Friends and Neighbors: Self-Regulation and Interpersonal Relationships, Gráinne M. Fitzsimons, James Shah, Tanya L. Chartrand, and John A. Bargh

6. Commitment Calibration with the Relationship Cognition Toolbox, John E. Lydon, Kimberly Burton, and Danielle Menzies-Toman

7. A Relationship-Specific Sense of Felt Security: How Perceived Regard Regulates Relationship-Enhancement Processes, Sandra L. Murray and Jaye Derrick

8. The Role of Prototypes in Interpersonal Cognition, Beverley Fehr

9. Including Close Others in the Cognitive Structure of the Self, Arthur Aron, Debra Mashek, Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe, Stephen Wright, Gary Lewandowski, and Elaine N. Aron

10. Mental Representations of Attachment Security: Theoretical Foundation for a Positive Social Psychology, Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver

11. The Four Basic Social Bonds: Structures for Coordinating Interaction, Alan Page Fiske and Nick Haslam

12. Social Mentalities: A Biopsychosocial and Evolutionary Approach to Social Relationships, Paul Gilbert

13. Role-Relationship Models: Addressing Maladaptive Interpersonal Patterns and Emotional Distress, Jodene R. Baccus and Mardi J. Horowitz

14. Interpersonal Schemas: Clinical Theory, Research, and Implications, Polly Scarvalone, Melanie Fox, and Jeremy D. Safran

15. Self as a Society: The Dynamics of Interchange and Power, Hubert J. M. Hermans

16. An Integrative Review of Theories of Interpersonal Cognition: An Interdependence Theory Perspective, John G. Holmes and Jessica Cameron


About the Editor

Mark W. Baldwin, PhD, received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of Waterloo and held postdoctoral fellowships at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan and the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He then spent several years pursuing an opportunity to cowrite and cohost the award-winning children's television series Camp Cariboo. Returning to academia, Dr. Baldwin taught and researched psychology at the University of Winnipeg for 8 years before assuming his current position, in 1998, in the Department of Psychology at McGill University in Montreal. Along the way, he served as Chair of the Social and Personality section of the Canadian Psychological Association and Associate Editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and coauthored (with Rick Hoyle, Michael Kernis, and Mark Leary) the book Selfhood: Identity, Esteem, Regulation. His major research interests include interpersonal cognition, self-esteem, and adult attachment theory. Most recently, Dr. Baldwin and his students have been exploring the possibility of designing computer-based exercises to modify maladaptive automatic social cognition and have established the website www.selfesteemgames.mcgill.ca to report this research.

Contributors

Susan Andersen, PhD, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY

Arthur Aron, PhD, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Elaine N. Aron, PhD, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Ozlem Ayduk, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Jodene R. Baccus, PhD candidate, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mark W. Baldwin, PhD, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

John A. Bargh, PhD, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Kimberly Burton, PhD, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jessica Cameron, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Tanya L. Chartrand, PhD, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC

Stéphane D. Dandeneau, PhD candidate, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jaye Derrick, BA, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

Geraldine Downey, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Beverley Fehr, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Alan Page Fiske, PhD, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Gráinne M. Fitzsimons, MA, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Melanie Fox, MA, Department of Psychology, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School University, New York, NY

Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, Mental Health Research Unit, Kingsway Hospital, Derby, UK

Nick Haslam, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

Hubert J. M. Hermans, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

John G. Holmes, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Mardi J. Horowitz, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Mark R. Leary, PhD, Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Gary Lewandowski, PhD, Department of Psychology, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ

John E. Lydon, PhD, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Debra Mashek, PhD, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Danielle Menzies-Toman, PhD candidate, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mario Mikulincer, PhD, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

Sandra L. Murray, PhD, Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

Janina Pietrzak, PhD, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Jeremy D. Safran, PhD, Department of Psychology, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School University, New York, NY

S. Adil Saribay, PhD candidate, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY

Polly Scarvalone, PhD, Department of Psychology, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School University, New York, NY

James Shah, PhD, Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC

Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA

Stephen Wright, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Audience

Researchers, students, and instructors in social and personality psychology, as well as others interested in the study of close relationships.

Course Use

May serve as a text in graduate-level seminars in interpersonal cognition or in social cognition courses.