Social Cognition: How Individuals Construct Social Reality Rainer Greifeneder, Herbert Bless and Klaus Fiedler is an English-language textbook about social cognition within social psychology. This title is suitable for students in higher education.
The book addresses the cognitive processes involved in understanding and navigating their social environment. Central themes include perceiving, learning, remembering, judging, communicating, and behavior regulation. It not only examines internal cognitive processes, but also environmental factors that influence social cognition.
The content is structured according to an ideal sequence of social information processing: from perception and encoding to learning, judgment, and communication. With examples, supplementary materials, and discussion questions, this book is suitable for self-study and as support for a semester-long course.
This fully revised edition provides an up-to-date overview of the core topics in social psychology and social cognition. It is thematically aligned with disciplines such as group psychology and cognitive psychology.