Categorization in Social Psychology offers a major introduction to the study ofcategorization looking especially at links between categorization in cognitiveand... » 

Categorization in Social Psychology offers a major introduction to the study ofcategorization looking especially at links between categorization in cognitiveand social psychology.In a highly readable and accessible style the author covers all the mainapproaches to categorization in social psychology that a student might comeacross including biased stimulus processing construct actviation selfcategorization explanationbased social judgeability and assimilationcontrast approaches. It is a wideranging and uptodate treatment of conceptsfrom cognitive as well as social psychology. «