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Book SynopsisEuropean Review of Social Psychology Volume 2 Edited by Wolfgang Stroebe, University of Tubingen, West Germany and Miles Hewstone, University of Bristol, UK The European Review of Social Psychology is an annual series that reflects the dynamism of social psychology in Europe and the attention now paid to European ideas and research. Although open to authors from all nations, one of its major purposes is to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of theoretical and empirical work that has not been previously published in English. With the help of an editorial board consisting of senior scholars from various European countries and the United States, the editors will invite outstanding researchers to contribute to these volumes. The emphasis of these contributions will be on critical assessment of major areas of research, and substantial individual programmes of research as well as on topics and initiatives of contemporary interest and o
Table of ContentsThe Linguistic Category Model, Its Bases, Applications and Range(G. Semin & K. Fiedler).
Context Effects in Attitude Surveys: Applying Cognitive Theory toSocial Research (N. Schwarz & F. Strack).
A Conversational Model of Causal Explanation (D. Hilton).
How to Make Cognitive Illusions Disappear: Beyond ``Heuristics andBiases'' (G. Gigerenzer).
Logical, Statistical, and Causal Reasoning: Compartmentalized orGeneric Processes?
(Y. Klar).
Greed, Efficiency and Fairness in Resource Management Situations(H. Wilke).
Intergroup Biases and the Cognitive Dynamics of StereotypeFormation (A. Maass & M. Schaller).
Social Categorization and the Representation of VariabilityInformation (B. Park, et al.).
The Different Effects of Simple and Crossed Categorizations: AResult of the Category Differentiation Process or of DifferentialCategory Salience?
(N. Vanbeselaere).
Social Psychological Issues in the Study of Rape (B. Krahe).
Author Index.
Subject Index.
