Perceiving Others

Originally published in 1979, this title is an excellent, short introduction to the area of social psychology known as `person perception , `social perception or `impression formation how people interpret each others moods, predict each others behaviour and sum up each others characters.

Preface. 1. The Problem: Issues in Person Perception Part 1: Processes Involved in Perceiving Other People 2. Inference or Intuition? The Mechanisms of Person Perception 3. Putting the Pieces Together: Processing Multiple Cues Part 2: Sources of Information in Perceiving Other People 4. Information Received: Inferences from Superficial Characteristics 5. The Reason Why: Inferences from Behaviour 6. Implicit Personality Theories: Inferences from Inferences Part 3: Accuracy in Perceiving Other People 7. `Cronbach s Components : The Methodological Problems of Accuracy Research 8. The Good Judge of Others: Accuracy in Everyday Encounters 9. The Interview: Accuracy in Professional Encounters. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.