Lay Epistemics and Human Knowledge: Cognitive and Motivational Bases
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Abstract
1. The Lay Epistemic Framework: Its History and Scope.- 2. Knowing All: A Theory of Lay Epistemics.- 3. Empirical Research in the Lay Epistemic Framework.- 4. Unique and Nonunique Aspects of Attributions.- 5. A Bridge to Consistency Theories.- 6. Attitudes as Knowledge Structures.- 7. Further Domains of Application: Social Comparison Processes and Minority-Influence Phenomena.- 8. The Issue of Accuracy in Social Perception and Cognition.- 9. Knowing How to Cure: Implications for Cognitive Therapy.- 10. The Social Psychology of Science: On the Lay Epistemic Underpinnings of Research Methodology.- References.- Author Index.