Categorization in Social Psychology

Abstract

PART ONE: COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CATEGORIZATION Some Starting Assumptions Perceivers' Perspectives and Social Consensus Categorization and Cognition I Introducing Category Function and Structure Categorizationand Cognition II Category Learning, Formation and Use The Categorization Process in Social Psychology I Biased Stimulus Processing and Knowledge Activation Categorization as Meaning Creation I Self-Categorization Theory and Some Other Developments Categorization as Meaning Creation II Other Sense-Making Approaches Contrasting Perspectives on Motivated Relative Perception PART TWO: SOME EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION Group Variability and Consistency The Constraints of the Social Context on Categorization Categorization, Covariation and Causal Explanation Conclusion Categorization as Explanation