Social Judgments: Implicit and Explicit Processes (Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology, 5)

Essays by leading international researchers on the psychology of social judgments discuss the role of evolutionary, neuropsychological and developmental influences on social judgments, in addition to the role of high-level reasoning processes. The delicate interplay between conscious, rational and unconscious automatic mechanisms is emphasized in determining judgmental outcomes. The implications of recent advances in understanding everyday social judgments in people's personal and working lives are stressed.

This book presents ground-breaking research by leading international researchers on the psychology of social judgments. Contributors discuss the role of evolutionary neuropsychological and developmental influences on social judgments, in addition to the role of high-level reasoning processes. Throughout the book, the delicate interplay between conscious, rational and unconscious, automatic .echanisms is emphasized in determining judgmental outcomes. The implications of recent discovery for our understanding of everyday social judgments in people's personal and working lives receive particular attention.