Surveying advances in research of the self, this title discusses: the influence of cognitive and intra-psychic processes; interpersonal and relational variables; and inter-group phenomena on the self. The integrated and comprehensive coverage should be suitable as a reference work to all those concerned with the social and behavioural sciences.

1. The Social Self: Introduction and Overview, Joseph P.Forgas and Kipling D. WilliamsI. Individual andIntrapsychic Aspects of the Self2. Overlapping Mental Representations of Self and Group: Evidence and Implications, Eliot R. Smith3. Egocentrism and the Social Self: Anchoring (and Adjustment) in Self and Social Judgments, Thomas Gilovich4. Judgment Standards and the Social Self: A Shifting Standards Perspective, Monica Biernat, Scott Eidelman and KathleenFuegen5. Affective Influences on Self-Perception and Self-Disclosure, Joseph P. Forgas and Stephanie J.Moylan6. Positioning Self-Handicapping within the Self-Zoo: Just What Kind of Animal Are We Dealing With? Edward R. Hirt and Sean M. McCrea7. Self-Handicapping and the Social Self: The Cost and Rewards of Interpersonal Self-Construction, Frederick Rhodewalt andMichael TragakisII. Interpersonal and RelationalAspects of the Self8. The Interperonal Basis of Self-Esteem: Death, Devaluation, or Deference? MarkLeary9. The Inner World of Rejection: Effects of Social Exclusion on Emotion, Cognition, and Self-Regulation, Roy F. Baumeister, Jean M. Twenge andNatalie Ciarocco10. Threatened Selves: The Effects of Social Exclusion on Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior, Dianne M. Tice, Jean M. Twenge and Brandon J.Schmeichel11. The Social Self and the Social Other: Actor-Observer Asymmetrics in Making Sense of Behavior, Bertram F. Malle12. The Social Self in Subjective versus Intersubjective Research Paradigms, WilliamIckes13. Facework and Emotion Work: The Role of Positive Facial Expression in Constituting the Social Self, Marianne LaFrance14. Interpersonal Dynamics of the Self: The Doubly Distributed Approach, YoshihisaKashima, Emiko Kashima and Anna ClarkIII. Intergroup,Collective, and Cultural Aspects of the Self15. The Social Self and Group Identification: Inclusion and Distinctiveness Motives in Interpersonal and Collective Identities, Marilynn B. Brewer and Cynthia L.Pickett16. I am Positive and So Are We: The Self as Determinant of Favoritism toward Novel Ingroups, SabineOtten17. Adapting the Self to Local Group Norms: Internalizing the Suppression of Prejudice, Christian S.Crandall, Laurie T. O'Brien and Amy Eshleman18. Intergroup Emotions and the Social Self: Prejudice Reconceptualized as Differentiated Reactions to Outgroups, Diane M. Mackie and Eliot R. Smith19. Dissonance Arousal and the Collective Self: Vicarious Experience of Dissonance Based on Shared Group Membership, Joel Cooper and Michael Hogg20. Including Other (and Groups) in the Self: Self-Expansion and Intergroup Relations, Stephen C. Wright, Art Aron andLinda R. Tropp21. Putting Our Selves Together: Integrative Themes and Lingering Questions, ConstantineSedikidesAuthor IndexSubject Index