The Yin and Yang of Social Cognition |
Friday, April 20, 2001 (Lectures open to the public)
Coffee and Bagels (8:30-9:00 AM)
Welcoming Remarks - Peter Salovey, John Jost, and Mahzarin Banaji, Yale University (9:00-9:15 AM)
Session #1: Attitude change, persuasion, and social influence
(9:30AM-12:00PM) |
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| Welcome by Peter
Salovey, Yale University and Introduction by Deborah Prentice, Princeton University |
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| Richard E. Petty, Ohio
State University |
An Attitude Strength Perspective on Resistance to Persuasion |
| Reid Hastie &
Katherine A. Rawson, University of Colorado |
Remote Ramifications of Belief Change in Thought Systems |
Lunch (12:00-1:30 PM)
Session #2: Information processing, affect, and behavior
(1:30-3:30PM) |
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| Introduction by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Yale University | |
| John Cacioppo, University of Chicago | Asymmetries in
Affect-Laden Information Processing |
| Robert S. Wyer, University
of Illinois and the University of Hong Kong |
The Cognitive Organization and Use of General Knowledge |
| Shulamith Kreitler, Tel-Aviv University | The Cognitive Guidance
of Behavior |
Coffee Break (3:30-4:00 PM)
Session #3: Language and the self-concept (4:00-5:30PM) |
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| Introduction
by John T. Jost, Stanford University |
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| Jim, Anne, & Steve McGuire | Bill McGuire: The Man and the Myth |
| Gün Semin, Free University of Amsterdam | The Language of Self and
Others in Contexts |
| Curtis Hardin, UCLA | On the Pursuit of Self-Contradictions in Self-Theory |
Dinner (7:00-10:00 PM)
Dinner and Reception in honor of
William J. McGuire (7:00-10:00 PM)
(Conference participants, attendees, and Yale Psychology department faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend)
Saturday, April 21, 2001 (Lectures open to the public)
Coffee and Bagels (9:00-9:30 AM)
Session #4: Stereotyping and prejudice in society (9:30 AM-12:00
PM) |
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| Introduction by John
T. Jost, Stanford University |
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| Willem Doise,
University of Geneva |
Societal Psychology: New Challenges and Lessons from the Past |
| György Hunyady, Eötvös
Lorand University, Budapest |
Social Stereotypes and
“Implicit Social Theory” |
| Alice Eagly,
Northwestern University |
The Common-Sense Psychology of Changing Social Groups |
Lunch (12:00-1:30 PM)
Session #5: Political communication and mass media (1:30-3:00PM) |
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| Introduction by Deborah Prentice, Princeton University | |
| David Sears, UCLA | Continuities and
Contrasts in American Racial Politics |
| Shanto Iyengar,
Stanford University |
New Perspectives on American Politics in the Era of Mass Media |
Coffee Break (3:00-3:30 PM)
Session #6: Theory and meta-theory in social psychological
science (3:30-6:00PM) |
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| Introduction by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Yale University | |
| Phoebe C. Ellsworth, University of Michigan | Clapping with Both
Hands: Generation and Falsification |
| Anthony G. Greenwald, University of Washington | The Resting Parrot, the
Dessert Stomach, and Other Perfectly Defensible Theories |
| Norman H. Anderson,
University of California, San Diego |
Unified Theory |
| E. Tory Higgins, Columbia University | The Eighth Koan of Progress in Social Psychology: A Variable Annointed as "Special" Will Demand Special Treatment |
Sunday, April 22, 2001 (Discussion open to the public)
Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Social Cognition (10:00-11:30AM)
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