| Contributors | p. ix |
| The Introspection Illusion | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 2 |
| Identifying the Illusion: The Case of Bias | p. 6 |
| The Introspection Illusion in Social Psychology | p. 15 |
| Implications for Major Theoretical Concerns | p. 26 |
| Roots of the Illusion | p. 44 |
| Applications | p. 49 |
| Conclusion | p. 55 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 55 |
| References | p. 55 |
| Persuasion: Insights from the Self-Validation Hypothesis | p. 69 |
| Introduction | p. 70 |
| Overview of Classic and Contemporary Social Psychological Perspectives on Persuasion | p. 71 |
| Fundamental Processes of Persuasion | p. 72 |
| The Self-Validation Hypothesis: A New Way to Affect Attitude Change | p. 74 |
| Distinction from Other Recent Meta-Cognitive Approaches | p. 77 |
| Source Effects Through Self-Validation | p. 79 |
| Recipient Effects Through Self-Validation | p. 84 |
| Message Effects Through Self-Validation | p. 95 |
| Context Effects Through Self-Validation | p. 98 |
| Extending Self-Validation in Persuasion | p. 99 |
| Confidence Applied to Confidence: A Self-Validation Analysis | p. 102 |
| Self-Validation Effects Beyond the Persuasion Context | p. 105 |
| Multiple Roles of Confidence | p. 107 |
| Final Remarks | p. 109 |
| Summary and Conclusion | p. 111 |
| References | p. 112 |
| Action-Based Model of Dissonance: A Review, Integration, and Expansion of Conceptions of Cognitive Conflict | p. 119 |
| Overview of the Chapter | p. 120 |
| Overview of the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance | p. 121 |
| Action-Based Model of Dissonance: Why do Dissonance Processes Occur? | p. 128 |
| Tests of the Action-Based Model | p. 130 |
| Considering the Action-Based Model and Other Modes of Dissonance Reduction | p. 142 |
| Individual and Cultural Differences | p. 144 |
| Conclusion | p. 159 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 160 |
| References | p. 160 |
| Affect as a Psychological Primitive | p. 167 |
| Affect in the History of Psychology | p. 168 |
| A Modern Wundtian View: Core Affect | p. 171 |
| The Neural Reference Space for Core Affect | p. 171 |
| The Affective Circumplex: A Descriptive Tool for Representing the Nature of Core Affect | p. 179 |
| Individual Differences in Core Affect | p. 193 |
| Future Directions | p. 197 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 205 |
| References | p. 206 |
| Human Mimicry | p. 219 |
| Introduction | p. 221 |
| Types of Mimicry | p. 222 |
| The Impact of Mimicry | p. 227 |
| The Link between Mimicry, Liking, and Rapport | p. 228 |
| Mimicry as a Nonconscious Tool to Affiliate and Disaffiliate | p. 233 |
| Mimicry, Empathy, and Understanding Others | p. 239 |
| Mimicry and Similarity | p. 240 |
| Prosociality Toward Mimicker | p. 241 |
| Persuasion | p. 242 |
| Mimicking Others Makes People More Prosocial | p. 245 |
| Being Mimicked Makes People More Prosocial | p. 245 |
| Prosociality Leads to More Mimicry | p. 246 |
| Self-Construal Mediates the Mimicry-Prosociality Link | p. 246 |
| Preferences for Products | p. 248 |
| Self-Esteem | p. 249 |
| Self-Regulation | p. 249 |
| Cognitive Style | p. 252 |
| Stereotype Conformity | p. 252 |
| Mood | p. 253 |
| Creativity | p. 254 |
| Evaluations of Experiences | p. 255 |
| Theories of Mimicry | p. 255 |
| Neuropsychological Evidence for Perception-Action: Mirror Neurons | p. 259 |
| Are We Born to Mimic? | p. 260 |
| Mirror System and Empathy | p. 263 |
| Motivation and the Mirror System | p. 265 |
| References | p. 266 |
| Ostracism: A Temporal Need-Threat Model | p. 275 |
| Introduction | p. 276 |
| Ostracism is Detected Quickly and Crudely | p. 279 |
| Ostracism Threatens Four Fundamental Needs, Reduces Positive Affect, and Increases Negative Affect | p. 288 |
| Reflection and Recovery: Recovering from Need Threat Directs Need Fortifying Thoughts and Actions | p. 293 |
| Resignation: Long-Term Effects of Persistent Ostracism | p. 302 |
| Future Research: Groups, Communication, and Assistance | p. 306 |
| Summary | p. 308 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 308 |
| References | p. 309 |
| Index | p. 315 |
| Contents of Other Volumes | p. 321 |
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