The Social Psychology of Perceiving Others Accurately

This comprehensive overview presents cutting-edge research on the fast-expanding field of interpersonal perception.

Judith A. Hall (Edited by), Marianne Schmid Mast (Edited by), Tessa V. West (Edited by)

9781107499072, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 December 2017

448 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 tables
22.2 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.65 kg

'Publication of this volume marks the arrival of a new conception of the research domain of interpersonal accuracy. Never before have so many scholarly strands been brought together in one place to begin a remarkable integration of the many faces and voices of interpersonal accuracy.' Robert Rosenthal, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Riverside

We are constantly forming impressions about those around us. Social interaction depends on our understanding of interpersonal behavior - assessing one another's personality, emotions, thoughts and feelings, attitudes, deceptiveness, group memberships, and other personal characteristics through facial expressions, body language, voice and spoken language. But how accurate are our impressions and when does such accuracy matter? How is accuracy achieved and are some of us more successful at achieving it than others? This comprehensive overview presents cutting-edge research on this fast-expanding field and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the psychology of interpersonal perception. A wide range of experts in the field explore topics including age and gender effects, psychopathology, culture and ethnicity, workplaces and leadership, clinicians' skills, empathy, meta-perception, and training people to be more accurate in their perceptions of others.

Part I. Domains of Accurate Interpersonal Perception: 1. Accurate interpersonal perception: many traditions, one topic Judith A. Hall, Marianne Schmid Mast and Tessa V. West
2. Accuracy of judging emotions Tanja Bänziger
3. Empathic accuracy: judging thoughts and feelings William Ickes
4. Accuracy of distinguishing truth from lie Judee K. Burgoon and Norah E. Dunbar
5. Accuracy of judging personality Mitja D. Back and Steffen Nestler
6. Accuracy of perceiving social attributes Ravin Alaei and Nicholas O. Rule
7. Accuracy of judging group attitudes Tessa V. West
8. Metaperceptions: do people know how others perceive them? Erika N. Carlson and Maxwell Barranti
Part II. Correlates of Interpersonal Accuracy: 9. Accuracy in perceiving facial expressions of emotion in psychopathology Philip Griffiths and Chris Ashwin
10. A lifespan developmental perspective on interpersonal accuracy Derek M. Isaacowitz, Ishabel M. Vicaria and Matthew W. E. Murry
11. Situational influences on interpersonal accuracy Petra C. Schmid
12. Training people to be interpersonally accurate Danielle Blanch-Hartigan, Susan A. Andrzejewski and Krista M. Hill
13. Interpersonal accuracy in relation to the workplace, leadership, and hierarchy Marianne Schmid Mast and Ioana Latu
14. Interpersonal accuracy in the clinical setting Mollie A. Ruben
15. Gender differences in interpersonal accuracy Judith A. Hall, Sarah D. Gunnery, and Terrence G. Horgan
16. Interpersonal accuracy in relation to culture and ethnicity Elizabeth Luckman and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
17. Interpersonal accuracy: real and perceived links to prosocial behavior Sara D. Hodges and Adrienne A. P. Wise
Part III. Conclusions: 18. Is there a general skill in perceiving others accurately? R. Thomas Boone and Katja Schlegel
19. What we know and the future of interpersonal accuracy research Nora A. Murphy.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], The self, ego, identity, personality [JMS], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Social interaction [JFFP], Communication studies [GTC]