These further readings can act as an ideal resource to help support your assigments and dissertations.

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This book comes with access to the following SAGE journal articles and book chapters

Beer, J. S. (2012). Self-evaluation and self-knowledge. In S. T. Fiske & C. N. Macrae (Eds.), Sage handbook of social cognition (pp. 330–349). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Heatherton, T. F., Macrae, C. N., & Kelley, W. M. (2004). What the social brain sciences can tell us about the self. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 190–193.

Higgins, E. T. (2005). Value from regulatory fit. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 209–213.

Morling, B., & Masuda, T. (2012). Social cognition in real worlds: Cultural psychology and social cognition. In S. T. Fiske & C. N. Macrae (Eds.), Sage handbook of social cognition (pp. 429–450). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

For more information, take a look at some of the following additional readings

Baumeister, R. F., & Vohs, K. D. (Eds.). (2004). Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications New York: Guilford Press.

Kunda, Z. (1990). The case for motivated reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 108, 480–498.

Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224–253.

Markus, H. R., & Nurius, P. (1986). Possible selves. American Psychologist, 41, 954–969.

Sedikides, C., Gaertner, L., & Toguchi, Y. (2003). Pancultural self-enhancement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 60–79.

Swann, W. B., Jr., & Bosson, J. K. (2010). Self and identity. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed, Vol. 1, pp. 589–628). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Swann, W. B., Jr., Pelham, B. W., & Krull, D. S. (1989). Agreeable fancy or disagreeable truth? Reconciling self-enhancement and self-verification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 782–791.

Taylor, S. E., & Brown, J. (1988). Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health. Psychological Bulletin, 103, 193–210.