Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: The Role of Affect in Social Cognition / Joseph P. Forgas -- 2. Feeling and Thinking: Closing the Debate Over the Independence of Affect / Robert B. Zajonc -- 3. Challenge and Threat Appraisals: The Role of Affective Cues / Jim Blascovich and Wendy Berry Mendes -- 4. Consequences Require Antecedents: Toward a Process Model of Emotion Elicitation / Craig A. Smith and Leslie D. Kirby -- 5. Fundamental Factors in Mood-Dependent Memory / Eric Eich and Dawn MaCaulay -- 6. On the Correction of Feeling-Induced Judgmental Biases / Leonard Berkowitz, Sara Jaffee and Eunkyung Jo / [et al.] -- 7. Moods Do Not Convey Information: Moods in Context Do / Leonard L. Martin -- 8. Miswanting: Some Problems in the Forecasting of Future Affective States / Daniel T. Gilbert and Timothy D. Wilson -- 9. The Interplay of Affect and Cognition: The Mediating Role of General Knowledge Structures / Herbert Bless.

10. Toward an Integrative Account of Affect and Cognition Phenomena Using the BIAS Computer Algorithm / Klaus Fiedler -- 11. Affect and Information Processing Strategies: An Interactive Relationship / Joseph P. Forgas -- 12. Self-Organization in Emotional Contexts / Carolin J. Showers -- 13. Prologue to a Unified Theory of Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Self-Concept / Anthony G. Greenwald, Mahzarin R. Banaji and Laurie A. Rudman / [et al.] -- 14. Affect, Cognition, and the Social Emotions / Mark R. Leary -- 15. Grounding Categories in Emotional Response / Paula M. Niedenthal and Jamin H. Halberstadt -- 16. Feeling and Thinking: Summary and Integration / Joseph P. Forgas.