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Andrea E Abele, Amy JC Cuddy, Charles M Judd, Vincent Y Yzerbyt

2008/12

European Journal of Social Psychology

38

7

1063-1065

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Fundamental dimensions of social judgment Page 1 Editorial Fundamental dimensions of social judgment In recent years, research on social judgment–including interpersonal perception, group perception, and even selfperception–has converged on the important realization that two fundamental content dimensions underlie these various judgments (Abele & Wojciszke, 2007; Cuddy, Fiske & Glick, 2008; Dubois & Beauvois, 2005; Fiske, Cuddy, & Glick, 2007; Judd, James-Hawkins, Yzerbyt, & Kashima, 2005; Paulhus & John, 1998; Peeters, 1992, 2008; Peeters & Czapinski, 1990; Phalet & Poppe, 1997; Rosenberg, Nelson, & Vivekananthan, 1968; Wiggins, 1979). This special issue presents a collection of recent empirical and theoretical developments in the study of these two dimensions. Different names denote the two fundamental content dimensions, depending on the specific strand of work that is examined. For …