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Table of Contents

1. The planning fallacy: Cognitive, motivational, and social origins -

Roger Buehler

Dale Griffin

Johanna Peetz

2. Optimal distinctiveness theory: A framework for social cognition and intergroup relations -

Geoffrey J. Leonardelli

Cynthia L. Pickett

Marilynn B. Brewer

3. Varieties of psychological license -

Dale T. Miller

Daniel A. Effron

4. Beyond productivity loss in brainstorming groups: The evolution of a question -

Wolfgang Stroebe

Bernard A. Nijstad

Eric F. Rietzschel

5. Evaluative conditioning: The "how" question -

Christopher R. Jones

Michael A. Olson

Russell H. Fazio

6. Evaluations that immerse or transcend: Flexibility, consistency, and the function of construal -

Alison Ledgerwood

Yaacov Trope

About the Author

Dr. James Olson obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Waterloo and has been a faculty member at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, since 1978. He served as Chair of the Psychology Department from 1998 to 2003. He has conducted research on many topics, including attitudes, justice, social cognition, and humor. He has published more than 100 articles and chapters and has co-edited 15 books. He is a co-organizer of the Ontario Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, a well-known series of conferences on various topics in personality and social psychology. He has served as an Associate Editor of three scientific journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1995 to 1998. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.