This particular volume of the Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology follows, at least roughly, the kind of framework suggested and described by the series editors (Miles Hewstone and Marilynn Brewer). The chapters, in order, deal with the role of social cognition in interpersonal settings (5 chapters), social motivation (4 chapters), affect and emotion (4 chapters), social influence and comparison (2 chapters), the self (4 chapters), methods and data analysis (1 chapter), and, finally, applications of the field to real-world issues anddomains (2 chapters).