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Social cognition
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T247690
  • Social cognition (English, Latin script, Original)

Social cognition is a broad term used to describe cognitive processes related to the perception, understanding, and implementation of linguistic, auditory, visual, and physical cues that communicate emotional and interpersonal information.

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English
Author:
Hawken Wanamaker

Social cognition refers to the processes that subserve behavior in response to conspecifics (other individuals of the same species), and, in particular, to those higher cognitive processes subserving the extremely diverse and flexible social behaviors that are seen in primates.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Mental operations that underlie social interactions.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition is the sum of those processes that allow individuals of the same species (conspecifics) to interact with one another. Such interaction is a matter of survival, for individuals as well as for the species as a whole.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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The study of information processing in a social setting.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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The role of human in human social behavior.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Study of social knowledge, social structure, group behaviour, social influence, processing biases, whether and how social category (sex, age, race) defines people, stereotyping, memory for social information, and attribution of motives.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Understanding other people.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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The mental operations underlying social interactions such as the perception, interpretation, and generation of responses to the intentions, dispositions, and behaviors of others.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition concerns the various psychological processes that enable individuals to take advantage of being part of a social group.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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The manner in which we interpret, analyze, and remember information about the social world.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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The social cognition approach is based on the conviction that constructs relevant to cognitive representation and process are fundamental to understanding all human responses, regardless of whether those responses are social or nonsocial in nature.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Any cognitive process that involves other people.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition is a set of cognitive processes applied to the recognition, understanding, accurate processing, and effective use of social cues in real-world situations.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition refers to an array of abilities that involve cognitive capability applied to social situations. These include emotion perception and recognition, the ability to understand the potential mental states and intentions of others (referred to as Theory of Mind [TOM]), attributional styles, and social knowledge.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Synonymous with theory of mind.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition is a complex and multifaceted topic that can be broadly defined by what individuals know about their social environment.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition is the scientific study of the cognitive events underlying social thought and attitudes.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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How people think about people.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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The study of mental processes involved in perceiving, attending to, remembering, thinking about, and making sense of people in our social world.

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English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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We view social cognition not as a content area, but rather as an approach to understanding a wide variety of social psychological phenomena pertaining to many content areas. The major concerns of the approach are the processes underling the perception, memory and judgment of social stimuli; the effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information; and the behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.

language:
English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
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Social cognition is a broad term used to describe cognitive processes related to the perception, understanding, and implementation of linguistic, auditory, visual, and physical cues that communicate emotional and interpersonal information.

language:
English
Author:
Veronica Kuhn
citation:

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