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Jul 12, 2013 · What has become increasingly clear is that memory interacts with social cognitive processes in a diversity of meaningful and interesting ways. This interaction is reflected here through a range of individual differences, neuropsychological and developmental studies.
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Introduction. It is thought that people use their own...
- A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
While functional neuroimaging studies have provided initial...
- Empathy in Hippocampal Amnesia
Introduction. The scientific investigation of empathy has...
- Imagining Other People's Experiences in a Person With Impaired Episodic Memory
Difficulties remembering one’s own experiences via episodic...
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Define and differentiate affect, behavior, and cognition as considered by social psychologists. Summarize the principles of social cognition. Social psychology is based on the ABCs of affect, behavior , and cognition ( Figure 1.2 “The ABCs of Affect, Behavior, and Cognition” ).
- What Is Social Cognition?
- Development of Social Cognition
- Disorders That Impact Social Cognition
- Cultural Differences in Social Cognition
- Research and Challenges
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Social cognition encompasses a range of processes. Some common factors that many experts have identified as being important include: 1. The processes involved in perceiving other people and how we learn about the people in the world around us. 2. The study of the mental processes involved in perceiving, remembering, thinking about, and attending to...
Social cognition develops in childhood and adolescence. As children grow, they become more aware not only of their own feelings, thoughts, and motives but also of the emotions and mental states of others. While many different theories look at how social cognition develops, one of the most popular focuses on the work of the psychologist Jean Piaget....
Certain mental health conditions are characterized by disruptions in social cognition. Examples include: 1. Autism 2. Bipolar disorder 3. Borderline personality disorder(BPD) 4. Dementia 5. Depression 6. Post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) 7. Schizophrenia 8. Traumatic brain injury 9. Williams syndrome
Social psychologists have also found that there are often important cultural differences in social cognition. When looking at a social situation, any two people may have wildly different interpretations. Each person brings a unique background of experiences, knowledge, social influences, feelings, and cultural variations. As people interpret behavi...
Research into social cognition is ongoing. But there are also challenges to some established theories.
Social cognition is the cognitive processes that influence social behavior. Learning more about this perspective offers insights into how other people shape our behaviors and choices. It also plays a role in understanding how individual cognitions affect how we perceive and respond to others.
Define and differentiate affect, behavior, and cognition as considered by social psychologists. Summarize the principles of social cognition.
- Charles Stangor
- 2014
Nov 11, 2020 · In the next section, we overview social learning and acquisition of memory and discuss the social modulation of instrumental and skilled actions, spatial tasks, and food preference. Through the lens of these types of social learning, we highlight how factors, such as the sex of a learner or familiarity of a conspecific, can directly affect ...
- Heloise Leblanc, Steve Ramirez
- 2020
In this chapter, we discuss some of the influences of affective states on cognitive processes, especially those involved in memory and judgment.
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Jul 11, 2013 · What has become increasingly clear is that memory interacts with social cognitive processes in a diversity of meaningful and interesting ways. This interaction is reflected here through a range of individual differences, neuropsychological and developmental studies.
