Social cognition
Social cognition is social psychology a cognitive insofar as they of individuals of the same species is affected. Some researchers narrow the definition to information related to the individual's social relationships. With humans, the attempts to obtain as precise knowledge as possible about their environment, in addition to a consistent ego identity and an acceptable self-esteem , are among the most fundamental motives of behavior.
The sub-areas of social cognition include, among others
- the social perception (see, for example, the conformity experiment of Asch , Nonverbal Communication )
- social learning (see for example learning on a model ),
- socially influenced memory processes (e.g. during witness interviews),
- socially influenced emotions (e.g. attractiveness , aggression ),
- socially influenced thinking (for example , assumptions about causes, so-called attributions ) and
- many cognitive biases .
Further areas of social cognition are empathy , mentalization , morality and the theory of mind .
In the vast majority of cases, the individual is not aware of the social influence on their cognitions. A typical example is the formation of schemata and stereotypes that enable normal, “automatic” functioning in everyday situations.
Peripheral areas such as social cognition in animals and their significance for AI research are also increasingly being investigated.
literature
- S. Fiske & SE Taylor: Social Cognition . McGraw-Hill, New York 1991. ISBN 0073405523
- Strack, F .: Social Cognition: Social Psychology within the Paradigm of Information Processing. Psychologische Rundschau , 1988, Volume 39, pp. 72-82
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- ↑ The ontogenesis of social cognition in humans ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Research paper of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 2010, accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Attachment, social cognition and the balance of. Autonomy and connectedness in the. Love relationships between young couples. , Dissertation by Katharina Beckh at the University of Munich, accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ http://www.biphaps.uni-leipzig.de/sozpsy/forschung/motivierte-soziale-kognition.html ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Social cognition, moral thinking and the brain ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , a research focus in cognitive psychology at the University of Giessen, accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Social cognition in animals ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Theses paper by Grit Hein and Tania Singer at the University of Zurich, accessed August 5, 2014
- ^ Neuroscientist: AI Must Learn “Social Cognition,” Neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe of the MIT Center for Minds, Brains and Machines, accessed August 5, 2014
