Social Cognition: Module 5 - Group 4 PDF

MODULE 5 SOCIAL COGNITION HOW WE THINK ABOUT SOCIAL WORLD COC BA COMM - 4C TEAM 4 What Is Social Cognition? It refers to the ways in which people think about themselves and the social world, including how they select, interpret, remember, and use social information. Kinds of Social Cognition...

MODULE 5 SOCIAL COGNITION HOW WE THINK ABOUT SOCIAL WORLD COC BA COMM - 4C TEAM 4 What Is Social Cognition? It refers to the ways in which people think about themselves and the social world, including how they select, interpret, remember, and use social information. Kinds of Social Cognition Automatic Pilot Low Effort Thinking Controlled Thinking High Effort Thinking SOURCE: Verywell Mind SCHEMAS Our general knowledge about many things (to other people, ourselves, social roles) Particularly useful when we are in confusing situations because they help us figure out what's going on. Guides behavior & decision- making using past experiences and learned patterns. SOURCE: Themantic Education Korsakov's Syndrome Lose of ability to form new memories and must approach every situation as if it's their 1st time. SOURCE: Verywell Mind What Is Accessibility? This refers to how easily certain schemas or concepts come to mind when we make judgments about others. 3 Types of Accessibility This refers to schemas that are always active CHRONIC and easily accessible due to past experiences. ACCESSIBILITY This type of accessibility occurs when a GOAL-RELATED schema becomes relevant because of a ACCESSIBILITY current goal or task. RECENT Schemas can also become accessible based EXPERIENCES on recent experiences or events. What is Priming? Priming is the process that makes certain thoughts more accessible based on our recent experiences. SOURCE: Smartick ACCESSIBILITY VS. PRIMING Process of activating a Information can be concept or idea in a retrieved from memory. person's mind, often unconsciously. What is SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY? This psychological phenomenon shows us how our beliefs about others can influence their behaviors, ultimately making those beliefs come true. TYPES OF AUTOMATIC THINKING What Is AUTOMATIC THINKING? ‘Shortcuts’ using cognitive frameworks or concepts that help organize and interpret information (schema). Helps us interpret the social world and make decisions, without necessarily intending to..do so. OTHER FORMS OF AUTOMATIC THINKING Priming - process by which recent experiences increase the accessibility of a schema, trait, or concept. But, it has to be both accessible (seen, felt, and understood) and applicable (chronic, goal-oriented, recency) before they will act as ‘primes’. Automatic Goal Pursuit - most ‘primed’ goal will be attempted to be accomplished due to its immediacy.  OTHER FORMS OF AUTOMATIC THINKING Automatic Decision Making - Unconscious minds often do a better job of sifting through the information and figuring out the best alternative. Metaphors about the Body and the Mind - Physical sensations can prime a metaphor which then influences people’s judgments. Judgmental Heuristics - Mental shortcuts people use to make judgments quickly and efficiently. (e.g. availability, representativeness) CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN SOCIAL COGNITION Cultural Determinants of Schemas All humans have access to the same tools, but the culture in which they grow up can influence the ones they use the most. Although everyone uses schemas to understand the world, the content of our schemas is influenced by the culture in which we live. An important source of our schemas is the culture in which we grow up. People in different cultures have fundamentally different schemas about themselves and the social world, with some interesting consequences (Wang & Ross, 2007). ANALYTIC THINKING STYLE A type of thinking in which people focus on the properties of objects without considering their SOURCE: SergeyNivens from Getty Images surrounding context. HOLISTIC THINKING STYLE A type of thinking in which people focus on the overall context, particularly the ways in which objects relate to each other. SOURCE: Goodboy Picture Company ANALYTIC THINKING HOLISTIC THINKING VS. STYLE STYLE When looking at a A person with a holistic picture of a tiger in the thinking style would look at jungle, someone with an the entire scene, noticing analytic thinking style not just the tiger but also might focus on the tiger how the jungle, trees, and itself—its color, size, and the environment contribute shape—without paying to the scene. They would much attention to the consider the tiger in jungle surroundings. relation to its surroundings.  CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF SCHEMAS Cultural Determinants of Schemas - The content of our schemas is influenced by the culture in which we live. Our culture teaches us strongly influence what we notice and remember about the world. Holistic Thinking - People focus on the overall context, particularly the ways in which objects relate to each other. Analytical Thinking - People focus on the properties of objects without considering their surrounding context. CONTROLLED SOCIAL THINKING: HIGH EFFORT THINKING What is CONTROLLED SOCIAL THINKING? It's a conscious and deliberate analysis of social information, requiring individuals to actively engage their minds to evaluate situations and behaviors instead of relying on instinctive reactions.  DRAWBACKS OF HOLISTIC THINKING CONTROLLED THINKING: STYLE Information overload Set Boundaries Time-Consuming Practice Mindfulness Inflexibility Embrace Imperfection One form of controlled thinking is counterfactual reasoning, whereby people mentally change some aspect of the past as a way of imagining what might have been. "WHAT IF" SCENARIOS. SOURCE: nzphotonz from Getty Images Signature  TEAM 4 - 4C Thank You FOR LISTENING. (NEXT THE SLIDE TO VIEW YOUR REWARDS) QUIZ  Identification (Two Points) This kind of social cognition enforces ‘low effort thinking’.  Multiple Choice (Two Points) Social Cognition refers to the ways in which people think about themselves and the social ______. A. understanding B. climate C. circle D. world  TRUE OR FALSE (One point) Holistic thinking focuses on on the properties of objects without considering their surrounding context.  IDENTIFICATION (Two Points) A type of reasoning whereby people mentally change some aspect of the past as a way of imagining what might have been.  TRUE OR FALSE (One point) Self-fulfilling Prophecy shows us how our beliefs about others can influence their behaviors, ultimately making those beliefs come true.  MULTIPLE CHOICE (TWO POINTS) The content of our _______ is influenced by the culture in which we live. A. perception B. cognition C. schemas D. understanding  IDENTIFICATION (Two Points) Guides behavior & decision-making using past experiences and learned patterns. COMPLETE THE WORD (THREE POINTS) _RI_I__ Congrats YOU DID WELL. TEAM 4 - 4C Leader: JAMITO, Analyn Teammates: DUERO, Elijah GAPPI, Iyah Jae PORTUGUESE, Mary Joy TONOGBANUA, Anilyn SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Prof. Augusto M. Ramos