CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Four processes of social cognition are reviewed including: (1) cognitive architecture; (2) automaticity and control; (3) motivated reasoning; and (4) accessibility, frames, and expectations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognition is defined as ‘the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. ‘ At Cambridge Cognition we look at it as the mental processes relating to the input and storage of information and how that information is then used to guide your behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social cognition refers to a complex set of mental abilities underlying social stimulus perception, processing, interpretation, and response. Together, these abilities support the development of adequate social competence and adaptation. Social cognition has a protracted development through infancy to adulthood.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social cognition concerns the various psychological processes that enable individuals to take advantage of being part of a social group. Of major importance to social cognition are the various social signals that enable us to learn about the world.