PSYC21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Behavior Management, Hypothesis, Social Cognition
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Reading 1: development of social skills in children : neural and. Behavioural evidence for the elabortaion of cogntive models. Social cognition: all the abilities that enable us to understand social agents and to interact with them. In this process, it is crucial to be able to predict the behavior of others, by detecting, analyzing, and interpreting their intentions. Social skills encompasses a complex and delicate interaction between several elements, such as smiling, eye contact, imitation, joint attention, language, and the observer"s own motor system among others. These elements play a role in the accomplishment of positive developmental outcomes, including peer acceptance, academic achievement, and mental health. Most important evidence for the development of social skills at three levels, namely neuronal, cognitive, and behaviorally. Social agent detection: early eye-like sensitivity, imitation, and biological motion preference. From a very early age, human and non-human primates show a set of visual behaviors that seem to influence social development.
