PS470 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Cognition, Cognitive Revolution, Impression Formation
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In r. f. baumeister, & e. j. finkel (eds. ), advanced social psychology: the state of the science (pp. As a subarea of social psychology, social cognition encompasses new approaches to classic research on attribution theory (how people explain behaviour/events), impression formation (how people form impressions of others), stereotyping, attitudes, and the self. Emphasis on the social implications of peoples" thoughts and subjective perceptions of reality (their phenomenology) More popular after cognitive revolution of 60s and social cognitive revolution of the 80s. Today"s approaches rely heavily on concepts, theories, and methods borrowed from field of cognitive psychology (which has existed since 1967) All of which together imply that: (5) there should be one universal set of concepts, principles, and practices underlying most psychological theorizing and research. Partitions cognition into component processes involving (1) attention and perception, (2) memory, and (3) judgement.
