Social Cognition, Social Perception, and Leadership

- There has been an increased interest in research on paranoia and persecutory delusions. This is partly based on the idea that paranoia exists on a continuum ranging from sub-clinical to clinical levels. One area of interest is in social cognition as it may provide methods to understand how persons with paranoia perceive, interpret, and understand their social world. Previous research has showed that social cognition directly influences or mediates social functioning. Paranoia can be ideally approached from a social cognitive perspective, which makes understanding these processes even more important. For this review, we will focus on the current state of knowledge for paranoia as it pertains to the three primary domains of social cognition: 1) emotion/social perception, 2) theory of mind, and 3) attributional style. Deficits in emotion/social perception appear to be found across the paranoia continuum. In contrast, deficits in theory of mind and attributional style are typically found in persons with clinical levels of paranoia. Future studies should focus on understanding the processes that might underlie the deficits.

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The role of morality in social cognition

10.31234/osf.io/yzqtj ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Lauren Ray ◽

Peter Mende-Siedlecki ◽

Ana P. Gantman ◽

Jay Joseph Van Bavel

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Social Perception ◽

Impression Formation ◽

Factor Models ◽

The Other ◽

One Dimension ◽

Primary Role ◽

The Past ◽

Important Basis

Over the past few decades, two-factor models of social cognition have emerged as the dominant framework for understanding impression formation. Despite the differences in the labels, there is wide agreement that one dimension reflects sociability potential, and the other, competence. One way in which the various two-factor models do clearly differ, however, is in the way the dimensions incorporate or produce evaluations of morality. Aristotle saw morality as the most important basis on which to form positive evaluations, because competence and sociability could only be virtuous, sincere, and trustworthy if expressed through a moral character. This chapter highlights research demonstrating the unique and possibly primary role of morality in social cognition. We clarify the dynamic, interactive, and conjoint effects of morality on social perception, and argue morality, competence, and sociability are three influential and interactive dimensions of social perception.

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Social perception and “spectator theories” of other minds

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x12002014 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 434-435 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Søren Overgaard ◽

Joel Krueger

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Social Perception ◽

Crucial Role ◽

Social Understanding ◽

Other Minds ◽

Second Person ◽

The Social

AbstractWe resist Schilbach et al.'s characterization of the “social perception” approach to social cognition as a “spectator theory” of other minds. We show how the social perception view acknowledges the crucial role interaction plays in enabling social understanding. We also highlight a dilemma Schilbach et al. face in attempting to distinguish their second-person approach from the social perception view.

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Influence of social perception and social knowledge on cognitive and social functioning in early psychosis

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.bp.105.021022 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 189 (4) ◽

pp. 373-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 104

Author(s):

Jean Addington ◽

Huma Saeedi ◽

Donald Addington

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Social Functioning ◽

Social Perception ◽

First Episode Psychosis ◽

Social Knowledge ◽

First Episode ◽

Episode Psychosis ◽

Interpersonal Problem Solving ◽

The Relationship ◽

Over Time

BackgroundSocial cognition has been implicated in the relationship between cognition and social functioning.AimsTo test the hypothesis that social cognition mediates the relationship between cognitive and social functioning.MethodThis was a 1-year longitudinal cohort study comparing three groups: 50 people with first-episode psychosis, 53 people with multi-episode schizophrenia and 55 people without psychiatric disorder as controls. Participants were assessed on social perception, social knowledge, interpersonal problem-solving, cognition and social functioning.ResultsThere were significant associations between social cognition, cognition and social functioning in all three groups. Deficits in social cognition were stable over time. In the first two groups, controlling for social cognition reduced the relationship between cognitive and social functioning.ConclusionsThis study provides some evidence that social cognition mediates the relationship between cognitive and social functioning.

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Social Perception in Ingurunooru

Shanlax International Journal of Tamil Research ◽

10.34293/tamil.v6i1.4172 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 58-66

Author(s):

M Chandrasekaran ◽

U Alibava

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Social Perception ◽

Physical Appearance ◽

Social Community ◽

Tamil Literature ◽

Social Events ◽

The Social ◽

Love Life

The Sangam Tamil Literature visualizes the oldtraditions of the Tamil Society. One of these descriptions in “Ingurunooru” suggests living of individuals and social biographies. Sangam pura poem’s depict events such as force, war, victory, fame and sangam aga poem’s describes on love life such as theft and chastity. The customsand interactions of the Thalaivan (Hero), Thalaivi (Heroine), Thozhi (Friend) based on the social community. And they are connected and controlled by the social events around them. Social Cognition is the physical appearance of other people, verbal, comments from nonverbal communications are also occurring. This article gives brief overview on social perception.

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The principle of situationism in modern social psychology. Review of the book by T. Gilovich and L. Ross "The Science of wisdom". Moscow: Individual, 2019. 368 p.

Social Psychology and Society ◽

10.17759/sps.2019100113 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 202-205

Author(s):

E.P. Belinskaya

Keyword(s):

Social Psychology ◽

Social Cognition ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Social Perception ◽

Situational Factors ◽

Social Stereotypes ◽

Psychology Review

The book summarizes the achievements of social psychology in the last few decades in the field of social cognition. The authors ‘ attention is drawn to the analysis of situational factors that determine the errors of social perception, form social stereotypes and prejudices, as well as influence the choice of various forms of social behavior.

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Effects of News Stereotypes on the Perception of Facial Threat

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000132 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 78-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Florian Arendt ◽

Nina Steindl ◽

Peter Vitouch

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Laboratory Experiment ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Social Perception ◽

Skin Color ◽

Human Face ◽

Dark Skin ◽

The Media ◽

Facial Threat

The human face is central to social interactions and therefore of primary importance in social perception. Two recent discoveries have contributed to a more thorough understanding of the role of news stereotypes in the perception of facial threat: First, social-cognition research has revealed that automatically activated stereotypes influence the perception of facial threat. Individuals holding hostile stereotypes toward dark-skinned outgroup members perceive ambiguous dark-skinned faces as more hostile than similar light-skinned faces. Second, media-stereotyping research has found that the media can influence individuals’ automatically activated stereotypes. Combining these two findings, it was hypothesized that reading tabloid articles about crimes committed by dark-skinned offenders would increase the perceived facial threat of meeting dark-skinned strangers in a subsequent situation. This hypothesis was tested in a laboratory experiment. Participants read crime articles where cues indicating (dark) skin color were mentioned or not. The results showed that reading about dark-skinned criminals increases the perceived facial threat of dark-skinned strangers compared with light-skinned strangers.

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S68. DIFFERENTIAL PATTERN OF SOCIAL COGNITION IMPAIRMENT BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN DWELLING PATIENTS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ITS FUNCTIONAL CORRELATES

Schizophrenia Bulletin ◽

10.1093/schbul/sbaa031.134 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S59-S60

Author(s):

Ferose Ibrahim ◽

Urvakhsh M Mehta ◽

J K Keshav Kumar ◽

Sreekanth Nair ◽

Swetha Gowda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Theory Of Mind ◽

Social Perception ◽

Functional Outcomes ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Verbal Learning ◽

Order Theory ◽

Analysis Of Covariance ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Emotional Cognition

Abstract Background Cognitive deficits (both neuro & social Cognition) play a vital role in determining functional status in schizophrenia. It has been noted that functional outcomes are relatively better in Indian rural settings. This suggests that cognition might be better in rural patients. Considering the prevailing vast cultural differences there is paucity of research which delineates the differences in social cognition and its impact on the functional outcomes between rural and urban setups. Hence, we aim to explore differential impairment in social cognition in patients with schizophrenia residing in rural versus urban settings and their impact on real-world functioning. Methods 122 patients diagnosed with either schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder from the rural taluk of Thirthahalli and Turuvekere were compared with 97 patients with similar diagnosis visiting a teaching hospital with urban residence. All the 219 patients met the standardized criteria for remission from positive and disorganized symptoms and were compared on culturally validated tests of SC—Social Cognition Rating Tool in Indian Setting (SOCRATIS) & Tool for Recognition of Emotions in Neuropsychiatric Disorders (TRENDS) to assess theory of mind, social perception and emotion recognition and NC—(attention/vigilance, speed of processing, visual and verbal learning, working memory and executive functions). Groningen Social Disabilities Schedule (GSDS) was used for the assessment of social dysfunction of the patients. Based on past factor analytical studies on these tests, social cognition dimensions were grouped into inferential social cognition which comprised of 1st order theory of mind & 2nd order theory of mind Index & socio-emotional cognition which included faux pas recognition, emotional recognition & social perception indices. These were compared using analysis of covariance after controlling for neurocognitive composite performance and other confounders Correlation between social-cognition and functioning among the two groups was assessed using Pearson correlation. Results Patients from rural population had significantly better inferential social cognition whereas patients form urban population had significantly better socio-emotional cognition. ANCOVA showed that even after controlling for effects of age, gender, duration of illness, family history, number of hospitalization & neuro-cognition composite scores the differences were significant. Social cognition composite score was significantly (negatively) correlated with functional disability. The socio-emotional cognition component had a stronger association (proportion of variance explained) with functioning in both rural & urban samples (r= -0.411, r= -0.403 respectively). Inferential Social cognition from both rural & urban samples (r= -0.212, r= -0.238) also has significant association with functioning but of lesser magnitude as compared to the former Discussion The two distinct components of social cognition - inferential and socio-emotional- were differentially impaired among rural & urban patients. With respect to its relationship with functioning, the socio-emotional cognition had a stronger association with functioning in both the groups. The reasons for the difference need to be explored by studying the socio-cultural characteristics of rural & urban dwelling patients which can moderate their expression of social cognition. These observations are critical in understanding how our micro- and macro-level environments can influence cognitive performance

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Longitudinal stability of social cognition in schizophrenia: A 5-year follow-up of social perception and emotion processing

Schizophrenia Research ◽

10.1016/j.schres.2016.07.008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 176 (2-3) ◽

pp. 467-472 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Amanda McCleery ◽

Junghee Lee ◽

Alan P. Fiske ◽

Livon Ghermezi ◽

Jacqueline N. Hayata ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

Social Perception ◽

Emotion Processing ◽

Longitudinal Stability

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The Effects of Social Perception on Moral Judgment

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.557216 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Wen Ying Jin ◽

Ming Peng

Keyword(s):

Social Cognition ◽

College Student ◽

Moral Judgment ◽

Social Perception ◽

Chinese Culture ◽

Social Role ◽

Moral Dilemmas ◽

Moral Judgments ◽

Interpersonal Process ◽

Personal Involvement

When people express a moral judgment, others make inferences about their personality, such as whether they are warm or competent. People may use this interpersonal process to present themselves in a way that is socially acceptable in the current circumstances. Across four studies, we investigated this hypothesis in Chinese culture and showed that college student participants tended to associate others’ deontological moral judgments with warmth and utilitarian moral judgments with competence (Study 1, Mage = 21.1, SD = 2.45; Study 2, Mage = 20.53, SD = 1.87). In addition, participants made more deontological judgments after preparing to be interviewed for a job requiring them to be in a warm social role, and more utilitarian judgments after preparing for a job requiring them to be in a competent social role (Study 3, Mage = 19.5, SD = 1.63). This effect held true in moral dilemmas involving different degrees of hypothetical personal involvement, and appeared to be mediated by the perception of others’ expectations (Study 4, Mage = 19.92, SD = 1.97). The results suggest an important role for social cognition as an influence on moral judgments in Chinese culture.

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