1st Edition

Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Social Cognition Recent Advances and Future Questions

By K. Jayasankara Reddy, Bhasker Malu Copyright 2025
272 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book introduces social cognition from multidisciplinary perspectives, exploring in detail how individuals perceive, interpret, and respond to social stimuli throughout different stages of life. The book is organized into five parts, and each chapter provides a concise introduction to a specific topic within social cognition, followed by an in-depth exploration of prominent areas of... Read more

Part 1: What Is Social Cognition and How Is It Studied?  1. Social Cognition and Its Emergence  2. Methods, Procedures, Latest Trends in Social Cognition Research  Part 1: Guided Questions and Answers  Part 2: Cognitive Perspective: How Cognition Processes Social Situations  3. Attention and Perception in the Social Cognition  4. Affect Motivation and Behaviour  5. Memory, Learning, and Language in the Social Cognition  6. Applied Decision-Making  7. Information Processing and Social Media  Part 2: Guided Questions and Answers  Part 3: Social Perspective: Cognition Underpinning Social Behaviour  8. Social Cognition and Attitude, and Attribution  9. Prejudice and Stereotype  10. Theory of Mind, Self and Others  11. Social Perceptions and the Online World  12. Understanding Cross-Cultural Perspective in Social Cognition  Part 3: Guided Questions and Answers  Part 4: Social Cognition Across the Lifespan and Clinical Presentation  13. Social Cognition in Early Years - Infancy and Adolescence  14. Social Cognition and Ageing  15. Impact of Technology on Lifespan Development  16. Social Cognition in Clinical Disorders  Part 4: Guided Questions and Answers  Part 5: Applications  17. Interventions using Social Cognition  18. Application on the Social World – Design thinking, UX/UI research, Digital Communication  19. Rehabilitation: Improving Social Cognitive Skills  Part 5: Guided Questions and Answers

Biography

K. Jayasankara Reddy is Professor of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Christ University, Bangalore, India.

Bhasker Malu is Associate Professor at the Jindal Institute of Behavioral Sciences (JIBS) at O.P. Jindal Global University, India