Social Cognition

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Social Psychology Mind Map on Social Cognition, created by lynda_ashford_25 on 04/02/2014.
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Social Cognition
  1. - cognitive processes and structures that influence and are influenced by social behaviour
    1. Cognitive Consistency
      1. People try to reduce inconsistency among their cognition's because they find it unpleasant
      2. Naive Psychologist
        1. Characterizes people as using rational, scientific-like, cause-effect analysis to understand the world
        2. Attribution
          1. The process of assigning a cause to our own behaviour and that of others
          2. Cognitive Miser
            1. Characterizes people as using the least complex and demanding cognition's that are able to produce generally adaptive behaviours
            2. Motivated Tactician
              1. Characterizes people as having multiple cognitive strategies available, which they choose among on the basis of personal goals, motives and needs
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