What are the basic characteristics of social cognition?

There are many factors affecting social cognition, both subjective and objective.

(A) the characteristics of the cognitive object itself. It refers to the value of the object to cognition and its social significance. Cognitive objects can be individuals, group members or things with social significance. Because of the different characteristics of cognitive objects, cognitive results are also different, which is common in life.

(2) the situation at that time. Understanding the good and evil of others' behavior in society is always inseparable from the analysis of the situation at that time, which can be seen everywhere in our daily life.

(3) the characteristics of the cognitive. Due to the differences in experience, lifestyle, cultural background, personal needs, personality and psychological structure, different cognitive results will be produced for the same social stimulus.

(D) the fixed role of logical reasoning. Some social psychologists believe that everyone's cognitive activities have some assumptions in advance, and we should look at current things from this assumption;

There are also people who are not familiar with and have little contact with. Due to the lack of information and necessary clues, people often take some external surface features as cognitive clues, make logical reasoning and draw attribution conclusions. Simply using logical reasoning is often inconsistent with the facts, leading to cognitive errors.

The characteristics of social cognition are as follows:

1, cognitive selectivity

People make social cognition selectively according to the nature and value of social significance of stimulation.

2. The significance of cognitive response

This mainly refers to some changes in personal psychological state, mood and motivation under certain social stimulation, which changes with the individual's understanding of the significance of social stimulation.

3. Behavior self-control

This is the result of self-awareness, which makes the individual's cognitive experience invisible to others, thus keeping the individual in balance with the external environment.