Paper Title: Social Cognition and Learning: Through the Lens of Theoretical Facets and Vis-a-Vis Educational Practices
Author:
Dr. Parimal Sarkar¹ & Mr. Santu Biswas²
¹Assistant Professor, School of Education, Netaji Subhas Open University, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, 741235, Email:srkprml@gmail.com
²Lecturer, Dwijendralal College, Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal, India. Email: santubiswas031@gmail.com
AIJITR, Volume-1, Issue-I, September- October, 2024, PP. 30-35.
Revised and accepted on October 15, 2024
Abstract:
Social Cognition is a broad term used to describe cognitive processes related to the perception, understanding, and implementation of linguistic, auditory, visual, and physical cues that communicate learning Processes. It refers to a set of processes, ranging from perception to decision-making, underlying the ability to decode others’ intentions and behaviors to plan actions fitting with social and moral, besides individual and economic considerations. Its centrality in everyday life reflects the Learning System. Social cognitive processes can be clustered in three domains associated with (a) perceptual processing of social information such as faces and emotional expressions (social perception), (b) grasping others’ cognitive or affective states (social understanding), and (c) planning behaviors taking into consideration others’, in addition to one’s own, goals (social decision-making). In the light of this, various theoretical discourses on social cognition and learning will be analyzed in this article with the Entitled as “Social Cognition and Learning: Through the Lens of Theoretical Facets and Vis-a-Vis Educational Practices”.
Keywords:Social Cognition, Learning, Theoretical Facets, Ed
Review By – Prof. (Dr.) Chandan Adhikary & Dr. Maumita Sengupta