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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
philosophy and psychology
political psychology
Preferred term
social and political cognition
Definition
- Social cognition is the study of how people make sense of other people and themselves. As an area of study, social cognition relates directly to the study of attitudes, persuasion, stereotyping, and small group behavior. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Social and Political Cognition]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_and_political_cognition
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