LIT 5.1 - SOCIAL Beauchamp & Anderson 2010

Question 1

What is the SOCIAL model by Beauchamp & Anderson?

Answer 1

The SOCIAL model by Beauchamp & Anderson (2010) is a developmental biopsychosocial framework for understanding social skills over a life time. It integrates biological, cognitive, and environmental factors to explain how social skills develop and are maintained. Key components include:

1. Biological underpinnings: Brain structures and functions supporting social behavior.
2. Socio-cognitive skills: Abilities like attention, executive function, communication, and socio-emotional skills.
3. Internal and external factors: Personal traits and environmental influences that mediate social skills¹².

This model helps explain social dysfunctions in conditions like autism, schizophrenia, and traumatic brain injury¹².

Question 2

What are the areas of interplay in the SOCIAL model by Beauchamp & Anderson?

Answer 2

Biological, Psychological and Social

Question 3

What are the core cognitive components crucial for social function (SOCIAL, Beauchamp & Anderson)?

Answer 3

1. Attention Executive
   Includes skills such as attention control, cognitive flexibility and goal setting.
2. Communication
   Effective communication includes verbal and non verbal aspects

3.Socio-emotional
Encompasses understanding others mental state, emotion recognition and empathy.

Question 4

SOCIAL divides cognitive functions, how does it do that? (Beauchamp and Anderson)

Answer 4

The model posists that general cognitive processes such as attention memory and executive functions are distinct from social cognition.

Conditions such as autism show this.

Question 5

What are the factors that mediate social skills (SOCIAL, Beauchamp & Anderson)

Answer 5

1. Internal Forces (temperament and personality traits)
2. External Factors (Family dynamics, peer relationships, cultural influences and socioeconomical conditions)

Question 6

What is the SOCIAL model?

Answer 6

Question 7

What is the Application and Significance of the SOCIAL model (Beauchamp and Anderson)

Answer 7

The social model has been applied to understand social challenges in conditions such as autism and schizophrenia.

The model provides a basic understanding of the multifaceted biopsychosocial factors that can contribute to social difficulties

Clinically, it can inform the development of targeted intervention.