Social Cognition- SELMAN Flashcards
Key Features
Ability to understand and interact with others by perceiving, interpreting and responding to social cues
Social Perspective Taking
Ability to appreciate a social situation
Scenario Study
30 boys, 30 girls, 20 aged four, 20 aged five, 20 aged six.
- Measure role-taking ability
- Holly climbing trees stem
-Led to making stages
Stages of Perspective Taking
Undifferentiated
Social- informational
Self-reflective
Third Person
Societal
Undifferentiated
3-6 years
Children know that others have different feelings but confuse the two
Social-informational
4-9 years
Children know perspectives differ because people have access to different info.
Third-person
10-15 years
Appreciate third-person views
Self-reflective
7-12 years
Child can step into others pov and know others can do the same
Societal
14 years+
Child knows Third-person perspective is influenced by broader contexts- personal, social, cultural
LATER ADDED: Selman and La Russo
Interpersonal understanding
Interpersonal negotiation strategies
Awareness of personal meaning of r’ships
Interpersonal Understanding
Understanding how everyone is scenario would feel
Interpersonal negotiation strategies
Have the social skills to avoid conflict-
explaining situation to Holly’s father
Awareness of personal meaning of r’ships
Ability to reflect on social behaviour in the context of life history- it is the dads role to protect his child.
A03 Strengths
- Clear evidence that perspective taking improves with age
- Practical Application: education and understanding ASC and social cognition
A03 Limitations
Overly cognitive- ignores emotions
however added stuff later makes up for this.
Cultural variations ignored- Wu and Keyser
