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Relationship between Social Cognition and Metacognition: A Review


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Psychology is deeply concerned with the study of human behavior which analyzes the factors that lead a person to behave in a certain manner across different social occasions. It also studies the similarities and differences in human behavior that result from various social constructs. As our behavior is influenced by the thoughts behind it, it is very important to study social cognition which shapes our behavior in social settings. Though a lot of research has been done in the field of social cognition, not many of them have focused on our thoughts about those cognition, i.e., metacognition. Therefore, this paper aims at explaining the relationship between social cognition and metacognition. For this purpose, the paper has been divided into different sections. The first section of the paper gives an introduction to social cognition and metacognition; the second section describes various measurement techniques and scales use to assess metacognition and social cognition; the third section deals with their importance in various settings; and the fourth section proclaims the relationship between metacognition and social cognition. Post review, it can be concluded that though metacognition plays a primary role in the formation, explanation, and alteration of social cognition, not much research has been conducted in this field. Therefore, there is a need to conduct more research to inspect the relationship between these two constructs so that it can be further applied to various fields including education, health, development, etc.

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Social Cognition, Metacognition, Measurement, Education.
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Authors

Sonali Saini
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat, Haryana, India

Abstract


Psychology is deeply concerned with the study of human behavior which analyzes the factors that lead a person to behave in a certain manner across different social occasions. It also studies the similarities and differences in human behavior that result from various social constructs. As our behavior is influenced by the thoughts behind it, it is very important to study social cognition which shapes our behavior in social settings. Though a lot of research has been done in the field of social cognition, not many of them have focused on our thoughts about those cognition, i.e., metacognition. Therefore, this paper aims at explaining the relationship between social cognition and metacognition. For this purpose, the paper has been divided into different sections. The first section of the paper gives an introduction to social cognition and metacognition; the second section describes various measurement techniques and scales use to assess metacognition and social cognition; the third section deals with their importance in various settings; and the fourth section proclaims the relationship between metacognition and social cognition. Post review, it can be concluded that though metacognition plays a primary role in the formation, explanation, and alteration of social cognition, not much research has been conducted in this field. Therefore, there is a need to conduct more research to inspect the relationship between these two constructs so that it can be further applied to various fields including education, health, development, etc.

Keywords


Social Cognition, Metacognition, Measurement, Education.

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