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GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 53

Social Psychology · Social Perception: Attribution, impression formation, social categorization, implicit personality theory · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following statements are related to social cognition?

  1. How individuals interpret, analyze, remember and use information about the social world
  2. How people create mental structure to organise knowledge about the social world
  3. How people think about themselves and the social world
  4. It does not allow interaction between people and the environment

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Correct answer: (A) How individuals interpret, analyze, remember and use information about the social world; (B) How people create mental structure to organise knowledge about the social world; (C) How people think about themselves and the social world

Explanation

Social cognition is how people process information about the social world and themselves, using mental structures (schemas). D is false, since social cognition is shaped by interaction.