The social world can be defined as the people who surround individuals daily and the correlation of how individuals think about themselves compared to others. Individuals must deal, work, and associate with people their whole lives, especially in the work place. Social cognition has a part to play with an individual’s thinking hence, meaning it is related to internal and mental processes. Social cognition is the way individuals interpret, analyze, and remember information about the social world and their own social world in which they deal with daily (Baron and Bryne, 1997). Many times, when individuals hear something they interpret the information the way they view the world and not based on what is being said or facts. What they know about the person feeds into the interpretation being made (Pennington, 2000). Once the individual continues to talk to the person on a regular basis the assumptions first made began to change as facts are now stated about the person’s background. Once the individual has analyzed what they deem is important, they store the information into memory. However, recalling the information may be a task. Individuals will need to make an effort to recall the information and part of the problem they may not want to recall (Pennington, 2000). Enhancing your social cognition will allow for better communication among workplace peers.
Pennington, D. C. (2000). Social cognition. Retrieved from
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