Social Cognition and Strategic Social Choice¶

Scope: Theory of mind (canonical: hed_perspective_taking), self-other distinction, joint attention, imitation, in-group/out-group processing, stereotyping, social decision-making, social perception, cooperation, competition, reciprocity.

Out of scope: Empathy as a trait; social anxiety; “social cognition” as umbrella.

Note

Open issues: Trust as a process (versus trust as a trait) has no dedicated row; if a Trust Game process row becomes warranted, it fits here.

This category contains 11 processes.

Competition¶

Process ID: hed_competition

Action in conflict with another agent’s interests for a contested resource.

Tasks that engage this process: Prisoner’s Dilemma Task

Further references

Declerck, Boone & Emonds (2013) Brain and Cognition 81:95–117 (DOI, PubMed)

Cooperation¶

Process ID: hed_cooperation

Coordinated action among agents for mutual benefit, often at individual cost.

Tasks that engage this process: Prisoner’s Dilemma Task, Trust Game Task

Further references

Rand & Nowak (2013) Trends in Cognitive Sciences 17:413–425 (DOI, PubMed)

Imitation¶

Process ID: hed_imitation

Reproduction of observed actions or behaviors.

Tasks that engage this process: Imitation-Inhibition Task

Fundamental references

Meltzoff & Moore (1977) Science 198:75–78 (DOI)

Further references

Heyes (2011) Psychological Bulletin 137:463–483 (DOI)

In-group/out-group processing¶

Process ID: hed_in_group_out_group_processing

Also known as: intergroup processing

Differential processing of members of one’s own group versus other groups.

Tasks that engage this process: Implicit Association Task, Weapons Identification Task

Further references

Molenberghs (2013) Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 37:1530–1536 (DOI, PubMed)

Joint attention¶

Process ID: hed_joint_attention

Coordinated focus by two or more agents on the same object or event, involving shared awareness that attention is joint.

Tasks that engage this process: none in the current Catalog.

Fundamental references

Bruner (1975) Journal of Child Language 2:1–19 (DOI)

Further references

Mundy (2018) European Journal of Neuroscience 47:497–514 (DOI, PubMed)

Perspective taking¶

Process ID: hed_perspective_taking

Also known as: Mentalizing - Process verb; more common in the neuroimaging literature.; Theory of mind - Capacity/competence noun; the term used in developmental and clinical literatures.

Representation of another’s viewpoint, visual or cognitive.

Tasks that engage this process: Dictator Game Task, False Belief Task, Prisoner’s Dilemma Task, Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task, Trust Game Task

Further references

Tamir & Mitchell (2013) Cerebral Cortex 23:2375–2382

Reciprocity¶

Process ID: hed_reciprocity

Contingent positive or negative responses to another’s prior behavior.

Tasks that engage this process: Dictator Game Task, Prisoner’s Dilemma Task, Trust Game Task, Ultimatum Game Task

Further references

Fehr & Camerer (2007) Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11:419–427 (DOI, PubMed)

Self-other distinction¶

Process ID: hed_self_other_distinction

Discrimination between self-generated and other-generated states or actions.

Tasks that engage this process: False Belief Task

Fundamental references

Gallagher (2000) Trends in Cognitive Sciences 4:14–21 (DOI, PubMed)

Further references

Decety & Sommerville (2003) Trends in Cognitive Sciences 7:527–533 (DOI, PubMed)

Stereotyping¶

Process ID: hed_stereotyping

Attribution of attributes to individuals based on social category membership.

Tasks that engage this process: Implicit Association Task, Weapons Identification Task

Further references

Amodio (2014) Nature Reviews Neuroscience 15:670–682 (DOI, PubMed)

Social Cognition and Strategic Social Choice¶

Competition¶

Cooperation¶

Imitation¶

In-group/out-group processing¶

Joint attention¶

Perspective taking¶

Reciprocity¶

Self-other distinction¶

Social decision making¶

Social perception¶

Stereotyping¶