Social Cognition

Social cognition is the thought process involved in knowing how to act in social situations. Our social cognition is based on our inner biases (eg. I’m shy, they are different than me, I feel accepted), our neurology (neurotype), and our past experiences.

Our social cognition is defined by how we are able to:

• recognize the difference between ourselves and others

• read the emotions of others

• share reciprocity (e.g. taking turns in conversation)

• collaborate with others, join in, participate, contribute

• understand that others have thoughts, beliefs, experiences that are different than our own (theory of mind)

• “put yourself in someone else’s shoes” to understand different perspectives

• have and show empathy

Multiple Intelligence

Multiple intelligence Howard Gardner, who introduced the term Multiple Intelligence, has written about the different ways we learn as individuals. He has found that we each show an affinity towards learning in different ways, through words, numbers, pictures, music, social interaction, personal insight, physical movement, being in tune with nature, or, most likely, a combination of the above. In theory, an individual can have more than one intelligence. Find out about your special kind of intelligence: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-kind-of-intelligence-do-you-have-3867398

Learning Styles

Learning styles refers to the theory that people approach learning differently based on whether or not they are auditory learners, verbal learners, visual learners, or kinistethic learners.

Auditory learners absorb information by listening

• Visual learners gather information by seeing

• Kinisthetic learners learn by doing

• Verbal learners like to talk things out with others to process and understand information

Find out the way you learn best: http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml