Social Cognition
Components of the Social Thinking Methodology fit within the Social Cognition concept by addressing self-awareness, expected versus unexpected behaviors, social rules and perspective taking.
The vast majority of Social Thinking strategies include an emphasis on social cognition, i.e. social attention to thinking, interpretation, and application based on others and the context. Most lessons related to components of the Social Thinking Methodology have an underlying emphasis on the thinking and feeling components involved in the dynamic social interpretation that is at the heart of social skill understanding and production.
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