A Review on the Classic Study of Social Cognition

Social cognition refers to the process of the psychological and behavioral sensing and judging of others. Since 1930s, social psychology began to research on the topic. On the basis of previous studies, J.S. Bruner put forward the social perception concept in 1949 and carried a lot of practical studies, thus initiating the study in this field in modern times. After 1970s, drawing extensively on the theory and methods of cognition psychology and especially profoundly influenced by information processing, social cognition study conducted a lot of practical researches. On the basis of historical studies of social cognition, this article reviews several important classical studies on this domain.