Cognition has been reconceptualized from an individual to a socially shared phenomenon

Evidence

Since the beginnings of the cognitive revolution in psychology, the notion of cognition or mental representation has played a major role in theorizing. Until recently, mental representations were seen as individual entities, formulated and stored within the minds of single individuals. However, recent trends from a number of theoretical orientations have begun to conceptualize cognition as a social phenomenon (Moscovici, 1984; Thompson & Fine, 1999; Tindale et al., 2001). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 921

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the shift from individual to social mental representation that grounds the shared-cognition framing of group behavior later in the chapter.
• XREF: connects to: Social interdependence rather than individual cognition should anchor social psychology — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 80; The individual’s inner mental relations mirror social relations among persons — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 354

Broader Connections

• Social interdependence rather than individual cognition should anchor social psychology #corroborates (0.85) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 80
• The individual’s inner mental relations mirror social relations among persons #expands (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 354