Social Cognition and Problem Solving

Respond to the following in a minimum of 275 words:

Part 1: Social cognition is about perceiving others and how we process the people and the world around us. (Make sure you have a citation for each part of your response.)

Part 1A: How do people categorize things and people as either familiar and safe or unfamiliar and possibly dangerous?

Part 1B: Why do people categorize?

Part 1C: Can you escape categorization?

Part 1D: How does this impact us and how we navigate the world?

Part 1E: If we cannot escape categorization, can we ever eliminate prejudice?

Part 2: Think about your current work situation—how there is certain work that is handled by individuals and work that is handled by teams.

Part 2F: When should we use groups to solve problems versus having an individual complete the work?

Part 2G: Discuss how your answer aligns with the theories and insights from the textbook.