Social Cognition:

• Cognitive psychology studies mental processes, including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn. It is related to other disciplines such as neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.
• This branch of psychology emerged during the 1950s as a response to behav...

Psychology Today describes social comparison theory as, "... determining our own social and personal self-worth based on how we stack up against others we perceive as somehow faring better or worse."

Meta-cognitive skills are developed by:

1. Self-reflection by journaling, along with a review of your progress and personal changes.
2. Using second-level thinking by asking yourself about potential blind spots or missing information.
3. Usi...