Sociocognitive

 ( Cognitive Science ) 

Sociocognitive or socio-cognitive is a term especially used when complexity cognitive and social properties are reciprocally connected and essential for a given problem.

It has been used in academic literature with three different meanings:C. J. Hemingway and T. G. Gough (1998), A Socio-Cognitive Theory of Information Systems, Technical Report 98.25, School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds, December 1998.

1. It can indicate a branch of science, engineering or technology, such as socio-cognitive research, or socio-cognitive interactions,
2. It can refer to the integration of the cognition and social properties of , , functions, as well as models, or
3. It can describe how processes of group formation effect cognition, studied in cognitive sociology.

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Socio-cognitive engineering Socio-cognitive research is human factor and socio-organizational factor based, and assumes an integrated knowledge engineering, environment and business modeling perspective, therefore it is not social cognition which rather is a branch of psychology focused on how people process social information.

Socio-cognitive engineering ( SCE) includes a set of theoretical interdisciplinary frameworks, methodologies, methods and software tools for the design of human centred technologies,M. Sharples at al.(2002), Socio-cognitive engineering: a methodology for the design of humancentred technology , European Journal of Operational Research as well as, for the improvement of large complex human-technology systems.

Both above approaches are applicable for the identification and design of a computer-based semi-/proto-Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSS),A. M. Gadomski, et al.(2001)., Towards intelligent decision support systems for emergency managers: the IDA approach. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, Vol. 2, No. 3/4. for the operators and managers of large socially critical systems, for high-risk tasks, such as different types of emergency and disaster management, where and socio-cognitive organization vulnerability can be the cause of serious losses.A. M. Gadomski (2009), Human organisation socio-cognitive vulnerability: the TOGA meta-theory approach to the modelling methodology, International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 5, No.1/2 pp. 120-155.

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Integration of cognitive social properties of systems

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Group formation effect cognition

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See also

• Cognitive science
• Cognitive sociology
• Memetics
• Situated cognition
• Complex system in
• Socio-cognitive systems in systemics – they can be intelligence-based systems including humans, their culture, technologies and the environment.
• Sociology
• Systemics

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External links

• Towards a cognitive memetics (2001), Cristiano Castelfranchi - Web pages.
• The socio-cognitive model of trust (2004–06) - Web pages of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC).
• Human Factors in Nuclear Power Plant Safety Management: A Socio-Cognitive Modeling Approach using TOGA Meta-Theory. (2011) International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants.

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