Transpersonal psychology and social cognition: Towards an integration
Anthony Edwards
Transpersonal Psychology Review April 1, 2009 DOI: 10.53841/bpstran.2009.13.1.77 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that social cognition and transpersonal psychology can mutually benefit from each other, illustrated through five social cognition topics. |
Abstract
Social cognilion and transpersonal psychology may seem sharply distinct approaches to psychology. This viewpoint is challenged in this paper, which makes the case for a fruitful rapport between these two perspectives. This is illustrated by looking at how transpersonal psychology may benefit from taking greater cogniza-nce of social cog nd ion research, and at how social cognition may be helped by incorporating important insights from transpersonal psychology. The merits of a transpersonal approach on five topics within social cognition are considered: beliefs and attitudes, attribution theory, social represent at io ns theory, schema theory and stereotyping. Some comments considering the a-pplicalions of an interface between social cognition and transpersonal psychology are also offered.