Editing Cognitive psychology (section)

===Social psychology===
Many facets of modern social psychology have roots in research done within the field of cognitive psychology.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Amabile|first1=Teresa M.|last2=Pillemer|first2=Julianna|date=2012|title=Perspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jocb.001|journal=The Journal of Creative Behavior|language=en|volume=46|issue=1|pages=3–15|doi=10.1002/jocb.001|s2cid=144765230 |issn=2162-6057}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cartwright|first=Dorwin|date=March 1979|title=Contemporary Social Psychology in Historical Perspective|journal=Social Psychology Quarterly|volume=42|issue=1|pages=82–93|doi=10.2307/3033880|jstor=3033880|issn=0190-2725}}</ref> [[Social cognition]] is a specific sub-set of social psychology that concentrates on processes that have been of particular focus within cognitive psychology, specifically applied to human interactions. [[Gordon Moskowitz|Gordon B. Moskowitz]] defines social cognition as "... the study of the mental processes involved in perceiving, attending to, remembering, thinking about, and making sense of the people in our social world".<ref>Moskowitz, G.B. (2004). ''Social Cognition: Understanding Self and Others''. New York: The Guilford Press. (pp. 3)</ref>

The development of multiple [[social information processing (theory)|social information processing]] (SIP) models has been influential in studies involving aggressive and anti-social behavior. Kenneth Dodge's SIP model is one of, if not the most, empirically supported models relating to aggression. Among his research, Dodge posits that children who possess a greater ability to process social information more often display higher levels of socially acceptable behavior; that the type of social interaction that children have affects their relationships.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dodge|first=Kenneth A.|date=1980|title=Social Cognition and Children's Aggressive Behavior|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1129603|journal=Child Development|volume=51|issue=1|pages=169|doi=10.2307/1129603|jstor=1129603|pmid=7363732 |issn=0009-3920}}</ref> His model asserts that there are five steps that an individual proceeds through when evaluating interactions with other individuals and that how the person interprets cues is key to their reactionary process.<ref>Fontaine, R.G. (2012). ''The Mind of the Criminal: The Role of Developmental Social Cognition in Criminal Defense Law''. New York: Cambridge University Press. (p. 41)</ref>