Higher order thinking vs higher order behaviour social cognition and adjustment behaviour of visually challenged adolescents

Abstract

newline Social cognition has been an eternal pursuit of humanity. A few decades ago, when newlinethe science of cognition was in its infancy, the research on cognition began with newlineperception and attention and ended with memory. It is only later, the so called higher newlineorder thinking or social cognition was taken into inquiry and since then the newlinecomplicated realm of thinking and reasoning have changed the focal point of newlineresearchers. Although, numerous studies on cognitive abilities have been explored, newlinethe role of social cognition in adolescents with visual impairment is largely newlineunexplored. Social cognition in adolescents with visual impairment is a less explored newlinearea which has a multidimensional approach. The social cognitive abilities of problem newlinesolving, critical thinking and decision making in adolescents with visual impairment newlineis paramount in their everyday life and the influence it has on adjustment is newlineunfathomable. As adolescents life is by and large affected by changes they make in newlinetheir social relations and the uncertainties they encounter to make necessary newlineadjustment to oneself and to others in their relationship with parents, peers, teachers, newlineand community greatly depends on social cognition. The role of adolescents social newlinecognitive abilities is remarkable in the face of varied social, emotional, psychological, newlineenvironmental, interpersonal problems, coping complexity in the phase of peer newlinerelations, making right decisions and adjustments. newlineThe piece of research work is an attempt made to arrive at answers to a few newlinequestions - Do adolescents with visual impairment show different social cognitive newlineabilities towards their adjustment behaviour? Why is social cognition important for newlineadolescents with visual impairment?