Problem where complex cognitive and social properties are reciprocally connected and essential
Sociocognitive or socio-cognitive is a term is especially used when
complex cognitive and social properties are reciprocally connected and essential for a given problem.
It has been used in academic literature with three different meanings:[1]
It can indicate a branch of
science,
engineering or
technology, such as socio-cognitive research, or socio-cognitive interactions,
Socio-cognitive engineering (SCE) includes a set of theoretical interdisciplinary frameworks, methodologies, methods and software tools for the design of
human centred technologies,[2] 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),[3] for the operators and managers of large socially critical systems, for high-risk tasks, such as different types of
emergency and
disaster management, where
human errors and socio-cognitive organization
vulnerability can be the cause of serious losses.[4]
Integration of cognitive social properties of systems
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^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.