Knowledge Society: Psychological-Social Cognition Review

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore the usefulness of conducting psychological-social cognition approach for understanding "knowledge society" as the most important trends in our technological-scientific life. A knowledge society generates shares and makes available to all members of the society knowledge that may be used to improve the human condition. The study has applied the concepts of social cognition area such as: representation, reasoning, memorizing, and attribution, in acquiring the knowledge in "knowledge society". Exploring the definition of knowledge, knowledge society, and social cognitions was presented.