ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author shows that, although cognitive processes do play an important role in social behavior and judgments, there are several aspects of social interaction and social judgments which operate quite differently. The author focuses on several aspects of social interaction and judgments which cannot be accounted for by cognitive factors, even when the two additional hypotheses have been included. Children show an interest in and a capacity for social behavior and social relationships and social judgments at a very early age, before their cognitive powers have developed, and these skills increase rapidly in the course of interaction in the family and with peers. It would not be possible to play or understand cricket without knowing the main rules and how to win, or without mastering such concepts as not-out, declare etc. Social behavior is like such games in many ways.
