Culture and the Evolution of the Human Social Instincts
... Following Trivers7 we will call this “moralistic punishment.” While moralistic punishment and reciprocity are often lumped together, they have very different evolutionary properties. Moralistic punishment is more effective in supporting large-scale cooperation than reciprocity for two reasons. First ...
... Following Trivers7 we will call this “moralistic punishment.” While moralistic punishment and reciprocity are often lumped together, they have very different evolutionary properties. Moralistic punishment is more effective in supporting large-scale cooperation than reciprocity for two reasons. First ...
Self-Regulation in the Interpersonal Sphere, p. 1 Self
... a specific type of indulgence: the urge for consumers to engage in impulsive spending. In their research, Vohs and Faber demonstrated that depleting consumers of their self-regulatory resources by attentional, mental, or emotional self-control tasks resulted in increases on several indexes of impuls ...
... a specific type of indulgence: the urge for consumers to engage in impulsive spending. In their research, Vohs and Faber demonstrated that depleting consumers of their self-regulatory resources by attentional, mental, or emotional self-control tasks resulted in increases on several indexes of impuls ...
Social Change - Society-Challenge-and
... • What does a successful behaviour modification program look like? (i.e. what kinds of reinforcements, how often, working in teams or alone?) ...
... • What does a successful behaviour modification program look like? (i.e. what kinds of reinforcements, how often, working in teams or alone?) ...
1 Social studies of domestic information and communication
... Personal welfare outcomes The third approach to social impact stretches beyond the activity itself to emphasize how changes in people’s behavior, as a result of using new ICTs, have consequences for their more general well-being. Researchers consider the impact on personal welfare in many spheres, i ...
... Personal welfare outcomes The third approach to social impact stretches beyond the activity itself to emphasize how changes in people’s behavior, as a result of using new ICTs, have consequences for their more general well-being. Researchers consider the impact on personal welfare in many spheres, i ...
UNIT 2: Social Psychology
... Or consider the political effects of attribution. How do you explain poverty or unemployment? Researchers in Britain, India, Australia, and the United States (Furnham, 1982; Pandey et al., 1982; Wagstaff, 1982; Zucker & Weiner, 1993) report that political conservatives tend to attribute such social ...
... Or consider the political effects of attribution. How do you explain poverty or unemployment? Researchers in Britain, India, Australia, and the United States (Furnham, 1982; Pandey et al., 1982; Wagstaff, 1982; Zucker & Weiner, 1993) report that political conservatives tend to attribute such social ...
Social Science and Social Policy. From National
... policy did not entirely disappear as a consequence. It more or less went underground. Some of those who were concerned with promoting the link between the two activities began to talk of engaging in “applied” social science, as opposed to merely theorizing about social relations or merely undertakin ...
... policy did not entirely disappear as a consequence. It more or less went underground. Some of those who were concerned with promoting the link between the two activities began to talk of engaging in “applied” social science, as opposed to merely theorizing about social relations or merely undertakin ...
Team Size, Dispersion, and Social Loafing in
... could use at their convenience. However, with globalization today, decisions are often so complex and diverse that they require the creativity, knowledge, and experience that only a team could possess. Second, the advent of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has allowed organizati ...
... could use at their convenience. However, with globalization today, decisions are often so complex and diverse that they require the creativity, knowledge, and experience that only a team could possess. Second, the advent of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has allowed organizati ...
SampleChapter_ch01
... An American psychologist at Indiana University, Norman Triplett, is generally credited with having conducted the first empirical social psychological study. In 1895 Triplett asked the following question: “How does a person’s performance of a task change when other people are present?” The question w ...
... An American psychologist at Indiana University, Norman Triplett, is generally credited with having conducted the first empirical social psychological study. In 1895 Triplett asked the following question: “How does a person’s performance of a task change when other people are present?” The question w ...
Social Symbolism
... – various definitions of „sign” and „symbol”; – different ways of understanding the process of symbolization; – differing views on the relation between the signifying and the signified, or symbol and meaning; –various concepts of intersubjectivity of signs and symbols. Schutz’s suggestion to study s ...
... – various definitions of „sign” and „symbol”; – different ways of understanding the process of symbolization; – differing views on the relation between the signifying and the signified, or symbol and meaning; –various concepts of intersubjectivity of signs and symbols. Schutz’s suggestion to study s ...
Evolutionary Social Psychology
... socially contingent, and from a genetic perspective, actually selfish: It is much more likely when the animals are in the vicinity of close kin as opposed to unrelated squirrels. Another common example of kin altruism is known as "helping at the nest"—a phenomenon in which adult offspring help care ...
... socially contingent, and from a genetic perspective, actually selfish: It is much more likely when the animals are in the vicinity of close kin as opposed to unrelated squirrels. Another common example of kin altruism is known as "helping at the nest"—a phenomenon in which adult offspring help care ...
USING LEISURE TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL IN LATER LIFE
... The exploration of social capital and leisure is in its infancy, as is the consideration of the emerging boomer cohort and its potential for social capital generation. One purpose of this paper, admittedly limited, is to introduce a certain optimism for different forms of leisure experience for this ...
... The exploration of social capital and leisure is in its infancy, as is the consideration of the emerging boomer cohort and its potential for social capital generation. One purpose of this paper, admittedly limited, is to introduce a certain optimism for different forms of leisure experience for this ...
Rerum cognoscere causas: Part II
... difficult to relate system dynamics to any one paradigm with any certainty. The difficulties of establishing a social theoretic home for system dynamics were then exemplified by considering a second issue, crystallised by the question: Is system dynamics deterministic? It was shown that system dynam ...
... difficult to relate system dynamics to any one paradigm with any certainty. The difficulties of establishing a social theoretic home for system dynamics were then exemplified by considering a second issue, crystallised by the question: Is system dynamics deterministic? It was shown that system dynam ...
Social 30-2 - Diploma Writing Assignment Outlines
... (State the role of the individual/government) has its benefits and drawbacks. The benefits include _______________________________________ (and why they are benefits) whereas the drawbacks include _______________________________ (and why they are drawbacks). Furthermore, an individual or organizatio ...
... (State the role of the individual/government) has its benefits and drawbacks. The benefits include _______________________________________ (and why they are benefits) whereas the drawbacks include _______________________________ (and why they are drawbacks). Furthermore, an individual or organizatio ...
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... Do these experiments really help us understand real-world atrocities? ...
... Do these experiments really help us understand real-world atrocities? ...
Level I - Missouri State University
... Level III: Postconventional (Principled) Level 5. Social contract • (contractual legalistic) • Greatest good of greatest number ...
... Level III: Postconventional (Principled) Level 5. Social contract • (contractual legalistic) • Greatest good of greatest number ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... between the powerful and powerless, advantaged and disadvantaged is at base the affective origin of moral judgement (Nietzsche, 1994 [1887]). And firmly held authoritarian attitudes are “an expression of deep-lying trends in personality” (Adorno et al., 1950: 1). The prolonged public criticism of s ...
... between the powerful and powerless, advantaged and disadvantaged is at base the affective origin of moral judgement (Nietzsche, 1994 [1887]). And firmly held authoritarian attitudes are “an expression of deep-lying trends in personality” (Adorno et al., 1950: 1). The prolonged public criticism of s ...
Social Psychology
... responsible for its design and construction and the captain and crew of the ship assumed she was unsinkable and did not even bother to include enough lifeboats on board for all of the passengers. This is a classic example of an error that can occur in situations when the pressure to conform to the g ...
... responsible for its design and construction and the captain and crew of the ship assumed she was unsinkable and did not even bother to include enough lifeboats on board for all of the passengers. This is a classic example of an error that can occur in situations when the pressure to conform to the g ...
Visible materials, visualised theory and images of social research
... and immutably separated. That ideal still holds extraordinary sway, but a more sensible and realistic approach might be to examine specific areas of their interdependence while at the same time trying to tease these three dimensions of scientific practice apart. In just this regard, thinking through ...
... and immutably separated. That ideal still holds extraordinary sway, but a more sensible and realistic approach might be to examine specific areas of their interdependence while at the same time trying to tease these three dimensions of scientific practice apart. In just this regard, thinking through ...
Ruling out latent homophily in social networks
... highly correlated. This correlation is usually explained via two effects: homophily and influence. Influence, or contagion, supposes that actors change to become more similar to their neighbors in the network. Whereas, homophily posits that individuals form connections in the network precisely becau ...
... highly correlated. This correlation is usually explained via two effects: homophily and influence. Influence, or contagion, supposes that actors change to become more similar to their neighbors in the network. Whereas, homophily posits that individuals form connections in the network precisely becau ...
Lecture 5: a. finish learning and differential association b. social
... last time • Meaning and utility of theory – Evaluating empirical evidence ...
... last time • Meaning and utility of theory – Evaluating empirical evidence ...
Gender Discrepancies in Social Facilitation
... to the feedback and evaluations of others. For example, in a study examining self-evaluations and self-esteem in settings either of achievement or of failure, a questionnaire was administered to participants before and after receiving evaluative feedback from their supervisor. Results illustrated th ...
... to the feedback and evaluations of others. For example, in a study examining self-evaluations and self-esteem in settings either of achievement or of failure, a questionnaire was administered to participants before and after receiving evaluative feedback from their supervisor. Results illustrated th ...
Beyond the DSM-IV - e-Publications@Marquette
... the label. Public knowledge of a diagnosis can result in social alienation, ostracism, loss of employment, harm to family, and reduced social status. These consequences may be due to the fundamental negative bias associated with labeling. Wright (1991; Wright & Lopez, 2002) explained that if somethi ...
... the label. Public knowledge of a diagnosis can result in social alienation, ostracism, loss of employment, harm to family, and reduced social status. These consequences may be due to the fundamental negative bias associated with labeling. Wright (1991; Wright & Lopez, 2002) explained that if somethi ...
Psych 160 Social Psychology
... Social psychology is the scientific study of the way people think about, feel, and behave in social situations. It involves understanding how people influence, and are influenced by, the others around them. A primary goal of this course is to introduce you to the perspectives, research methods, and ...
... Social psychology is the scientific study of the way people think about, feel, and behave in social situations. It involves understanding how people influence, and are influenced by, the others around them. A primary goal of this course is to introduce you to the perspectives, research methods, and ...