Evolutionary perspectives on the role of oxytocin in human social behavior, social cognition and psychopathology

2014 ◽  
Vol 1580 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cort A. Pedersen ◽  
Steven W.C. Chang ◽  
Christina L. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Human Social Behavior ◽  
Evolutionary Perspectives

The Social Context

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lasana T. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
The Social

The seventh chapter argues for the importance of the social context in continuing to influence whether social cognition is engaged or not, and describes a version of the delayed sudden death virus outbreak thought experiment without the death and virus components, set in modern society. This chapter then reviews classical social psychological studies that illustrate the power of the social context in shaping social cognition and resulting behaviour. It describes different types of social contexts, and explores the role of consistency motives in guiding human behaviour. Finally, it makes an appeal for a spectrum metaphor for social behavior, rather than alternative metaphors that categorise the phenomenon too narrowly.

The role of the Sociology of Health and Medicine in the current debate on interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences

2012 ◽  
pp. 131-154
Author(s):  
Roberto Vignera
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Behavioral Genetics ◽  
General Context ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Social Behavior ◽  
Sociology Of Health

Since the earliest phases of its institutionalization, the sociology of health and medicine has played an increasingly central role within the more general context of sociological thinking. Its prospects are further heightened in the context of the current debate on the interactions between the social sciences and fields of knowledge like cognitive science, behavioral genetics, neurosciences, which are becoming more and more closely engaged with the study of Human Social Behavior. This mediation role, however, finds it difficult to manifest itself due to the various theoretical and epistemological inclinations that sociology has relied on to solidify its own identity and stand apart from the formal criteria used in other scholarly contexts.

The Endocrinology of Social Relationships and Affiliation

2019 ◽  
pp. 257-280
Author(s):  
Christine Anderl ◽  
Shimon Saphire-Bernstein ◽  
Frances S. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Situational Influences ◽  
Human Social Behavior

Scientific understanding of the neuroendocrine foundations of human social behavior has grown substantially in recent decades. Methodological advances now allow for empirical research on neuroendocrine contributors to both stable differences between individuals (e.g., personality traits) and fluctuations within individuals (e.g., situational influences) in how social relationships are formed and maintained. This chapter will provide an overview of recent research documenting the role of (1) oxytocin and vasopressin; (2) estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone; and (3) cortisol on romantic, parental, and friendship relationships in humans.

scholarly journals A Novel Role of CD38 and Oxytocin as Tandem Molecular Moderators of Human Social Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 251-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serenella Tolomeo ◽  
Benjamin Chiao ◽  
Zhen Lei ◽  
Soo Hong Chew ◽  
Richard P. Ebstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Human Social Behavior

Refining our understanding of the “elephant in the room”

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Whiten
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Technological Culture

Abstract The authors do the field of cultural evolution a service by exploring the role of non-social cognition in human cumulative technological culture, truly neglected in comparison with socio-cognitive abilities frequently assumed to be the primary drivers. Some specifics of their delineation of the critical factors are problematic, however. I highlight recent chimpanzee–human comparative findings that should help refine such analyses.

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