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| | Social psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Social psychology involves the empirical study of social behavior and psychological processes associated with social cognition, social behavior, and groups. | | | One theory is the Social identity theory of intergroup behavior. | | | As the mind is the axis around which social behavior pivots, social psychologists tend to study the relationship between mind(s) and social behaviors. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychology
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| | Social behavior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | While many social behaviors are communication (provoke a response, or change in behavior, without acting directly on the receiver) communication between members of different species is not social behavior. | | | In sociology, "behavior" itself means an animal-like activity devoid of social meaning or social context, in contrast to "social behavior" which has both. | | | In an sociological hierarchy, social behavior is followed by social action, which is directed at other people and is designed to induce a response. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_behavior
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| | Collective Behavior and Social Movements |
| | Such behavior is invariably characterized by the intermingling of structure and process. | | | In contrast collective behavior is not restricted to a given type of behavior or social process. | | | Collective behavior which involves intensely hostile feelings and/or crisis conditions may not be conducive to the calm and objective probing of the researcher. |
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http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/cbchap1.html
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| | Social Cognitive Theory Overview |
| | Therefore, response consequences of a behavior are used to form expectations of behavioral outcomes. | | | Whereas strict behaviorism supports a direct and unidirectional pathway between stimulus and response, representing human behavior as a simple reaction to external stimuli, the SLT asserts that there is a mediator (human cognition) between stimulus and response, placing individual control over behavioral responses to stimuli. | | | A person's behavior will determine the aspects of their environment to which they are exposed, and behavior is, in turn, modified by that environment. |
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http://www.med.usf.edu/~kmbrown/Social_Cognitive_Theory_Overview.htm
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| | SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND INTERACTION |
| | Social interactions are the acts, actions, or practices of two or more people mutually oriented towards each other's selves, that is, any behavior that tries to affect or take account of each other's subjective experiences or intentions. | | | Social interaction is not defined by type of physical relation or behavior, or by physical distance. | | | Such behavior apprehends another as a perceiving, thinking, Moral, intentional, and behaving person; considers the intentional or rational meaning of the other's field of expression; involves expectations about the other's acts and actions; and manifests an intention to invoke in another self certain experiences and intentions. |
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http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/TCH.CHAP9.HTM
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| | SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, EXPECTATIONS |
| | Certainly, the behavior space previously described has not been sufficiently discriminated to detail social behavior, since i's behavioral dispositions and expectations have no object--there is no differentiation between i's behavioral dispositions toward j or k, or any other person. | | | Thus, such nondyadic social behavior is not ignored here, but simply considered as a different species of the genus behavior and implicit in what has been said. | | | But underlying unique behavior are commonalities, such as for role behavior, or aggressive, cooperative, friendly, or deferential behavior. |
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http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DPF.CHAP18.HTM
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| | Killer Whales: Behavior |
| | The reason for this behavior is not entirely clear, but it may help the whales remove external parasites, or they may do it for the tactile stimulation. | | | Most sounds produced as part of social behavior range in frequency from 0.5 kHz to about 16 kHz, with most of the energy at 3 to 4 kHz. | | | In the Pacific Northwest, researchers categorize groups of killer whales into transient-type whales and resident-type whales, based on physical and behavioral characteristics. |
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http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/KillerWhale/behaviorkw.html
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| | Jay W. Forrester: Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems |
| | A second characteristic of social systems is that all of them seem to have a few sensitive influence points through which the behavior of the system can be changed. | | | First, social systems are inherently insensitive to most policy changes that people select in an effort to alter the behavior of the system. | | | Usually, the more attractive kinds of behavior in our social systems seem to be possible only if we have a good understanding of the system dynamics and are willing to endure the self-discipline and pressures that must accompany the desirable mode. |
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http://www.constitution.org/ps/cbss.htm
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| | Social Behavior and Intelligence |
| | 14.016 Bulger, A. The evolution of altruistic behavior in social carnivores. | | | WR 139:46 ZR 107(19):51 14.029 Fox, M. Ontogeny of pre-killing behavior in canidae. | | | PA 71:3221 ZR 120(19):5058 14.070 MacDonald, K. Two experiments on behavioral development in wolves: I. Induction of normal prepubertal behavior in isolate reared wolves. |
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http://www.albany.edu/~knee/social.html
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| | Health and Social Behavior |
| | The aims of this course are: to review the major theories of social stratification - from economic, political, and sociologic perspectives; to examine the epidemiologic evidence on social class, gender, and racial disparities in health and illness; and to develop an inter-disciplinary approach to analyze the problem of inequality. | | | Introduces methodology to explore fundamental social and behavioral science concepts and theories useful in understanding social influences on health status. | | | This course focuses on selected social and behavior change theories and the translation of those theories into specific health education applications. |
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/registrar/courses/hsb.shtml
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| | Behavior and Social Issues |
| | Behavior and Social Issues is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal which serves as a primary scholarly outlet for articles that advance the analysis of human social behavior, particularly with regard to understanding and influencing important social problems. | | | The primary intellectual framework for Behavior and Social Issues is the natural science of behavior, including behavior analysis and cultural analysis, but contributions from contrasting viewpoints are also valued. | | | The journal serves as a nexus for the development of an intellectual community interested in these areas, which receive only modest attention in most behavioral outlets despite their potential importance for society. |
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http://www.bfsr.org/BSI.html
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| | Merck Vet. Edition - Social Behavior |
| | This behavior does not represent a desire to be filthy or unclean. | | | Rooting is a normal foraging behavior in pigs. | | | Pigs exhibit selective "dunging" behavior, ie, they choose a location to deposit their feces and faithfully return to it. |
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http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/140205.htm
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| | Merck Vet. Edition - Social Behavior |
| | The most common feline behavioral problems are, accordingly, associated with elimination, and anxiety may play a role in their development. | | | This is probably related more to social behavior than to nutrition. | | | The second most common feline behavioral problems involve aggression. |
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http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/140218.htm
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| | Biological Basis of Social Behavior |
| | behaviors that have adaptive value are likely to be passed on genetically | | | Ethology (animal behavior) studies animal behavior under natural conditions | | | altruistic behavior will evolve if it promotes the survival of the individual's kin |
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http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~fenrir/bbsb.htm
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| | Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies Behavior and Social Issues Journal: ... |
| | The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose mission is to help people find effective solutions to behavior problems by disseminating and interpreting behavioral research for the benefit of those whose problems involve human behavior – parents, teachers, doctors, counselors, judges, engineers, and corporate executives. | | | This material, written by experts in behavioral science and reviewed by their peers (many of whom are Trustees and Advisors of the Center) is based on forty years of research, not on opinion or fad. | | | Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies Behavior and Social Issues Journal: A nonprofit organization applying behavioral science and behavioral technology to real-world behavior challenges |
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http://www.behavior.org/journals_BSI/BSI_index.cfm
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| | Attitudes and Social Behavior |
| | The term refers to an individual behavior that follows a collective (group, social, cultural) norm or behavior. | | | But there is no apparent explanation for their behavior (e.g., no ulterior motive, no outside incentive, etc.). | | | We try to explain the others' behavior, we try to understand how this disagreement is possible. |
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bfmalle/sp/L8.html
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| | A SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND INSTITIONAL PSYCHOLOGIES |
| | Institutions are perceptual, cognitive, emotive and behavioral systems--conventional domains of "you knows." As grammar allows one to make sense of a string of words, so institutions provide individuals with consensual ways for deriving meaning from their social interactions. | | | Being major agents of social change, perhaps the most-studied forms of collective behavior are social movements, such as the American civil rights, anti-war, feminist, and environmental crusades of recent decades. | | | One cannot study the behaviors of individuals without devoting some attention to the broader socio-cultural environments--their economic structures, stratification orders, technological systems of communication and transportation, family processes, demographics, and value systems-- structuring their social lives. |
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http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/socpsy-8.html
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| | Department of Psychology and Social Behavior - School of Social Ecology, UC Irvine |
| | Department of Psychology and Social Behavior - School of Social Ecology, UC Irvine | | | The faculty are united by an overarching interest in understanding the origins of human behavior as it develops across the life course and in diverse sociocultural contexts. | | | The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior (PSB) at UCI offers exciting and innovative programs of study at the undergraduate and graduate levels. |
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http://www.seweb.uci.edu/psb
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| | Center for the Study of Autism |
| | It is thought that this type of social behavior is common in the majority of autistic individuals. | | | Naltrexone is usually not prescribed to improve social interaction; however, research studies and parent reports have often indicated improved social skills when given Vitamin B6 and magnesium, and/or dimethylglycine (DMG)(see the Autism Research Institute's Web site). | | | A treatment strategy to improve social behavior is using 'social stories,' developed by Carol Gray. |
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http://www.autism.org/social.html
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| | Beyond Ms. Manners' Preferences: Improving Social Behavior Patterns |
| | Practice the desired behavior, ignoring other undesired behaviors, if possible and feasible | | | The most effective is training with input from the visually impaired student, given by the teacher and reinforced by peers. | | | Give positive commands for the behaviors you are seeking. |
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http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/manners.htm
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| | The Ants: Social Behavior |
| | Although this behavior is very simple, when it is combined with other behaviors and there are many robots interacting with each other, you can get some very interesting results. | | | This type of behavior would be useful for efficiently collecting large food sources on foraging trips. | | | Any robot within range of the third robot receives the "I see an Ant that sees an Ant with food" signal and... |
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http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/ants/social-behavior.html
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| | Fostering Sustainable Behavior |
| | This site was developed for the people who design these and other programs to foster sustainable behavior. | | | which illustrates how to use community-based social marketing to design and evaluate programs to foster sustainable behavior; searchable databases | | | Its purpose is simple: to provide information that can enhance the success of their efforts. |
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http://www.cbsm.com
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