Biosociology and Neurosociology:
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Main Author: Kalkhoff, Will (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bradford Emerald Group Pub. 2012
Series:Advances in group processes
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Front cover; biosociology and neurosociology; copyright page; contents; list of contributors; preface; the biology and neurology of group processes; bringing biology into mainstream sociology: the importance of evolutionary sociology; group processes; conclusions; references; sacrifice, gratitude, and obligation: serial reciprocity in early christianity; epidemics and caregiving in early christianity; basic forms of reciprocity and exchange; human emotions and the evolution of reciprocity; serial reciprocity in early christianity; a cautionary note and a suggestion for research
Discussion and conclusionnotes; acknowledgments; references; critique and refinement of the neurosociology of mirror neurons; early and recent findings; cortical regions for mirror neurons; theoretical implications of mirror neuron research; two contrasting positions; current research on mirror neurons and language; conclusions; acknowledgment; notes; references; biosocial interaction rituals of autism spectrum disorders: a research agenda for neurosociology; autism spectrum disorder(s); toward a sociology of autism; putting it all together: biosocial interaction rituals and autism
Conclusionreferences; differential susceptibility to context: a promising model of the interplay of genes and the social environment; the equal environment assumption: pulling back the curtain on behavioral genetics; the paradigmatic shift from genetic determinism to epigenetics; a brief introduction to molecular genetics and useful terminology; evidence that genes interact with the environment to influence behavioral outcomes; models of g × e; theoretical implication for social psychology; conclusion; notes; acknowledgments; references
Morally bonded and bounded: a sociological introduction to neurologyintroduction; what does neurology offer sociology?; morality; synthesis and an empirical illustration; concluding remarks; references; self-enhancement versus self-verification: physiological and self-report responses to status dissonance; status and affective responses; cortisol responses to social situations; method; analysis and results; discussion; acknowledgments; references; toward an unobtrusive measure of emotion during interaction: thermal imaging techniques; background
Some core affective concepts in the sociology of emotionmeasuring impressions, emotion, and deflection; preliminary investigations; primary investigation; results; conclusions; notes; acknowledgment; references
This special volume features contributions aligned with the interdisciplinary explosion of research on the biological and neurological foundations of social behavior and organization
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (281 pages)
ISBN:9781781902578
1781902577

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