The 'Social Brain,' Reciprocity, and Social Network Segregation along Ethnic Boundaries
| Autor: | Michael Windzio |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050402 sociology Sociology and Political Science Adolescent Reciprocity Behavioural sciences Cognitive modes Stochastic actor-based models Rationality Article Social networks Self-Control Social Networking Cognition 0504 sociology Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Social cognition Reciprocity (social psychology) 050602 political science & public administration Ethnicity Humans Social brain Interpersonal Relations Child Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Emotional Intelligence Choice set Social network business.industry 05 social sciences Ethnic boundaries Brain 0506 political science Social exchange theory Anthropology Normative Female Psychology business Psychological Theory Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Human Nature (Hawthorne, N.y.) |
| ISSN: | 1936-4776 1045-6767 |
| Popis: | How does segregation along ethnic boundaries emerge in social networks? Human evolution resulted in highly social beings, capable of prosociality, mindreading, and self-control, which are important aspects of the “social brain.” Our neurophysiologically “wired” social cognition implies different cognitive goal frames. In line with recent developments in behavioral theory, the present study defines network ties as episodes of social exchange. This dynamic definition can account for shifts in goal frames during an exchange episode: whereas deliberate choice and hedonic or gain goals drive the initiation of a tie, given the opportunity structure, the normative goal frame activates a strong dynamic effect of reciprocity, which limits actors’ choice set and appears as “self-organization” at the network level. Longitudinal analyses of 18 birthday party networks comprising 501 students support the definition of network ties as exchange episodes, as well as the relevance of humans’ inherent tendency to reciprocate. However, reciprocation is much stronger in dyads of the same ethnicity than in dyads of different ethnicities. Network segregation along ethnic boundaries results from deliberate decisions during the initiation of an episode, but also from different commitments to reciprocity during the ongoing exchange process, depending on intra or interethnic dyadic constellations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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