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What makes human social behavior look so special? Integrating psychology with the social sciences

Guerin, Bernard

Facultad de Psicología, UNAM, publicado en Revista Mexicana de Análisis de la Conducta y cosechado de y cosechado de Revistas UNAM

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Guerin, Bernard (2001). What makes human social behavior look so special? Integrating psychology with the social sciences. Revista Mexicana de Análisis de la Conducta; Vol. 27 Núm. 2, 2001. Recuperado de https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/4111466

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Autor(es)
Guerin, Bernard
Tipo
Artículo de Investigación
Área del conocimiento
Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud
Título
What makes human social behavior look so special? Integrating psychology with the social sciences
Fecha
2011-01-26
Resumen
Psychology has never integrated well with the other social sciences, despite covering much of the same material. In attempting to integrate these materials, have found several problems and complexities with both psychological and behavioral analyses, and have suggested ways to overcome these problems. I first state nine complexities of analyzing social behavior, and why these problems exist. I then analyze two cases in more detail—the role of generalized social exchange in everyday social behavior and the problems with theories of catharsis and uncertainty reduction. In both these cases it is shown how more detailed analyses can be made by utilizing social anthropology and sociology, which also allows for a better integration of psychology with the social sciences. The more general conclusions point to psychology making longer and more detailed analyses of social behavior, and replacing theories with contextual descriptions. The other social sciences have been doing both these for some time and we can learn from them.
Tema
Social Psychology; Social Behavior; Uncertainty Reduction; Social Science; Generalized Exchange; Rituals; Religion; Social Analysis; Social Representations; Cognitive Dissonance; Prototypes; Social Constructionism; Psicología Social; Conducta Social; Reducción De La Incertidumbre; Ciencia Social; Intercambio Generalizado; Rituales; Religión; Social Análisis; Social Representaciones; Disonancia Cognitiva; Prototipos; Construccionismo Social
Idioma
eng
ISSN
ISSN: 0185-4534; ISSN electrónico: 2007-0802

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