Human Social Behavior

A Human Social Behavior is a human behavior that is a social behavior.

• AKA: Human Sociability, Human Social Interaction.
• Context:
  • It can (typically) facilitate Social Connection through interpersonal communication and mutual engagement.
  • It can (typically) maintain Cultural Practices through social learning and traditional transmission.
  • It can (typically) establish Social Structures through role formation and status differentiation.
  • It can (typically) be summarized by a Human Sociality Model.
  • It can (typically) enable Group Coordination through collaborative decision-making and synchronized action.
  • It can (typically) reinforce Social Identity through group affiliation and collective representation.
  • It can (typically) resolve Human Conflict through negotiation processes and reconciliation rituals.
  • It can (typically) transmit Human Knowledge through teaching behaviors and information sharing.
  • It can (typically) facilitate Resource Distribution through sharing norms and exchange systems.
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  • It can (often) adapt to Social Norms via behavioral modification and conformity pressure.
  • It can (often) reflect Cultural Values through symbolic interaction and ritual participation.
  • It can (often) transmit Social Knowledge via information exchange and narrative storytelling.
  • It can (often) wane from Childhood to Agedness.
  • It can (often) vary across Historical Periods through cultural evolution and technological change.
  • It can (often) differ between Geographic Regions due to environmental adaptation and cultural isolation.
  • It can (often) be mediated through Digital Technology via virtual communication and online community formation.
  • It can (often) demonstrate Power Dynamics through status expression and resource control.
  • It can (often) be influenced by Emotional States through mood contagion and affective synchrony.
  • It can (often) be modified by Economic Systems through incentive structures and resource constraints.
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  • It can range from being an Individual Level Human Social Behavior to being a Group Level Human Social Behavior, depending on its human social interaction scope.
  • It can range from being a Universal Human Social Behavior to being a Culture Specific Human Social Behavior, depending on its human social cultural context.
  • It can range from being a Simple Human Social Pattern to being a Complex Human Social Pattern, depending on its human social interaction complexity.
  • It can range from being a Human Small-Group Social Behavior to being a Human Large-Group Social Behavior, depending on its human social group size.
  • It can range from being a Cooperative Human Social Behavior to being a Competitive Human Social Behavior, depending on its human social interaction goal.
  • It can range from being a Formal Human Social Behavior to being an Informal Human Social Behavior, depending on its human social structure rigidity.
  • It can range from being a Traditional Human Social Behavior to being an Innovative Human Social Behavior, depending on its human social historical precedent.
  • It can range from being a Synchronous Human Social Behavior to being an Asynchronous Human Social Behavior, depending on its human social temporal coordination.
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• Example(s):
  • Human Location-based Social Behaviors (to engage in human social spaces), such as:
    • Human Public Social Behaviors (to navigate human social settings), such as:
      • Human Public Social Interaction like attending human cultural events and participating in human civic gatherings.
      • Human Social Entertainment like participating in human dance venues and attending human spectator events.
      • Human Urban Social Navigation like following human pedestrian flow patterns and maintaining human public space etiquette.
      • Human Retail Social Behavior like engaging in human customer-service interactions and practicing human consumer rituals.
    • Human Domestic Social Behaviors (to maintain human household relations), such as:
      • Human Family Social Interaction like sharing human meal times and celebrating human family traditions.
      • Human Home Socialization like hosting human friend gatherings and organizing human household activitys.
      • Human Familial Care Behavior like providing human child-rearing support and offering human elder assistance.
      • Human Domestic Conflict Resolution like mediating human household disagreements and establishing human home rules.
  • Human Interpersonal Social Behaviors (to maintain human relationships), such as:
    • Human Communication Social Patterns (to exchange human social meanings), such as:
      • Human Verbal Social Exchange like having human personal conversations and sharing human group discussions.
      • Human Nonverbal Social Signals like expressing human facial emotions and displaying human body language.
      • Human Digital Social Communication like exchanging human text messages and participating in human video calls.
      • Human Artistic Social Expression like sharing human creative works and appreciating human cultural artifacts.
    • Human Bonding Social Patterns (to sustain human social connections), such as:
      • Human Emotional Support like offering human personal comfort and practicing human active listening.
      • Human Conflict Resolution like mediating human interpersonal disputes and facilitating human forgiveness processes.
      • Human Gift-Giving Behavior like exchanging human symbolic presents and participating in human celebration rituals.
      • Human Intimacy Behavior like expressing human physical affection and sharing human personal disclosures.
  • Human Group Social Behaviors (to function in human collectives), such as:
    • Human Organization Social Patterns (to coordinate human group efforts), such as:
      • Human Team Collaboration like managing human workplace projects and participating in human decision-making processes.
      • Human Leadership Roles like directing human community initiatives and guiding human organizational vision.
      • Human Hierarchical Interaction like respecting human authority positions and navigating human organizational structures.
      • Human Group Problem Solving like contributing to human collaborative solutions and participating in human collective planning.
    • Human Cultural Social Patterns (to maintain human social traditions), such as:
      • Human Ritual Practice like celebrating human life milestones and observing human religious ceremonys.
      • Human Custom Observance like following human social etiquette and respecting human cultural taboos.
      • Human Traditional Celebration like participating in human holiday festivitys and preserving human cultural heritage.
      • Human Symbolic Performance like engaging in human ceremonial roles and enacting human cultural narratives.
  • Human Developmental Social Behaviors (to navigate human life stages), such as:
    • Human Childhood Social Learning (to acquire human social skills), such as:
      • Human Play Behavior like engaging in human imaginative games and practicing human social rules.
      • Human Educational Interaction like participating in human classroom dynamics and forming human peer relationships.
    • Human Adolescent Social Navigation (to establish human social identity), such as:
      • Human Peer Group Formation like developing human friendship networks and creating human social boundarys.
      • Human Identity Experimentation like adopting human social roles and testing human group affiliations.
    • Human Adult Social Integration (to maintain human social position), such as:
      • Human Professional Networking like building human career connections and establishing human occupational reputation.
      • Human Community Involvement like contributing to human local organizations and participating in human civic engagement.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Human Physical Response, which lacks human social component.
  • Human Biological Function, which occurs without human social interaction.
  • Human Automatic Behavior, which operates outside human social context.
  • Human Private Behavior, which avoids human social engagement.
  • Human Solitary Activity, which excludes human social elements.
  • Bee Sociality, which reflects insect social patterns rather than human social patterns.
  • Ant Sociality, which involves colony behavior rather than human group behavior.
  • Human Antisocial Behavior, which deliberately disrupts human social harmony rather than facilitating it.
  • Human Asocial Tendency, which involves human social withdrawal rather than human social participation.
  • Artificial Social Simulation, which mimics human social patterns without authentic human experience.
• See: Social Psychology, Cultural Behavior, Group Dynamic, Interpersonal Relation, Social Structure, Communication Pattern, Social Learning, Behavioral Science, Social Development, Human Interaction, Anthropology, Human Society, Swarm Theory, Cultural Evolution, Social Network Analysis, Social Cognition, Collective Behavior, Social Identity Theory, Social Capital, Digital Sociology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Exchange Theory, Evolutionary Psychology.

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References

2006

• Alan Page Fiske. (2006). “The Inherent Sociability of Homo sapiens." Online Essay
  • QUOTE: … The most striking characteristic of Homo sapiens is our sociality. Social relationships pervade every aspect of human life and these relationships are far more extensive, complex, and diverse (within and across societies) than those of any other species. And for survival and reproduction we are far more dependent on our social relationships and our cultures than any other animal. But what does it mean to say that we are social animals — and what is a social relationship?

    The characteristic feature of a social relationship is that two or more people coordinate with each other so that their action, affect, evaluation, or thought are complementary

2004

• (Henrich et al., 2004) ⇒ Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, and Herbert Gintis. (2004). “Foundations of Human Sociality: Economic experiments and ethnographic evidence from fifteen small-scale societies." Oxford University Press.

2000

• (Gintis, 2000) ⇒ Herbert Gintis. (2000). “Strong Reciprocity and Human Sociality.” In: Journal of Theoretical Biology, 206(2).
  • ABSTRACT: Human groups maintain a high level of sociality despite a low level of relatedness among group members. …

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