The Sociobiological Perspective: Biological Versus Cultural Influences on Human Behavior

The Role of Emotions in Socialization Processes Across Cultures

The Handbook of Culture and Psychology ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190679743.003.0008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 209-232

Author(s):

Heidi Keller

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Learning Environment ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Emotion Socialization ◽

Cultural Influences ◽

Cultural Environment ◽

Psychological Phenomena ◽

Socialization Processes ◽

Middle Class Families

This chapter is based on an inextricable interrelationship between biology and culture that implies that there are universal and specific dimensions of psychological phenomena, including emotions. It is assumed that biological predispositions interact with environmental/cultural influences to shape human behavior and representational systems. After discussing the conceptions of emotions, culture, and cultural environment that underlie the discussion in this chapter, emotion socialization in different environments is presented. First, the Western middle-class child’s learning environment is portrayed before alternative developmental pathways are presented, in particular the rural farming context and some examples from non-Western urban middle-class families. Emotions are especially discussed with respect to their prevalence and centrality in socialization processes and cultural conventions of emotion expression. The author concludes that the evaluation of behaviors and behavioral representations developed in one culture with the standards of another culture is unscientific and unethical.

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Disentangling Genetic and Cultural Influences on Human Behavior: Problems and Prospects

Comparing Behavior ◽

10.4324/9781315802688-17 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 241-264

Keyword(s):

Behavior Problems ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Cultural Influences

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W stronę naturalizacji przemocy w polityce

Teoria Polityki ◽

10.4467/25440845tp.21.006.13786 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 71-84

Author(s):

Kornel Bielawski

Keyword(s):

Human Behavior ◽

Power Distribution ◽

Cultural Influences ◽

Natural World ◽

Value Systems ◽

Political Processes

Przemoc jest zjawiskiem inherentnie wpisanym w procesy polityczne. Choć w powszechnie stosowanych dyskursach i systemach wartości ma ona wydźwięk pejoratywny, nie sposób odmówić jej doniosłych funkcji społeczno-politycznych. Pełni ona bowiem rolę porządkującą i hierarchiotwórczą w procesach dystrybucji władzy. Niniejszy artykuł stanowi próbę wypunktowania szeregu aspektów wskazujących na naturalistyczne źródła przemocy: począwszy od filozoficznych refleksji klasyków, poprzez wnioski z obserwacji świata natury, skończywszy na aspektach biopsychologii. Jest to próba wskazania na fundamenty agresywnych zachowań ludzkich, odartych z wpływów kulturowych i tego, co uznać można za nienaturalne. Towards the Naturalization of Violence in Politics Violence is an inherent phenomenon in political processes. Although in commonly used discourses and value systems it is perceived negatively, one cannot deny that it has important social and political functions. In terms of power distribution, violence plays an ordering and hierarchical role. This paper’s objective is to indicate a number of aspects pointing to the naturalistic sources of violence: from the philosophical reflections of the classic thinkers, through the conclusions from the observation of the natural world, to biopsychology. The paper attempts to recognize the foundations of aggressive human behavior, stripped of cultural influences and what can be considered unnatural.

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