Human Behavior and Cognition in Evolutionary Economics

This chapter provides a systemic perspective of human behavior, which reformulates the concept of effective behavior and cognition that derive from the classical vision of neuroscience and psychology based on the Cartesian reductionist functionalist paradigm. This systemic perspective, which is based on the theory of autopoiesis, proposes that the act of perceiving proprioception is decisive in the capacity of the human being to differentiate himself from an external space within which he is situated; a phenomenon that we will denominate “proprioceptive perception”. This complex phenomenon of dynamic character emerges from the relationship between the domains of the body and language in the individual’s relationship with their environment. Furthermore, from this systemic perspective, we will present the emotional states as cognitive states necessary for the conservation of the individual’s living identity and the close relationship they have with the sensorimotor patterns and proprioceptive perception. This chapter answers the question of how proprioceptive perception affects the human being’s experience of being different from others and from the environment in which they find themselves, having the possibility of being aware of themselves and of the world they perceive - in a present - within the environment in which they find themselves. And it explains how this phenomenon modulates its modes of emotion in congruence with what occurs in its present.

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On the value of the ‘subjective’ in studies of human behavior and cognition

Perspectives on Medical Education ◽

10.1007/s40037-015-0154-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 49-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mark Goldszmidt ◽

Saad Chahine ◽

Sayra Cristancho ◽

Chris Watling ◽

Lorelei Lingard

Keyword(s):

Human Behavior ◽

Behavior And Cognition

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Reconsidering the nature and effects of habits in urban transportation behavior

Journal of Institutional Economics ◽

10.1017/s1744137414000149 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 399-426 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

OLIVIER BRETTE ◽

THOMAS BUHLER ◽

NATHALIE LAZARIC ◽

KEVIN MARECHAL

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Decision Theory ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Positive Feedback ◽

Evolutionary Economics ◽

Urban Transportation ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Transportation Behavior

Abstract:This paper adds to the growing empirical evidence on the importance of habits in governing human behavior, and sheds new light on individual inertia in relation to transportation behavior. An enriched perspective rooted in Veblenian evolutionary economics (VEE) is used to construct a theoretical framework in order to analyze the processes at play in the formation and reinforcement of habits. The empirical study explores more specifically the synchronic processes strengthening the car-using habit. In addition to underlining the shortcomings of a ‘decision theory’ perspective to address urban transportation behaviors, we find that synchronic habits can have a significant effect on behavioral inertia. Our results suggest the existence of positive feedback between the development of synchronic habits, qualitative perceptions of driving times, and reinforcement of the car-using habit. The paper points out also that the diachronic dimension of habits would constitute another promising domain for further research on behavioral inertia in transportation.

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Why Cross-Cultural Psychology Is Incomplete Without Comparative and Developmental Perspectives

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022117738085 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (5) ◽

pp. 751-763 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Katja Liebal ◽

Daniel Benjamin Moritz Haun

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural Psychology ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Cultural Psychology ◽

Psychological Theory ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Variation ◽

Adult Behavior ◽

Multidisciplinary Perspective ◽

Behavior And Cognition

We argue that comparing adult behavior and cognition across cultures is insufficient to capture the multifaceted complexity of cultural variation. We champion a multidisciplinary perspective that draws on biological and psychological theory and methods. We provide examples for ways in which cross-cultural, developmental, and comparative studies might be combined to unravel the interplay between universal species-typical behaviors and behavioral variation across groups and, at the same time, to explain uniquely human cultural diversity by identifying the unique and universal patterns of human behavior and cognition in early childhood that create, structure, and maintain variation across groups. Such a perspective adds depth to explanations of cultural variation and universality and firmly roots accounts of human culture in a broader, biological framework. We believe that, therefore, the field of cross-cultural psychology may benefit from combining efforts with comparative and developmental psychologists.

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