scholarly journals Pain perception during social interactions is modulated by self-related and moral contextual cues

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Nicolardi ◽  
Maria Serena Panasiti ◽  
Mariagrazia D’Ippolito ◽  
Gian Luigi Pecimo ◽  
Salvatore Maria Aglioti
Keyword(s):  
Pain Perception ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Fairness Perception ◽  
The Social ◽  
Lower Pain ◽  
Moral Valence

AbstractDespite the growing interest on the effect of the social context on pain, whether and how different facets of interpersonal interactions modulate pain are still unclear. We tested whether personal (i.e., convenient for the self), moral (i.e., equitability of the transaction) or social (i.e., positive vs. negative feedback from others) valence of an interpersonal interaction differentially affects pain and the perceived fairness. Thirty-two healthy participants played the role of Receivers in a Dictator Game, where a player, the Dictator, determined how to divide a payoff between her/himself and the other player, the Receiver. We manipulated the payoff (pain vs. money), the personal valence (favorable vs. unfavorable offer to participants), the moral valence of the offer (from very iniquitous to equitable), and social valence of the Dictator (social acceptance vs. rejection). Moral and personal valence differentially modulated pain. Lower pain was elicited by iniquity, but also by favorable offers. Moreover, unfavorable offers in the economic game were rated as more unfair, whereas only very iniquitous offers elicited such ratings in the pain game, suggesting that participants valued when Dictators endured extra pain for their benefit. Together, we show that the valence of a social interaction at different levels can independently modulate pain and fairness perception.

scholarly journals New possibilities of identifying social capital for its use in sustainable rural development

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lošťák
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

In relation to sustainable rural development, the paper starts with the question of its conditions. One of them is social acceptance of various projects or programmes. This issue is joined with the co-ordination of human activities. The mechanism facilitating the co-ordination in contemporary societies is related to social capital. Its concept is outlined through the references to the basic literature about the topic. Using content analysis, based on the quantification of the categories created through the analysis of the literature about the topic, the social capital in selected municipalities is investigated. The main aim of the paper, however, is to show the role of this method in social capital fast identification. Although the approach necessitates further elaboration, it can be considered as the first important step in the practice of development activities. The background of the paper reflects the challenges of the World Bank concerning the elaboration and development of the new methods of measuring social capital.

scholarly journals Gender Identity and the Issues of Acceptance in Pakistani Community

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Ali
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
Third Gender ◽  
Identity Paper ◽  
Work Done

Research paper defines the problems, issues and challenges faced by the third gender. Paper also examines the role of social structure towards them and hypothetical constraints builds by the society. Acceptance for third identity is not permitted by social and religious structure, in paper scholar review the literature, different programs which were already done, research theses, books and work done by scholars in the shapes of Articles. For the collection of data Purposive sampling method adopted. Paper focuses on the social acceptance and religious perspective for the construction of third identity. Paper mentions the life of third gender and its limited constraints. It was found that they lead a very difficult life in which family and community support is truly missing.

Sharing Money With Humans Versus Computers: On the Role of Honesty-Humility and (Non-)Social Preferences

2021 ◽  
pp. 194855062110556
Author(s):  
Yngwie Asbjørn Nielsen ◽  
Isabel Thielmann ◽  
Ingo Zettler ◽  
Stefan Pfattheicher
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Public Goods Game ◽  
Economic Games ◽  
Social Game ◽  
The Social ◽  
As If

Does giving behavior in economic games reflect true prosocial preferences or is it due to confusion? Research showing that trait Honesty-Humility accounts for giving behavior suggests the former, whereas research showing that participants give money to a computer might suggest the latter. In three preregistered, well-powered studies, we examined the relation of Honesty-Humility with behavior in the Dictator Game (Study 1, N = 468) and Public Goods Game (Studies 2 and 3, each N = 313), while participants interacted either with humans (“social game”) or with a computer (“non-social game”). We found that (a) decisions in the non-social game predicted decisions in the social game, supporting the confusion hypothesis; (b) the effect of Honesty-Humility differed within and between games; and (b) participants who gave money to the computer reported acting as if they were playing with humans. Overall, the studies suggest that both prosocial preferences and confusion underlie giving behavior.

scholarly journals Contextualizing dirty work: The neglected role of cultural, historical, and demographic context

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake E Ashforth ◽  
Glen E Kreiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Dirty Work ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Context Shapes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Demographic Context

AbstractAlthough perceptions of physically, socially, and morally stigmatized occupations – ‘dirty work’ – are socially constructed, very little attention has been paid to how the context shapes those constructions. We explore the impact of historical trends (when), macro and micro cultures (where), and demographic characteristics (who) on the social construction of dirty work.Historically, the rise of hygiene, along with economic and technological development, resulted in greater societal distancing from dirty work, while the rise of liberalism has resulted in greater social acceptance of some morally stigmatized occupations.Culturally, masculinity tends to be preferred over femininity as an ideological discourse for dirty work, unless the occupation is female-dominated; members of collectivist cultures are generally better able than members of individualist cultures to combat the collective-level threat that stigma inherently represents; and members of high power-distance cultures tend to view dirty work more negatively than members of low power-distance cultures.Demographically, marginalized work tends to devolve to marginalized socioeconomic, gender, and racioethnic categories, creating a pernicious and entrapping recursive loop between ‘dirty work’ and being labeled as ‘dirty people.’

scholarly journals Electrophysiological markers of fairness and selfishness revealed by a combination of Dictator and Ultimatum Games

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali M. Miraghaie ◽  
Hamidreza Pouretemad ◽  
Alessandro E. P. Villa ◽  
Mohammad A. Mazaheri ◽  
Reza Khosrowabadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ultimatum Game ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Selfish Behavior ◽  
Late Positive Component ◽  
Moral Decisions ◽  
Frontal Negativity ◽  
Related Potentials

In the framework of neuroeconomics, Event Related Potentials (ERPs) were recorded during a combination of a Dictator Game (DG), in which the participants always played the role of Allocators, and an Ultimatum Game (UG), in which the participants always played the role of Responders. Behavioral analysis showed that the majority of participants were characterized by very low levels of altruistic decision making, which included two homogenous groups of individuals, one expressing fairness (GrpF, about 26%) and one selfish behavior (GrpS, about 20%). In the analysis of both games, an early negativity (N1) in the fronto-central cortical sites distinguished the GrpF and GrpS participants. The subsequent P2 wave component appeared more associated with the characteristics of the stimulus than with its behavioral value. During UG, we observed that a medial frontal negativity (MFN) occurred earlier and with greater amplitude in GrpS than in GrpF, which depended to a large extent to a spiteful punishment when the Responder refused offers less favorable for himself. The late positive component (LPC) of ERP recorded in posterior-parietal cortical sites was evoked earlier and with greater amplitude during UG than in DG and, in both games, LPC was evoked earlier and with greater amplitude in GrpS than in GrpF. Our results bring new evidence to the existence of different circuits activated by the evaluation of fair and unfair proposals in participants characterized by different expressions of perceived fairness, thus suggesting that particular brain dynamics could be associated with moral decisions.

scholarly journals Educational Disparities in COVID-19 Prevention in China: The Role of Contextual Danger, Perceived Risk, and Interventional Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3383
Author(s):  
Miao Li ◽  
Weidong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
College Education ◽  
Social Disparities ◽  
Contextual Cues ◽  
Educational Disparities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Random Digit Dial ◽  
Context Cues ◽  
Effective Public Health

Despite the social disparities in COVID-19 infection, little is known about factors influencing social disparities in preventive behaviors during the pandemic. This study examined how educational disparities in mask-wearing, handwashing, and limiting public outings might be contingent upon three factors: contextual cue of danger, perceived risk of local outbreak, and interventional context with different levels of intensity (i.e, Wuhan vs. other areas). Data were obtained from a telephone survey of 3327 adults, who were recruited through a random-digit-dial method to be representative of all cell phone users in China. Interviews were conducted from 28 April to 26 May 2020. Stratified multiple regression models showed that educational disparities in all three behaviors were only consistently observed among people exposed to context cues of danger, with an enhanced sense of risk of a local outbreak, or in areas other than Wuhan. College education seems to make a difference in handwashing regardless of contextual cues of danger or perception of risk. The findings suggested that, in the process of an epidemic, emerging threats in one’s immediate environment or raised awareness of risks are important conditions triggering educational disparities in prevention. However, effective public health interventions could potentially reduce such disparities.

Emotional and Cognitive Consequences of Social Rejection: An Entry Door to Major Depression

2019 ◽  
pp. 211-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Fossati ◽  
Sophie Hinfray ◽  
Anna Fall ◽  
Cédric Lemogne ◽  
Jean-Yves Rotge
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Social Rejection ◽  
Anterior Cingulate ◽  
Social Signals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interpersonal Difficulties ◽  
Homeostatic System

Interpersonal factors are strong predictors of the onset and course of major depression. However, the biological and neural bases of interpersonal difficulties in major depression are unknown. In this chapter we describe a general homeostatic system that monitors the social acceptance of individuals. We show that this system is activated in response to actual or putative threats to social acceptance and signals of social rejection. Our model describes a cascade of cognitive, emotional, and behavioural consequences of social exclusion. The model emphasizes the role of specific regions—the subgenual anterior cingulate, the insula, and the default mode network—in the detection and regulation of social signals. Hence we propose that major depressive disorder is tightly linked to the processing of social exclusion and may represent a specific impairment in the homeostatic system that monitors social acceptance.

scholarly journals Causal role of the right temporoparietal junction in selfishness depends on the social context

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin M. Brethel-Haurwitz ◽  
Desmond Oathes ◽  
Joe Kable
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Temporoparietal Junction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
Right Temporoparietal Junction ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Decision Making

The right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) is a hub of the mentalizing network, but its causal role in social decision-making remains an area of active investigation. While the rTPJ is critical in strategic interactions, it is unclear if it is necessary for general other-regard as indexed by generosity and inequity, or if its influence depends on social context, particularly the salience and identifiability of interaction partners. We examined the effects of inhibitory rTPJ transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on Dictator Game behavior with an abstract minimally identified partner versus a salient physically present partner (n = 27). While rTPJ TMS did not affect overall other-regard, there was an interaction with social condition. Participants kept a greater share of resources when interacting with an abstract relative to salient partner under control conditions, but this differentiation was eliminated with rTPJ TMS. Thus, the causal role of the rTPJ in selfishness depends on social context.

DISNEY PRINCESS SEQUELS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF SECOND WAVE FEMINISM IN AMERICA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Astrinda N. Iswalono ◽  
Listiyanti Jaya Arum
Keyword(s):  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Public Access ◽  
The Social ◽  
Second Wave Feminism ◽  
The Media ◽  
American Society ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Second Period ◽  
Important Progress

Disney Animation Production, one of the media manifesting American sociology phenomena, discovered a breakthrough by depicting Princess movies. Starting with the appearance of Snow White (1937), followed by Cinderella (1950) and other sequels of Princess movies, Disney reflected one important progress of American history. The development of the sequels was estimated to be under the appeal of the Second Wave Feminism movement. Hypothesizing the change was within American society, a gender study by Nancy Hewitt would direct the observation of the study. The First Period Princesses (1937-1959) reflected the idea of the American Golden Age, also where the recognition of the role of women in wider society began. Meanwhile, the Second Period (1989-2009) claimed the social acceptance of public access by glorifying unique characters from women. The Princesses in the Third Period (2009-2014) were able to attest their own power in order to broaden the horizon of gender equality and equity. 

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