SOCIAL

BEHAVIOR
PROF. MARIA KRISIA FAE R. DE ASIS
BEHAVIOR
Manner of conducting oneself in the external relations
of life; demeanor, deportment, bearing, manners.
Conduct, general practice, course of action towards
or to others, treatment of others
Handling, management, disposition of (anything),
bearing (of body)
The manner in which a thing acts under specified
conditions or circumstances, or in relation to other
things.
----The Oxford English Dictionary
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
is behavior among two or more organisms,
typically from the same species.

Social behavior is exhibited by a wide range of

organisms including social bacteria, slime moulds,
social insects, social shrimp, naked mole-rats, and
humans.
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Sociology is the scientific or academic study of social
behavior, including its origins, development,
organization, and institutions.

Research has shown that a variety of animals,

including humans, share similar types of social
behavior such as aggression and bonding. Even species
with less complex brains, such as ants, may have
behaviors serving similar general functions. Even
though humans and animals share some aspects of
social behavior, human social behavior is generally
more complex.
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Social psychology is the scientific study of how
people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are
influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied
presence of others.

In psychology, social behaviour is referred to

human behaviour. It covers behaviours ranging
from physical to emotional that we communicate
in and also the way we are influenced by ethics,
attitudes, genetics and culture etc.
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There are three constituents of social acts:
agents, vehicles, and meaning.

The agents are the actor and object of a social

act, the one behaving and the other who is the
object of that behavior.

The vehicle is that physical condition, aspect,

movement, or activity of the agents which has
meaning for them.
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For example, the physical motion of scratching
our head with our forefinger during a conversation
is a vehicle conveying perplexity to another.

The configuration of facial muscles and body

postures are vehicles conveying happiness,
sadness, surprise, and so on through the range of
human emotions.

And, of course, sound is a vehicle of language.

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In reference to behavior, there are the common or
public meanings which interpret and define
specific behaviors, such as sitting down, raising a
hand, turning one's head, blinking, and so on.
Then there is the complex of behaviors whose
meaning constitutes a field of expression, a whole
unified through the perception of intentions,
causes, or reasons.
This understanding of meaning provides a key to
differentiating behaviors.
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Social interactions are the acts, actions, or
practices of two or more people mutually
oriented towards each other's selves, that is, any
behavior that tries to affect or take account of
each other's subjective experiences or intentions.
This means that the parties to the social
interaction must be aware of each other--have
each other's self in mind.
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