Título del libro: Studies Of Rhesus Monkeys And Their Behaviors
Título del capítulo: Approach-avoidance in social organization and its role in biomedical research
FLORENTE LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ;
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Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2018
Palabras clave:
Autopoiesis; Social organization; Structure; System
Resumen:
Through the evolution of primates, the latter have acquired more complex social relationships, along with much more refined and specialized cognitive skills, this through the modifications and adoptions that have been generated in the sensorial organization of this order. As is well-known, the structural and functional organization of living beings depends on communication systems that provide permanent information to all cells of the organism, thus regulating their activities from the molecular level to the expression of complex behaviors. This sensory organization is responsible for the perception that makes it possible for living organisms to relate and adapt to their habitat. The integrated formalization of social roles in the group is what is termed social organization. As a model, social organization is a representation of relationships within the group. Social organization as a system is defined under the forces of cohesion and dispersion that, in different perspectives and theoretical models ranging from the biological, sociological, and anthropological to the psychological, have acquired different meanings, including affiliation-rejection, approach-avoidance, love-hate, and life-death. In the midst of these patterns, the system seeks balance and with it its definition and delimitation of the environment, while defining the elements that comprise it and potentiate its individual benefit. The organization and dynamic of a group can be known through the study of the social relations that take place inside it. The social network is a scheme of representation of group cohesion from the representation of the relational framework of individuals, their quality, affinity, orientation, and consistency. From this arrangement can be described and mapped the participation between individuals and the points around which social exchange is centered. Various studies, both in humans and in other animal species, report that the greater the order and balance of the social organization, the better the individual conditions in terms of biological reproduction and social efficiency. Contrariwise, an unbalanced system entails functional difficulties and diseases. Social organization is a complex field of group life and, although different factors can be distinguished from its structure, only the consideration of functional unity can offer a true approximation of its nature. On the other hand, the independent, but not isolated, study of factors that make up such a structure, is always indispensable with the perspective of active and dynamic totality, which describes and contributes knowledge of the groups as organized and adapted units. Based on the above, the objective of this chapter is to present how individual interactions affect each other by defining, with their actions and their discourses, the social system, in the same manner as the social system itself, in its nature, affects and generates changes and adjustments in individuals, not only in their behavior, but also in their structure and functioning. Thus, consideration of the social dynamic and social organization is an important factor to consider in the biomedical field. Finally, some ways of conceptualizing, analyzing, calculating, and representing social organization will be exposed to be able to consider and relate it to biomedical findings. © 2018 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
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ISBN:
9781536140316
Editorial:
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Nombre de la publicación:
Approach-avoidance in social organization and its role in biomedical research
Página inicial:
115
Página final:
138
Tipo de producto:
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