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The socio-relational framework of expressive behaviors as an integrative psychological paradigm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Jacob Miguel Vigil
Jacob Miguel Vigil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Center for Applied Research in Child and Adolescent Development, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224-2673. j.vigil@unf.eduhttp://www.unf.edu/~j.vigil/
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Abstract

This response shows how the socio-relational framework of expressive behaviors may be used to understand and predict social psychological processes, beyond sex differences in the expression of emotion. I use this opportunity to elaborate on several key concepts on the epigenesis of evolved social behaviors that were not fully addressed in the target article. These are: evidence of a natural history of masculine and feminine specialization (sect. R1); phenotypic plasticity and range of reactivity of social behaviors (sect. R2); exploitive and protective functions of social behaviors (sect. R3); and the role of cognition in some affective responses (sect. R4). I conclude by highlighting (in sect. R5) future directions for psychological research from a socio-relational basis.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 408 - 428
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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