Grooming Gossip And The Evolution Of Language

By K. Fiedler. 2016

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Proposing the Communicate Bond Belong Theory: Evolutionary Intersections With Episodic Interpersonal Communication (2017, background): “Due to a high degree of tribal interdependence and the increased likelihood of death following social isolation during the EEA, the investment of resources in others may have been essential for survival (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Brown & Brown, 2006).”
The evolutionary psychology of leadership (2014, background): “Yet, humans have taken a somewhat different evolutionary trajectory from other primates by going out to live on the savannah in which the best strategy to survive was to cooperate with each other in large groups (Dunbar, 2004; King et al., 2009).”
Sharing with Friends versus Strangers: How Interpersonal Closeness Influences Word-of-Mouth Valence (2016, background): “Indeed, negative information helps people preserve social bonds (Dunbar 1996) by warning others about potential cons of products and services, thus protecting them from negative experiences (Hennig-Thurau et al. 2004).”
Evolution of the social contract (2014, background): “Dunbar [1998] argues that language initially evolved as a means of social bonding.”
The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online (2019, background): “Gossip is informal information exchange about social events, including the behavior and character of individuals who may not be present (Dunbar & Dunbar, 1998).”
Word of mouth and interpersonal communication: A review and directions for future research (2014, background): “Related research (Dunbar, 1998; Dunbar et al., 1997) suggests that interpersonal communication allows people to acquire relevant information about others' behavior.”
A Meta-Analysis of Social Networking Online and Social Capital (2016, unknown): “Dunbar (1993, 1996) noted that primates maintain relationships (in our terms, build social capital) by grooming each other, which is a time-consuming exercise and is limited to one-to-one interactions. (Grooming is the polite term for the practice of running one’s fingers over another’s body so as t”
How many hours does it take to make a friend? (2019, background): “Dunbar (1996, 2010) proffers five categories in order of decreasing closeness: support clique, sympathy group, friendship group, clansmen, and acquaintances.”
Understanding Privacy Online: Development of a Social Contract Approach to Privacy (2016, background): “Similarly, one of the two key assumptions in the construction of the macrosocial contract and the moral free space within a community by Donaldson and Dunfee (1999) is the need for a moral fabric supportive of (1) efficiency and (2) preexisting core values of the community.”