Consensus and stratification in the affective meaning of human sociality

  • We investigate intrasocietal consensus and variation in affective meanings of concepts related to authority and community, two elementary forms of human sociality. Survey participants (n = 2,849) from different socioeconomic status (SES) groups in German society provided ratings of 909 social concepts along three basic dimensions of affective meaning. Results show widespread consensus on these meanings within society and demonstrate that a meaningful structure of socially shared knowledge emerges from organizing concepts according to their affective similarity. The consensus finding is further qualified by evidence for subtle systematic variation along SES differences. In relation to affectively neutral words, high-status individuals evaluate intimacy-related and socially desirable concepts as less positive and powerful than middle- or low-status individuals, while perceiving antisocial concepts as relatively more threatening. This systematic variation across SES groups suggests that the affective meaning of sociality is to someWe investigate intrasocietal consensus and variation in affective meanings of concepts related to authority and community, two elementary forms of human sociality. Survey participants (n = 2,849) from different socioeconomic status (SES) groups in German society provided ratings of 909 social concepts along three basic dimensions of affective meaning. Results show widespread consensus on these meanings within society and demonstrate that a meaningful structure of socially shared knowledge emerges from organizing concepts according to their affective similarity. The consensus finding is further qualified by evidence for subtle systematic variation along SES differences. In relation to affectively neutral words, high-status individuals evaluate intimacy-related and socially desirable concepts as less positive and powerful than middle- or low-status individuals, while perceiving antisocial concepts as relatively more threatening. This systematic variation across SES groups suggests that the affective meaning of sociality is to some degree a function of social stratification.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Verfasserangaben:Jens AmbrasatORCiD, Christian von ScheveGND, Markus ConradORCiDGND, Gesche SchauenburgGND, Tobias SchröderORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1313321111
ISSN:0027-8424
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch):Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Verlag:NAS
Verlagsort:Washington, DC
Dokumentart:Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online):06.06.2017
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:2014
Datum der Freischaltung:14.06.2017
GND-Schlagwort:Sozialverhalten; Interaktion; Cluster-Analyse; Emotion; Meinung
Jahrgang:111
Ausgabe / Heft:22
Erste Seite:8001
Letzte Seite:8006
Fachbereiche und Zentrale Einrichtungen:Forschungs- und An-Institute / Inst. für angewandte Forschung Urbane Zukunft (IaF)
DDC-Klassifikation:300 Sozialwissenschaften
Lizenz (Deutsch):License LogoCC - Namensnennung-Keine kommerzielle Nutzung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen
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