John Benjamins Publishing Company
Ostracism
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Kipling D. Williams
Abstract
This chapter explores the powerful consequences of ostracism — being ignored and excluded — at the neurophysiological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral levels. Once ostracized, individuals first recoil in pain, then perceive and respond to their social environments differently, leading them to interpret and attend to particular information that may help them cope, or often, that may perpetuate their state of exclusion. We will discuss the nature and antecedents of adaptive and maladaptive reactions to ostracism. Finally, we will report several experiments aimed at explicating the links between ostracism and pro-social or anti-social behavior.
Abstract
This chapter explores the powerful consequences of ostracism — being ignored and excluded — at the neurophysiological, emotional, cognitive and behavioral levels. Once ostracized, individuals first recoil in pain, then perceive and respond to their social environments differently, leading them to interpret and attend to particular information that may help them cope, or often, that may perpetuate their state of exclusion. We will discuss the nature and antecedents of adaptive and maladaptive reactions to ostracism. Finally, we will report several experiments aimed at explicating the links between ostracism and pro-social or anti-social behavior.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
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Articles
- Of minds and mirrors 1
- How minds and selves are made 17
- Dynamics of social coordination 31
- Construing and constructing others 47
- The self and identity negotiation 61
- Social reality makes the social mind 75
- How to do things with logical expressions 91
- Attributions and peer harassment 105
- The shaping of individuals’ mental structures and dispositions by others 117
- Ostracism 131
- Self processes in interdependent relationships 147
- Constructing perspectives in the social making of minds 163
- The shaping of animals’ minds 179
- Chimpanzees are sensitive to some of the psychological states of others 197
- The understanding of own and others’ actions during infancy 211
- Experiencing contingency and agency 227
- The social construction of the cultural mind 241
- File Change Semantics for Preschoolers 259
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
-
Articles
- Of minds and mirrors 1
- How minds and selves are made 17
- Dynamics of social coordination 31
- Construing and constructing others 47
- The self and identity negotiation 61
- Social reality makes the social mind 75
- How to do things with logical expressions 91
- Attributions and peer harassment 105
- The shaping of individuals’ mental structures and dispositions by others 117
- Ostracism 131
- Self processes in interdependent relationships 147
- Constructing perspectives in the social making of minds 163
- The shaping of animals’ minds 179
- Chimpanzees are sensitive to some of the psychological states of others 197
- The understanding of own and others’ actions during infancy 211
- Experiencing contingency and agency 227
- The social construction of the cultural mind 241
- File Change Semantics for Preschoolers 259
