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Melina Gastelum-Vargas1, Anthony Chemero2,3, Vicente Raja4,5
1Department of Philosophy and Literature, Universidad Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 , Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Summary
This study examines behavior settings, exploring how they enable reasoning and generate diverse norms across different sociocultural systems. It analyzes how constraints shape these settings and the complex interactions within them.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Behavior settings are environments that shape human actions and social norms.
- Understanding the interplay between settings, constraints, and reasoning is crucial for social sciences.
- Existing theories need expansion to encompass 21st-century contexts like digital platforms and social movements.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore behavior settings that facilitate human reasoning.
- To investigate the diverse constraints that define and enable these settings.
- To analyze how sociocultural systems and geographies influence reasoning trajectories within similar settings.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of diverse reasoning environments (e.g., Twitter, social movements, traditional knowledge, laboratories).
- Examination of interaction complexity and enabling constraints within behavior settings.
- Application of behavior settings theory to contemporary phenomena.
Main Results:
- Behavior settings generate norms of action that vary significantly across geographies and sociocultural systems.
- Diverse reasoning trajectories exist even within seemingly similar behavior settings.
- The complexity of interactions and enabling constraints are key factors in studying behavior settings.
Conclusions:
- Behavior settings are dynamic and context-dependent, influencing reasoning and norm generation.
- The study highlights the need for an expanded behavior settings theory for the 21st century.
- Understanding these settings is vital for comprehending human behavior in diverse social and digital environments.
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