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The HoneyComb Paradigm for Research on Collective Human Behavior
Published on: January 19, 2019
Abstract:
Variation in views of the social environment held jointly by members of family units was examined from a theoretical perspective that specifies distinct kinds of variation among families in their beliefs about the fundamental nature of the social world. Associations compatible with theory were found between direct measures of family interaction and families' schemata of social relationships as assessed by using a felt figure technique. Additional evidence indicated that variation among families in the schemata displayed resulted from similar contributions by all individuals in a family studied. Findings support the existence of family social schemata--a family group's set of views about the organization of relationships in the social world--and indicate several dimensions by which these schemata vary from family to family.
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