Consensus and stratification in the affective meaning of human sociality

被引：33
作者：
Ambrasat, Jens [1 ,2 ]
von Scheve, Christian [1 ,2 ,4 ]
Conrad, Markus [2 ,3 ,5 ]
Schauenburg, Gesche [2 ,3 ]
Schroeder, Tobias [2 ,6 ]
机构：
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Dept Sociol, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[2] Free Univ Berlin, Cluster Excellence Languages Emot, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[3] Free Univ Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[4] German Inst Econ Res DIW, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
[5] Univ La Laguna, Dept Cognit Psychol, San Cristobal De La Lagu 8204, Santa Cruz De T, Spain
[6] Univ Appl Sci Potsdam, Inst Urban Futures, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 2014年 / 111卷 / 22期
关键词：
cultural concensus; affect control theory; large-scale survey; cluster analysis; mixed-effects models; CULTURE;
D O I：
10.1073/pnas.1313321111
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
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 intimacyrelated 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.
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页数：6
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