Cultural and institutional foundations of the social behavior

2009 Fiscal Year Self-evaluation Report

• Project Area: Experimental Social Sciences: Toward Experimentally-based New Social Sciences for the 21st Century
• Project/Area Number: 19046005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Institution: Tamagawa University (2012); Hokkaido University (2007-2011)
• Principal Investigator: YAMAGISHI Toshio Hokkaido University, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (80158089)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2012
• Keywords: 文化 / 制度 / 均衡 / 認知 / 信念 / 適応 / 進化 / 集団

Research Abstract

本研究は、人間の適応行動が自己維持的な信念体系であると同時に誘因構造でもある「制度」を形成するとする、制度アプローチを心の文化差の説明に適応することを通して、文化への制度アプローチの視点から、人間の心と社会の相互構築関係の解明をめざす。具体的には、(1)認知・信念システムの文化差に関する研究、(2)集団行動の適応的基盤に関する研究、(3)社会行動の制度的基盤に関する研究、(4)制度の形成と維持に関するコンピュータ・シミュレーション研究を実施する。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Emotional expressivity as a signal of cooperation. (2010)
  • Author(s): J.Schug, D.Matsumoto, Y.Horita, T.Yamagishi, K. Bonnet
  • Journal Title: Evolution and Human Behavior 31 Pages: 87-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Theory of mind enhances preference for fairness. (2010)
  • Author(s): H.Takagishi, S.Kameshima, J.Schug, M.Koizumi, T. Yamagishi
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 105 Pages: 130-137
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Preference vs.strategies as explanations for culture-specific behavior. (2008)
  • Author(s): T.Yamagishi, 他2名
  • Journal Title: Psychlogical Science 19(6) Pages: 579-584
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The intercultural trust paradigm. (2008)
  • Author(s): C.Takahashi, T.Yamagishi, 他4名
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Intercultural Relations 32 Pages: 215-228
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A defense of deception on scientific ground. (2008)
  • Author(s): T.Yamagishi, Karen S. Cook
  • Journal Title: Social Psychology Quarterly 71(3) Pages: 215-221
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Micro-macro dynamics of the cultural construction of reality. (2009)
  • Author(s): T.Yamagishi
  • Organizer: The 8th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association for Social Psychology.
  • Place of Presentation: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India(State of the Art Lecture)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-14
• [Presentation] Reputational advantages and disadvantages of punishment toward norm-violators. (2009)
  • Author(s): Y.Horita, T.Yamagishi
  • Organizer: the 13th International Conference on Social Dilemmas
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto Miyako Hotel, Kyoto (Paper presented)
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-22
• [Presentation] Trust and detection of trustworthiness. (2009)
  • Author(s): M.Shinada, T.Yamagishi
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
  • Place of Presentation: California State University, Fullerton, California
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-29
• [Presentation] Are Humans Predisposed to Inter-group Aggression? (2008)
  • Author(s): T.Yamagishi
  • Organizer: Workshop on Theoretical Frontiers in Modeling Identity and Conflict
  • Place of Presentation: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, USA
  • Year and Date: 20081108-20081109
• [Presentation] An institutional approach to culture. (2008)
  • Author(s): T.Yamagishi
  • Organizer: XXIX ICP, ICC Berlin
  • Place of Presentation: Germany (Invited Address)
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-21
• [Book] ネット評判社会 (2009)
  • Author(s): 山岸俊男・吉開憲章
  • Total Pages: 232
  • Publisher: NTT出版
• [Book] 日本の「安心」はなぜ消えたのか:社会心理学から見た現代日本の問題点 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山岸俊男
  • Total Pages: 264
  • Publisher: 集英社インターナショナル