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Non-instrumental actions can communicate roles and relationships, not just rituals

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Actions that do not have instrumental goals can communicate social goals that are not rituals. Many non-instrumental actions such as bowing or kissing communicate a commitment to or roles in dyadic relationships. What is unclear is when people understand such actions in terms of ritual and when they understand them in terms of relationships.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001224

Authors: Ashley J. Thomas, Setayesh Radkani, Michelle S. Hung

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Action Observation and Synchronization

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MathWorks, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

OpenAlex ID: W4308770070

FWCI: 0.236

Cites: 7

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10