Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans

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dc.contributor.advisorSolms, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Westhuizen, Donnéen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-08T20:02:28Z
dc.date.available2015-01-08T20:02:28Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere is a significant body of research within the general neurosciences that has begun to investigate a behavioural state in animals and humans, which appears to suggest the existence of a ‘social dominance instinct’. One such finding is that across mammalian species, groups of cohabiting animals reliably organise themselves into dominance hierarchies characterised by differential allocation of social and resource holding power, and that testosterone and cortisol appear to underpin these social mechanisms. While the literature is considerable, the emotional aspects of this intrinsic tendency have received less attention, and systematic attempts to ascertain to what extent the neural circuitry, and its associated affects and behaviours, can be accommodated within the primary emotional taxonomy proposed by Panksepp (1998) have not been undertaken. Based on the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS), developed to measure the relative influence of basic affective systems on human temperamental variability, this research used hormone assays and factor analytic methods to explore the latent structure of the ANPS when DOMINANCE items are included.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Westhuizen, D. (2013). <i>Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11799en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Westhuizen, Donné. <i>"Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11799en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Westhuizen, D. 2013. Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Westhuizen, Donné AB - There is a significant body of research within the general neurosciences that has begun to investigate a behavioural state in animals and humans, which appears to suggest the existence of a ‘social dominance instinct’. One such finding is that across mammalian species, groups of cohabiting animals reliably organise themselves into dominance hierarchies characterised by differential allocation of social and resource holding power, and that testosterone and cortisol appear to underpin these social mechanisms. While the literature is considerable, the emotional aspects of this intrinsic tendency have received less attention, and systematic attempts to ascertain to what extent the neural circuitry, and its associated affects and behaviours, can be accommodated within the primary emotional taxonomy proposed by Panksepp (1998) have not been undertaken. Based on the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS), developed to measure the relative influence of basic affective systems on human temperamental variability, this research used hormone assays and factor analytic methods to explore the latent structure of the ANPS when DOMINANCE items are included. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans TI - Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11799 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11799
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Westhuizen D. Social dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humans. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11799en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_ZA
dc.titleSocial dominance in relation to other putative basic emotions in humansen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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