Thus, adult-young ratios appear to be an important feature of social settings that must be taken into account as a potential modulator of social influence when evaluating developmental processes.
Specific hypotheses reflected the view that, over time, behavioral function should change in accord with the stability of social dominance relationships, social norms, and on-going developmental processes.
These results are of interest for understanding developmental processes because social learning usually mirrors social preferences in groups [27].
These documents call for incorporation of ethical and social considerations in research and developmental processes ("upstream").
Important developmental processes apply to social cognition in chimpanzees, supporting evolutionary continuity among hominoids.
Thus, our findings lend support to claims of evolutionary continuity in developmental processes that subserve social cognition (Bard, 2009; Boesch, 2012; Gardner, 2005; Gómez, 2005; Hopkins, Russell & Schaeffer, 2012; Jablonka & Lamb, 2007).
Where Weber and Durkheim would rule out reference to psychological forces in the explanation of social phenomena, early psychologists, including Freud, attempted to depict social institutions as the outcome of emotional conflicts or developmental processes.
Our study highlights developmental processes that underpin the emergence of social cognition in support of evolutionary continuity.
Child compliance and internalization are socio-cognitive developmental processes which are critical for children's social outcomes in multiple arenas.
As such, autism may additionally provide unique insight into genetic and developmental processes that shape early neural wiring patterns and make possible higher-order social, emotional, and communication functions.
