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9.916 Special Topics: Social Animals (MIT)

Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain and our mind. This course covers social development, social behaviour, social cognition and social neuroscience, in both human and non-human social animals. Topics include altruism, empathy, communication, theory of mind, aggression, power, groups, mating, and morality. Methods include evolutionary biology, neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology and anthropology.

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Guanxi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guanxi describes the basic dynamic in personalized networks of influence, and is a central idea in Chinese society.

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