209 : The sociophysiological perspective recognizes an intimate relationship and mutual regulation between human social and physiological systems that is especially clear in small groups. [abstract]

209 : Sociophysiology represents an emerging subdiscipline within the field of sociology which has particular relevance to the study of small groups. [abstract]

210 : The sociophysiological perspective recognizes an intimate relationship and mutual regulation between social and physiological systems that is especially vital in human groups. Earlier in this century, George Herbert Mead, the great symbolic interactionist, suggested in Mind, Self and Society (1934) that the organic individual routinely goes through a sociophysiological transformation into a social being with attributes of selfhood through an interaction of mind and society. [i. introduction]

210 : What happened in the worlds of social and biological science in that time makes empirical sociophysiological inquiry conceptually reasonable, technically possible, and practically useful. Sociophysiology as a subfield of sociology is as yet neither normative nor central to the parent discipline. [i. introduction]

210 : It might be expected that over the next half century sociophysiology and small-group research could become themes of a revitalized science of sociology. [i. introduction]

211 : Also, in the intervening time, sociophysiologists and others have demonstrated repeatedly that there is a similarity of form and order in the way groups emerge and are maintained, despite differing societal functions and identity of members. [i. introduction]

211 : For this review, a sampling from the literature on human groups in the perspective of evolution is presented, followed by consideration of behavioral examples that may ultimately be considered from a sociophysiological perspective, particularly such basic mental processes as balance in the Heiderian sense, exchange as advanced by Homans, and social comparison each of which may be testable empirically. [i. introduction]

213 : Therefore, the evolved sociophysiological mechanisms that ordinarily inhibit certain behaviors, like aggression, often are not operative (Hamburg, 1971; Hamburg and Trudeau, 1981; Barchas 1973, 1981). [ii. human groups in the context of evolution and natural selection]

214 : Examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology. [iii. examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology]

215 : A reasonable goal of sociophysiology would be the study of the biological concommitmants [sic] of the bonding process (French [iii. examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology]

216 : and Barchas, in press; Riley and Ables [sic], in press) at various transition points in the life course. [iii. examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology]

216 : Examples of sociophysiological approaches to bonding and relationships may be found in the work of primatologists (Levine, in press; Levine and Coe, in press; Mendoza, 1984; Coe and Rosenblum, 1984). [iii. examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology]

216 : At minimum, sociophysiologists should concern themselves with changes in peripheral and central mechanisms in response to the bonding process as well as monitoring of behavioral patterns. [iii. examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology]

216 : Together, they lead to a view of cognitive processes which in sociophysiological terms could have demonstrable neural parallels and testable neural mechanisms. [iii. examples of sociality that relate to sociophysiology: Balance Theory and Homeostasis]

220 : The inference also suggests the possibility of viewing sociophysiological processes that may be documented out of medical concerns as aberrations of normal processes. [iv. examples of substantive bodies of literature: Stress and Coping]

223 : A basic tenet of sociophysiology is that the most significant connections between physiological and behavioral processes will be found in conjunction with the general principles and rules of human behavior, rather than to more temporal and specific actions (Bolin and Bolin, 1984; Gould, 1976, 1977, 1977b). [v. some aspects of brain involvement and hemispheric lateralization that may be related to small-group behavior]

231 : Potential application of the sociophysiological approach to role theory. [v. some aspects of brain involvement and hemispheric lateralization that may be related to small-group behavior: Potential Application of the Sociophysiological Approach to Role Theory]

232 : As stated in the Colomy and Barchas paper (1984), the hypothesis generated by structuralist role theory would formulate the sociophysiological hypothesis as follows: [v. some aspects of brain involvement and hemispheric lateralization that may be related to small-group behavior: Potential Application of the Sociophysiological Approach to Role Theory]

232 : These examples, which to date have not been tested empirically, demonstrate the potential applications of sociophysiology to future emphases and development of small-group theory as well as experimental tests of that theory. [v. some aspects of brain involvement and hemispheric lateralization that may be related to small-group behavior: Potential Application of the Sociophysiological Approach to Role Theory]

234 : The research agenda for sociophysiology in small groups at this stage of knowledge is rough hewn. [vi. conclusion]

234 : The range of investigations within sociophysiology can include not only small-group processes, within which it is firmly rooted, but also may deal with their extension to the larger society. [vi. conclusion]

234 : Larger social processes, including those involved in the political and economic domains, can also be expected to impact on the sociophysiology of the individual. There are important social phenomena from the large group which are expected to be supported by sociophysiological mechanisms. [vi. conclusion]

234 : Among the goals for sociophysiologists studying human phenomena with concern for brain mechanisms studied electrophysiologically will be the development of alternative models and theories of the ways in which information stored in social structures affects perception and physiology. [vi. conclusion]

235 : There are a number of cautions that must be considered by those interested in work in the sociophysiological area. [vi. conclusion]

235 : Self, attention, affective relationships, structure, bonding, and mutuality are critical concepts in [vi. conclusion]

236 : sociophysiology. [vi. conclusion]