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Names have been included selectively.

4E. see cognition
abduction, abductive reasoning 14, 19, 182, 183, 184+n11, ch. 9 passim. see conjecture, detective work, diagnosis, experience, resemblance, skill
accommodation 4n7, 5, 16, 21, 307, 312
acting, as-if 259, 261, 267, 269+n12, 270, 278, 279, 280. see play
actors (theatre) 31, 34, 95, 152, 194, 202n32, 204, 205, 268, 274, 278, 280
ad hominem 91, 99, 106, 107, 154
adolescence, adolescent(s) 21, 316, 318, ch. 14 passim
and addiction 375
and laziness 357
and recalcitrance 357
and recklessness 357
as age of opportunity 358
positive attitude towards 379 see psychology
adultery 325
affective regimes 6+n11
affordances 183, 197
afterlife 263, 287
afterthought 321
age 70+n8, 290, 370
– groups 360+nn, 361, 363
old – 296, 297, 300
agency 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 345
collective – 101, 102+n16, 103, 110, 116
divine – 336
divine and human – 219
over-attribution of 340
agôn 272
agreeableness 90
aidôs (social discretion) 373+n56+n57, 374, 376
Ajax (tragic character) 76, 80n26, 289, 290n11, 290n12, 292
ambiguity 146n5, 237, 240+n16, 250, 251, 252, 289n10, 295, 298n28, 340, 346, 362n26
ambition 4, 372, 378. see philotimia
anagnôrisis (recognition) 277, 282
analogy 106+n37, 181, 324
anchoring 3, 4, 5, 11n28, 21, 178, 217, 226, 227, 230, 234, 252, 283, 309, 310, 311, 312, 315, 317, 319, 320, 325, 326, 328, 329, 330n10, 333, 341, 342, 343n54, 344, 345, 347
failed – 4n6
forms of 4n7
– innovation xi, 287
– strategies 5
anchor(s) 4, 32, 36, 37, 39, 226, 227, 303, 310, 312
material – 5, 271, 277
ancient commentators 14, 17, ch. 3 passim, 145n3, 146
anger 6, 51, 52, 78, 101, 109, 110, 112, 116, 120, 124, 147, 201, 203n33
collective – 105, 110+n52, 111, 112
group – 129 see emotion(s)
anthropomorphism 275, 338
anti-democratic. see democratic
Antigone (tragic character) 16, 17, 29–32, 34, 39, 45n2, 48, 54–63, 297, 301+n32
anti-social 47. see laughter
anxiety 39, 67, 101, 145, 149+n15, 151n18, 191. see emotion(s)
archive. see cognitive –
as-if. see acting, play
assembly, Athenian – 91, 92, 94, 98n3, 102+n20, 103–106, 114–116, 312, 314, 315, 328, 329, 330+n6, 335, 336, 337, 346
ancient depictions of 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105n6, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116
association, and learning 224
symbolic – 183, 184+n11, 225
attention 19, 364
– seeking 370, 373
attitude change 340, 341
attribution 34, 78, 82, 224, 345
and causes, reasons 79, 80, 82
dispositional – 33, 34, 71, 72, 75, 77n19, 79
situational – 33, 34, 71, 72, 73+n14, 75, 77, 79
social – 8, 9n25, 30
– theory 71, 79, 82, 328
– theory of religion 339, 340, 341
audience (theatre) 49
and imagination 261, 270
and laughter ch. 6 passim
and (not)seeing 48, 289, 290, 291, 303
and re-evaluating 18, 57
emotion of 19, 179, 197, ch. 7 passim
– engagement 95, 108, 114n65, 176n3, 178
– expectations 53, 94, 279
– experiencing coincidence ch. 8 passim
knowledge of 74, 218, 219
– response 9, 19, 90, 95, 178, 221
– understanding 12, 16, 33, 49+n21, 61, 63, 93 see spectators
authoritarianism 140
authority, epistemic – 93
– figure 115, 363
autism-spectrum disorders 177
autonomy 316, 371, 372
badness 6n15, 326
barbarians 1, 2, 12, 91, 355n3
BBC prison study. see prison
behaviour 31, 32
causes for 71
– explanations 79, 81, 82
belief(s) 71, 83, 84, 182, 190, 192, 312, 322, 323, 329n3, 331n11, 338, 339, 340, 344, 345
collective – 331n14
belonging 4n7
bias 12, 13, 15, 18, 22, 60, 92, 94, 117n70, 124, 134. see prejudice
biology 14+n36, 31, 35, 38, 177, 310, 358, 359
evolutionary – 145, 147, 155 see neurobiology
black sheep effect 94
blindness 323
change – 193
inattentional – 193
mind – 177
bonding 11
cannibalism 179, 180
care studies 11
carnival 144
Cartesian dualism 7, 30, 37, 260
case-based research xii, 11n27
case-studies 3, 11, 16, 17, 20, 21, 91, 103, 140, 227, 269
catastrophe 333n23, 333n24, 336
categorization. see social –
catharsis 221, 268, 283
causality 10
causal connection 217, 227, 246+n35
causal explanation 33, 80
causal effect 340
causal histories 79, 80, 82
causal logic 221
chance (luck) 220+n10, 221, 231, 252. see coincidence
change of mind. see mind
character (in play) 27
emotions of ch. 7 passim
tragic – 44
vs audience, readers, spectators 176, 177, 178, 179
characterization 16, 45, 46, 48, ch. 3 passim
consistency of 76, 77+n18
charlatanism 239
children 357
and self-control 317
death of 291–299
should outlive parents 291–299, 302, 303
speech of 371n49
chorus 48, 49, 53, 54, 63, 73, 76, 80, 81, 82, 99, 104, 117, 120, 123, 152, 153, 154+n20, 158, 159, 160, 228, 229, 230, 231, 296, 298, 301n32
digital – 29
– leader 160, 161+n34, 162, 163+n36
– of social life 36
civil disobedience 55
class 8, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 77, 84
classifying 4n7
clues 245, 247
cognition, 4E – 7, 8+n20, 13
and semiotics 238
collective 102, 103, 110, 116
computational model of 7
distributed – 7+n17, 260, 313
dual process models of 17, 18, 91, 92, 94
embedded – 7, 90, 239
embodied – 7, 9, 13, 32, 181, 196, 197, 199, 200, 206, 207, 239, 260, 262, 268
enactive – 7, 181, 207n40
extended – 7
cognitive, – archive 3, 10, 13n31, 15, 20
– classics 6, 7, 9
– control skills 364, 365
– dissonance 6, 21, 309, 312, 313, 314, 315, 317, 328, 336+n33, 337+n35, 339
– flexibility 364n35
– heuristic 340
– linguistics 4n7
– polyphasia 314
– processing 95
– psychology passim
Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) 328, 329n3, 331n13, 338+n37, 339, 348
– turn 6
coherence 32, 59, 60
coincidence 5, 19, 178, 252+n46, ch. 8 passim, 333n25
collective, – action 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 134
– agency 116
– beliefs 331n14
– cognition 102, 103, 110, 116
– emotion 116, 331n14
of citizens ch. 4 passim
– power 130 see Social Identity Model of Collective Action for Social Change (SIMCA)
comedy Part 2 passim
common ground 4n7, 12, 34
common sense 17, 18, 30, 89, 93, 95
comparativism 184
comparison 128
competition 2
social – 125, 126
complaint 144, 145, 146, 151
complexity 13n31, 185
compliance 99, 113, 115+n67, 116, 341+n46
computational model. see cognition –
concealment 302
conditioning 225
confidence 322, 323, 377
conflict, inner – 374
intergroup – 126
of belief 314
conformity 99, 115+n67, 116, 371
conjecture 249
conjunction 231
– fallacy 19, 225, 226, 234
conscientiousness 90
consensus 102, 109
consistency 21, 32, 313, 314, 326
contagion, emotional 101, 145+n2, 148, 151, 159, 179, ch. 7 passim
contempt 146, 147, 158, 166
continuity, historical 182, 183, 184, 259
control 375
conversion 321, 326, 341+n46
cooperation 35, 148, 364, 365+n38
costumes 268
counterfactual, – dialogue 275
– fiction 267
– hypothesis 267 see imagination
courage 1, 6n15, 55, 78
coward 55, 74
creation 261
creativity 16, 20, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 269+n12
and death 20
social – 125, 126
crises 11
crowd 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 111
– reaction 12 see psychology
CSR. see Cognitive Science of Religion
cues 175+n1, 179, 181, 191, 194, 206, 208
cult, for humans 332+n18
cultural. see normssee situatedness, specificity
cunnilingus 162, 163+n35
curiosity 375
curse 301
d’iscourse / D’iscourse 311
death 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, ch. 11 passim
and creativity 20
children’s – 291+n14, 292–299
concealment of 289
fear of 288, 289
prospect of 5
– studies 287+n1
decision-making 17, 48, 60, 364
adolescent – 375
collective – 100, 102, 105, 106, 109, 110, 112
collective-individual – 99, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117
defamiliarization 287, 288, 289
deification 5, 12, 21, 312, 313, 314, 315, ch. 13 passim
deliberation 78
joint – 102n16
deliberative reasoning 18
demagogue 98n3, 117
democratic 109, 312, 315, 328, 338
anti – 100, 104, 110
– system 136, 139, 140
dêmos (the people) ch. 4 passim, 160
as comic character 161n34
derision 18, 144, 145, 147, 149, 150, 154+n21, 156, 157n25, 158. see laughter
desire (mental state) 45, 46, 50, 51, 66, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 152, 181, 198, 337, 347, 348, 361n23, 373, 374, 375
collective – 98, 103, 106, 114n64, 117
destruction 263
detective work, and abduction 242, 245, 247
deus ex machina 218, 221, 230, 283
developmental, – time 32. see psychology
diagnosis 245. see abduction
dialogical self, dialogicality of selfhood 17, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39
dictatorial system 136, 138
difference, social 2
dikaiosunê (justice). see justice
disbelief. see suspension of –
discretion. see aidôs
disobedience, civil 55
disparagement. see laughter
disposition 17, 33, 34, 70+n7, 71, 75, 79, 82
dissent 93, 94, 115n66
dissidence 55+n21, 139, 140
dissonance. see cognitive dissonance
distributed. see cognition
divination 183, 238+n5+n6, 239, 240, 245, 250n44
divine, – agency 336
– intervention 178, 179
– law 56, 58
– possession 375
– power 348
– providence 19
– perspective 54
the – 336
divinity 278, 328, 338, 339, 340, 341
dreams 370
dual-process models of cognition 17, 18, 91, 92, 94
Duchenne, non-Duchenne. see laughter
ecological rationality 93
education ch. 14 passim
communal – 366
elite – 365
state – 362
efficacy, perceived 126, 127, 130
eikos (likeness) 244
Einfühlung 197n24
ekkuklêma (stage equipment), role of 289+n10, 290n11, 302
Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) 92, 95
embarrassment 150
embedded. see cognition
embodied, – play 268
– simulation 239 see cognition, emotion
emic/etic 90
emotion(s) 2, 8, 18, 19, 120, 176, 182, 223, 224, 275, 364, 365, 375
ancient – 6
and laughter ch. 6 passim
and style 201
collective – 101, 106, 110n50, 116, 331n14
constructed – 193
embodied – 199, 200, 206, 207
group – 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109
of audience 197
of audience and characters 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 208
– regulation 377n66
sincerity of 344 see anger, anxiety, embarrassment, fear, grief, joy, pity, shame
emotional, – engagement 175, 176+n3, 178, 179
– responses 188, 191
– script 202
– volatility 90 see contagion
empathy 179, 180, 182, ch. 7 passim, 220, 223, 371n51
enactive. see cognition
enactivism 331n13
enargeia 195, 196n23, 271n15
engagement, reflexive and reflective 95
entitlement 93
envy 6, 325
epiphany 15n37, 343+n56
epistemic authority. see authority
erotic passion 324
error 319, 323
eschatology 259
ethics 67
êthos 69, 70n6, 72n13, 73, 74, 76, 77, 81, 82, 93
etymology (ancient) 228+n25
evil 325, 326
evolutionary. see psychology
exclusion, social 94
executive functions 364n35
experience 8, 192
and abduction 245
life – 182, 356
lived – 84, 329, 331+n13, 339
of coincidence ch. 8 passim
explanation(s), retrospective – 60
multiple – 54 see causality
extended. see cognition
extraordinary, taming of 32, 33, ch. 2 passim
extraversion 90
fairy tale 45
faith 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 341
familiar, the 3, 310, 319, 320
fate 220n10, 222, 223, 224, 225, 230
father 279
father and son 276
faux pas 2
fear 66, 191, 192, 200, 203, 206, 221, 263, 288
femininity. see women
fides 322
folk psychology. see psychology
folk tales 45, 46, 48
forethought 375, 376
forgiveness 6, 323, 324, 325, 326
Frankenstein 264
free will 221
Freud, S. 49, 50+n15, 60, 91, 144, 268+n6, 289n10
friendship 1, 276
Frisians 1, 2, 8
frustration 263
funeral oration 331, 332, 333
future 272, 312
construction of 259, 260, 261
imagined – 262, ch. 11 passim
– making 261, 262, 264
possible – 271
posthumous – 261, 263, ch. 11 passim
game 272
gender 17, 70, 290
– hierarchy 302
– identification 274
– inversion 273, 274, 275
gods 329n3, 330, 331
and Antigone 54, 55, 62
and coincidence 225, 230
and madness 324
and Oedipus 53, 32, 81
and rule 129
and sacrifice 129
and signs 238n6
and sin 324
blaming the – 315
– blessing 134
– causing suffering 93, 131
cruel – 272
– determining human life 30, 32, 53, 220, 272, 292
foreign – 323
human appeal to 66
laughing 159n31
laws of – 55, 56
new – 330n10
not accepting the – 159n31
– (not) helping 312, 315, 333, 334
numerous – 330
persuading the – 137
power of 334
resisting the – 56, 122, 140
– saving 333, 338, 341, 342
swearing by the – 128
traditional – 312, 330n10, 332, 334–340, 342, 344, 345, 347
treatment by men 130 see deus ex machina, religion
grandfather 366, 367, 368, 371+n49, 374, 375, 376, 377
grandson 370
gratification, instant 375
gratitude 338
grief 199, 200
group(s) 67, 136
aggregative – 100+n4
corporate – 100+n4, 102, 103
dominant – 126
– dynamics 139
– identity 18, 140, 159n31. see group –
– in ancient comedy ch. 5 passim
– influence 4
– membership 125+n9, 141
– processes 309, 310, 313, 314
– solidarity 159n31
subordinate 126 see in-group/out-group, psychology
guessing 251. see abduction, conjecture
habit 70n7
hamartia (error, sin) 21, 310, 319, 324, 325, 326
happiness 94
happy ending 218, 220, 222
hard-wiring 14
Heracles (dramatic character) 20, 136, 261, 262, 264, 270–276
hermeneutics 10, 245
Heuristic-Systematic Model (HSM) 92
hexis 70+n7
hierarchical system 136, 138
hierarchy, of gender 302. see social –
homicide 52
intentional/unintentional – 52, 53+n19
homonoia (same-mindedness) 102
horror 179, 196
hostility 117, 120, 123, 126, 131
humour ch. 6 passim
hunt(ing) 363, 365+n38, 374, 375, 376, 377
hypocrisy 313, 337, 344
hysteria 91
icon(s) (Peircean) 183, 184n11, 244n27, 249
iconicity 184n11
identification 95
with group 129
identity 20, 36, 260, 262, 267, 272, 276, 277
and power 134
and role-playing 282
collective – 120, 124
– crisis 276, 377
– entrepreneurship 132
– formation 377
group – 159n31
– leadership 131, 132+n16, 135, 136
social – 4, 120, 125, 126, 127, 131, 132, 134
idolatry 323
imagination 7n17, 16, 20, 175, 181, 188, 190, 192, 209, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 269n12, 280
counterfactual – 20, 167, 259, 261, 275
imitation 280, 371
immersion 223
improvisation 55
impulse 370
– control 2, 373, 374
incest 50, 51, 52, 222, 325
incongruity. see social –
inconsistency 6, 31, 59, 314, 330n11, 345
index, Peircean 183, 246+n35, 247, 249, 251
individual 27, 30, 31, 36
– processes 309, 310, 313, 316
vs type 38
individuality 29, 30, 38, 66, 68, 69, 75, 77+n20
individuation 16, 35, 38
infants 35
inference 183, 183
ingratitude 361, 365
in-group, out-group 93, 94, 112, 117, 134, 135, 157, 159
inhibitory control 364+n35, 365, 370, 378
initiation 15 n37
injustice 93
perceived – 126, 127, 129, 130
innovation 16, 20, ch. 4 passim, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 339, 341, 342, 345, 347
radical – 99
religious – Part 5 passim
intention(s) 2+n1, 181
collective – 103
intentional stance 177
intentionality 338, 340
interactions 310
intergenerational 261
intergroup, – bias 112, 116, 117+n70
– conflict 126
– processes 309, 310
– relations 139, 141
inter-individual relations 309, 310
interpersonal relations 46
interpretation 10
intersubjective engagement 63
intertextuality 4n7
Ixion 274n24
jealousy 78
jokes 144n1, 148
joy 18, 147, 149, 159, 161, 169, 233
justice 361, 363, 364, 365, 366n40. See dikaiosunê
justification 61, 301
Kuleshov effect 194
laughter ch. 6 passim
anti-social 146, 147, 151, 159+n31, 161, 164, 165, 170
derisive – 18
Duchenne vs non-Duchenne – 18, 94, ch. 6 passim
of disparagement 145
of embarrassment 150
prosocial – 146, 147, 153, 154, 155, 159+n31, 163, 164, 165, 169
law, and tragedy 52, 53
divine – 56, 58
natural – 57
unwritten – 57, 58, 59, 60
laziness 357
leader(s) 93, 95, 338, 359
of women 99
leadership 111, 112, 131, 132+n16, 135, 139, 140, 161n34, 316, 355, 372, 374, 377, 378
charismatic – 98n3
identity – 136
transformational – 134n24
levels, of analysis in socio-psychological research 309–317
logical vs emotive reasoning 90, 91, 92
look(ing) both ways 310, 359, 377
luck 218, 220+n10, 232, 233. see chance, coincidente, fate
madness 324+n5, 375
majority vote 102
make-believe. see play
mask 205, 206, 268
and emotions 194
materiality 264
maturation 373, 374
meaning-making 16, 18, 175, 176, 278, 314, 317
Medea (tragic character) 16, 29, 34, 39, 66, 76, 80, 81, 82, 273
Media (land of the Medes) ch. 14 passim
memory 180, 181, 275
working – 364+n35
mental state 45, 79, 80, 81, 83, 176, 181, 182. see belief, desire
mercy 323
messenger (in tragedy) 107n42, 129, 205, 206, 220, 222, 270, 289, 290+n12, 291, 302
metacognition 13, 358
metanoia 320, 321, 322
metatheatre, metatheatricality 267, 274, 276, 283
mime, miming 280+n51
mimêsis 67
mimicry 159, 179, 180, 188, 191, 193, 194, 195, 197, 202, 207, 208, 209
mind states. see mental state
mind, change of 321, 322, 323, 326
mind-body divide 260
mind-narrative nexus 177+n5
mindreading 31, 33, 45, 82, 83n31, 157, 158, 180, 181, 182
and attribution 83+n31
miracle 323, 326
mirror games 279
mirror of princes 355+n2
mirroring 19, 179, 180, 188, 191, 195, 197, 202, 207, 208, 209, 210+n44
mistrust 105
mob 89
moderation 361
Moebius syndrome 195n18
mortality 263. see death
mother 275, 371
death of 295
grieving – 274, 275
motivation 2, 10, ch. 2 passim, 314, 375
double – 53
motives 30, 31, 33, 71, ch. 2 passim
murder 52, 80, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 242, 273, 296, 325
narrative 18, 45, 46, 47, 50, 83, 180, 192, Part 3 passim, 239
and emotions 190
– meaning-making 181
– mode 176
narrative practice hypothesis 61, 83n32
nationality 70
nature/nurture 356
negative valence 90
neurobiology 363. biology
neuropsychology 224, 309, 357, 358, 364
neuroticism 90
new, the 3, 5, 16, 20, Part 5 passim
nonsense 93, 94
norms 125+n9, 134, 136, 316
cultural – 19
social – 4
obedience 361
objects, material – 5, 11, 20, 260, 261, 262, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 282, 283. see props
thinking with – ch. 10 passim
obscenity 154+n20, 159n31, 163n35
Oedipus 17, 29–32, 34, 39, 48–54, 59, 60, 63, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 204–207, 222, 261, 262, 264, 291, 295–303
old. see age, women
openness to experience 90
oracle 74, 182, 184, 218, 219n5, 222, 228, ch. 9 passim, 298, 342
order, social 2
out-group. see in-group/out-group
paideia (education) ch. 14 passim
pain 191
paizein (to play) 178+n41
pan-semiotic 241
– universe 183
parents 52, 363
aged – 293, 294, 295
and education 361
bereaved – 292, 293+n17
children died before – 291–299
parodos (entrance song of tragic chorus) 152, 153n19, 159
parricide 39, 51, 52, 222, 298, 299, 300
passive aggression 15
past, of groups 128, 132
pathos (plur. pathê) 198, 199, 202n31, 207, 368n42
patricide 50
pattern-finding 192
peccatum (sin) 310, 319
peer, – influence 363+n31, 364
– pressure 377
Peirce, C.S. 183, 238, 240, 241+n22, 242, 244n27, 251. see icons, index, semiotics
perception 180, 193
performance 200, 202+n32
person 71
– schemas 72
personality 44, 83, 90, 369
Big Five Theory of 90 see trait(s)
personhood 17, 38
perspective 12, 15
divine – 54
first-person – 201, 206
third-person – 201, 203, 206, 210
perspective-taking 31, 202, 264, 364, 365, 371+n51
persuasion 18, 92, 93
phantasia (imagination) 195
philanthrôpia (love of people) 372, 378
philomatheia (love of learning) 372, 378
philotimia (love of honour, ambition) 372, 378
phrikê (shivering, shuddering) 14n37, 196+n22, 203, 205, 206
pistis 321, 323
pity 6, 110, 198, 199, 203, 221, 324, 368n42
play 20, 148, 149n14, 151, 158, 159, 164, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 272, 276, 282, 368+n42
make believe – 11, 20, 261, 262, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 279, 281, 289n9, ch. 10 passim
pretend – 259, 260, 261, 264
– threatening 281+n55
visual – 280 see acting, as if, paizein
pollution, religious 52
polyphasia, cognitive 314
polytheism 330+n10
positionality 3, 12, 13, 15, 22
positive distinctiveness 126
– valence 90 see identity
possibility (-ies) 309, 312
– studies 265
possible, the 260, 262
precocity 368+n42
prediction 193, 309, 312, 314, 341+n47
– error 340+n45
prejudice 120
presupposition 11
pretend play. see play
priming 340
primitive 1, 2, 4
prison, BBC prison study 138, 139+n37, 140
Stanford Prison Experiment 138+n36
processing, cognitive 92
deep vs shallow – 92
processual comprehension 309, 312, 314, 316, 317. see group processes, individual processes, inter-individual relations, inter-group processes, socio-cultural processes
Prometheus 129, 137, 264, 288
prophecy 50, 219, 220, 313
props 5, 20, 268, 278. biology
prosocial(ity,), – in adolescents 370, 371, 364, 365
of satire 18 see laughter
prototypicality 134, 135
providence 19, 178, 219, 220, 221, 225, 228, 230, 231
psychoanalysis 61, 263, 267, 268+n6
psychodrama 20, 261, 264, 267, 268+n5+n6, 269, 276, 277, 279, 282, 283
and doubling 279, 281n58
psychological depth, of tragic characters 44
psychology, adolescent – 309, ch. 14 passim
cognitive – passim
developmental – 378
evolutionary – 93
folk – 16, 17, 30, 36, 37, 45, 46, 47+n11, 48, 50, 53, 54n20, 61, 67, 68, 72, 78
group – 138, ch. 4 passim, 328+n2, 340
intuitive – 378
of crowds 6n16, 98n3
social – passim see neuropsychology
psychotherapy 283
puberty 14
puzzle 250
– solving 245
qualia 36
qualitative research 10
rationalization 60
reader-response 195n19, 197
– theory 176, 177
reasons, for actions 50. see justification, motives, motivation
recalcitrance 357
reception aesthetics 177
reciprocity 316, 330+n9, 338, 365, 371+n51, 373n58
recklessness 357
recognition 217n2, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223+n18, 224, 229, 233, 234, 277, 282. see anagnôrisis
reductionism vs complexity 13n31
reflexive consciousness 31
regret 321
reification 89
Relative Deprivation Theory 126+n12, 129
reliability 322
religion and belief 329n3, 331n11
and catastrophes 333
and cognition 239, 338
and inconsistencies 6
and pragmatism 345n64
and reciprocity 330n9
christian – 320
moral dimensions of 219n9
open-ended 330, 344
origins of 225
traditional – 328+n3
without dogma 345 attribution theory of religion, cognitive science of religion (CSR), gods
remorse 321
repentance 319, 320, 321, 322
replication crisis 13n32
representation 2, 331
repression 15, 50
resemblance 278n44
in abduction 244+n27 see abduction
Resource Mobilization Theory 127, 130
riddle 184, 237, 240, 247, 248, 250
ridicule 145
right, individual 55
risk-taking, adolescent 364, 375, 376+n61, 378
ritual 2, 6
role-playing 269, 276, 277, 283
and identity 282
ruler cult 347
sadness 192
safety 340
salakh 323
salience 340
differential situated – 359n20
salvation 328+n3, 329n3, 330n10, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 338, 341, 343, 346, 347, 348
satire 18, Part 2 passim, ch. 6 passim
saviour god(s) 328+n3, 333, 335, 338, 342+n50+n52, 343, 345, 346, 347
scaffolding, cognitive 8+n22
scapegoat(s) 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 118, 164n38
schemas 5, 83+n32
scholia (sing. scholion, ancient commentaries) 17, 33, 66, 81, ch. 9 passim
scholiasts (ancient commentators) 14, 30, 33, ch. 3 passim, 290n12
scripts 72, 202
search-light function 3, 9+n24, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 358
self 20, 29, 32, 37, 260, 268
construction of 61, 62, 263
dialogicality of 17, 30, 31
private – 31
relationally constructed 30, 31
socio-cultural – 35 see subjectivity
self-, self-blinding 49, 51, 53, 223
self-categorization 18
Self-Categorization Theory 141
self-concept 313, 371
self-control 317, 361, 364, 365, 366, 373n56
self-defence 52, 53
self-discovery 276, 277
self-doubt 377
self-esteem 125, 126, 313
self-explanation 17
self-knowledge 61
self-narrative 54, 61, 62
self-presentation 46, 131
self-realization 37, 269, 272, 282
self-redefinition 276
self-regulation 376n61
self-transformation 269, 270
self-understanding 261
selfhood 16, 27, 31, 35, 37, 38, 39
ancient – 6
modalities of 36 see subjectivity
semiology 241
semiotics 19, 238, 252
sense-making 32, 180, 224, 310, 311, 314, 340
serendipity 178, 183
serious 149, 154n21, 160
– laughter 164
non-seriousness 149+n14, 154, 157, 158, 164
servants 367, 369, 371. biology
sex. see gender
Shakespeare 16
shame 6, 191, 373n57. aidôs, embarrassment
Sherlock Holmes 242+n24, 243n26, 245, 246+n36, 250, 251
shuddering. see phrikê
signs 238+n6, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 249
SIMCA. see Social Identity Model of Collective Action for Social Change
simulation 239
sin 5, 6, 21, 309, 310, 311, ch. 12 passim
situatedness 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 36, 93, 175, 185, 260, 311, 359
situation 71, 72, 73
situational generalizations 83+n32, 84
skill, in abduction 245. see cognitive control –
slander 168
slave(s) (the enslaved) 51, 66, 69, 70n8, 72, 315, 316, 323
social, attribution 9, 17, 30, 33, 34
– awareness 376, 378
– categorization 2, 4, 30, 69
– Social Categorization Theory 134n25
– check 93
– competition 125, 126
– conformity 99
– creativity 125, 126
– difference 2
– dynamics 374
– evaluation 373+n55
– exclusion 94
– hierarchies 2, 4, 370, 373
– identification 93
– identity 4, 18, 95, 141
Social Identity Model of Collective Action for Social Change (SIMCA) 120, 126, 127, 129
Social Identity Theory 125, 140
– incongruity 149, 154+n21, 157, 158
– learning 357
– mobility strategy 125
– norms 4, 371, 373
– order 2, 18, 136
– pressure 114, 115
– psychology passim
– representation 12, 16, 17, 18, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 87, introduction Part 2 passim)
– scripts 83+n32
– turmoil 11 see aidôs (social discretion)
socialization 16, 35, 38, 89, 365
socio-cultural processes 309, 310, 312
solidarity. see group
sôphrosune. see self-control
sôtêr (saviour), sôtêria (salvation). see saviour, salvation
source credibility 93
Sparta(n) 19, 182, 237+n1, 248, 332, 362+nn26, 28, 363
specialness 331+n13, 344, 346
specificity, cultural – 8n23, 9n23, 179
cultural-historical – 90
sociocultural – 359
spectacle (vision) 113, 206, 207
spectators 95, 223, 262, 268, 275, 283
and imagination 175, 206
emotional contagion of 190, 198, 200
impact on 280
ignorance of 289
psychology of 176 see audience
Stanford Prison Experiment. see prison
states of mind. see mind states
status quo 129, 139
stereotype(s) 10, 33, 67, 68, 72, 73n14, 75, 77, 80, 84, 91, 107n38, 107n41, 107n42, 110, 124
story, stories 36
– comprehension 19
– world 175
style 200, 201
subjectivity 77n20, Part 5 introduction, passim. self, selfhood
sublime, the 263
suicide 273, 289, 290+n12
superstition 225
surprise 5, 178
– value 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234
survival 290
and the future 295
suspense 178, 219, 223+n18, 224, 229, 234
suspension of disbelief 223
suspicion, suspicious 78, 81, 105
symbols (Peircean) 183
sympathy 179, 180, 188, ch. 7 passim
synchronicity 333, 335
terror management theory 263, 265
thauma, thôma (plur. thômata wonder, surprise) 60, 247+n38, 248. see wonder
Theory of Mind 177+n5, 180, 181+n8. see mindreading
thinking fast, slow 60
thorubos (collective shouting) 102+n16, 103, 107, 108+n43+n44, 109
thought process 248
toys 271+n17
tragedy, and law 52, 53
traits (character/personality) 33, 34, 50, 68, 69, 71, 72, 76, 77, 82, 84, 111, 116, 138, 355, 369. see personality
transportation 19, 175. see immersion
trauma 220, 263, 268, 335, 340
collective – 111
psychological – 15
trust 322, 324, 326, 365
tyche 219+n9, 220, 231, 232
type(s) 30, 33, 34, 66, 68, 75, 83
typification 68, 70+n7, 71
tyranny, tyrant 135, 138+n35, 139, 140+n39
unbelief 324
uncertainty 219, 340
unconscious, adaptive 60
universality 8n23, 9n23, 14n36, 20, 90, 177, 178, 184, 359
vs situatedness 19
vs specificity 14
unknowability 287, 288
unselfishness 90
valence, pos., neg. 90
values 19, 36, 111, 115n18, 134, 175, 316, 359
ancient – 6
Christian – 21, 310
ventriloquism 274+n26, 279
vice 325, 326
vision 188, 195, 204, 207, 208
visual perception 193
visualization 188, 194, 195+n19, 207, 208
vividness 195
Vygotsky, L.S. 20, 35, 180n7, 263, 267, 269+nn11, 13, 282+n59
vulnerability 129
widows 274
womanhood 90
women 67, 68, 69, 70n8, 71, 72, 74, 81, 89, 91, 99n4, 107, 108, 109, 113, 315, 330
and childbirth 295
wonder 262, 263. see thauma/thôma
world views 175
young 359
youth 324, 356+n10

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Social Psychology and the Ancient World

Methods and Applications

Series:  Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation, Volume: 8
Cover Social Psychology and the Ancient World
E-Book ISBN:
9789004731301
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
19 May 2025
  • Subjects
    • Classical Studies
      • General
    • History
      • Social History
    • Social Sciences
      • Sociology & Anthropology
Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction: How to Do the Social Psychology of the Ancient World
Part 1 The Psychology of Selfhood: Character and Individual
Introduction to Part 1: the Psychology of Selfhood Now and Then
Chapter 2 Taming the Extraordinary: Shifting Motives and the Psychology of Tragic Actors
Chapter 3 Individuals or Types? Ancient Criticism and Modern Psychology on Characterization in Greek Tragedy
Part 2 Social Representations: the Role of Comedy and Satire
Introduction to Part 2: Social Representation in Practice
Chapter 4 Innovation, Group Psychology and the Comic Dêmos
Chapter 5 “Not by Others but by Our Own Feathers”: a Social-Psychological Reading of Aristophanes’ Birds
Chapter 6 Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Satire: Rethinking the Laughter of Derision
Part 3 Narrative Meaning-Making
Introduction to Part 3: Narrative Meaning-Making
Chapter 7 Emotional Contagion, Empathy, and Sympathy as Responses to Verbal and Visual Narratives: Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Chapter 8 The Experience of Coincidence in Euripides’ Ion
Chapter 9 Finding Orestes: Oracles and Abductive Reasoning
Part 4 Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation
Introduction to Part 4: Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation across the Ages
Chapter 10 Playing Make-Believe with Objects: Counterfactual Imagination and Psychodrama in Greek Tragedy
Chapter 11 The Posthumous Future in Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus
Part 5 Accommodating New Concepts
Introduction to Part 5: Possibilities of Existence—Making and Changing Subjectivities and (Ancient) Worlds
Chapter 12 How the Ancient World Learned to Sin
Chapter 13 Anchoring Religious Innovation: the Social Psychology of Deification in Athens 307 BCE
Chapter 14 Cyrus’ Learning Curve: Views of Adolescent Psychology in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia
Back Matter
Index of Passages
General Index

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