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the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups; "mammals as a class are not strong on sociality"
tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind; "ants are social insects"
relating to human society and its members; "social institutions"; "societal evolution"; "societal forces"; "social legislation" (同)societal
composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability; "a purely social club"; "the church has a large social hall"; "a social director"
living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; "a human being is a social animal"; "mature social behavior"
marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup of coffee"
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society; "made fun of her being so social and high-toned"; "a social gossip colum"; "the society page"

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『社会の』,社会的な / 『社交界の』,上流社会の / 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》『社交の』,親睦(しんぼく)の / (アリ・ハチなどが)群居する / 親睦(しんぼく)会,懇親会

The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust.

Plötner M1, Over H2, Carpenter M3, Tomasello M4.
Journal of experimental child psychology.J Exp Child Psychol.2015 Nov;139:161-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 Jun 23.
Recent theoretical work has highlighted potential links between interpersonal collaboration and group membership in the evolution of human sociality. Here we compared the effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on young children's prosocial behavior (i.e., helping and resource allocati
PMID 26112747

Warring arthropod societies: Social spider colonies can delay annihilation by predatory ants via reduced apparency and increased group size.

Keiser CN1, Wright CM2, Pruitt JN2.
Behavioural processes.Behav Processes.2015 Oct;119:14-21. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.07.005. Epub 2015 Jul 20.
Sociality provides individuals with benefits via collective foraging and anti-predator defense. One of the costs of living in large groups, however, is increased apparency to natural enemies. Here, we test how the individual-level and collective traits of spider societies can increase the risk of di
PMID 26205161

What can be learned from patient stories about living with the chronicity of heart illness? A Narrative Inquiry.

Schwind JK Rn PhD1, Fredericks S Rn PhDa, Metersky K Rn Mn PhD Student, Porzuczek VG Rn Mn Candidate.
Contemporary nurse.Contemp Nurse.2015 Sep 4:1-32. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: Understanding the illness process from the patient's perspective provides caregivers valuable information on how to engage in best practices that create healing contexts for patients and their families across the illness trajectory.AIMS: The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to lea
PMID 26340311

Mechanisms of network evolution : a focus on socioecological factors, intermediary mechanisms, and selection pressures (SPECIAL FEATURE : Social networks analysis in primates, a multilevel perspective)