Differential bonding: toward a psychophysiological theory of stereotyping
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 136 (1) , 33-37
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.1.33
Abstract
The author uses the concept of affiliative-affectionate bonding and the concept of differentiative-aggressive bonding to answer questions regarding the human tendency to stereotype. He states that the human processes of affiliation, introjection, identification, and affection appear to be psychophysiological elaborations of approach-seeking physiology and that differentiation, projection, and aggression appear to be psychophysiological elaborations of withdrawal-avoidance physiology. He also points out that some measure of stereotyping and paranoia may be necessary because differential bonding appears to be essential for adaptation.Keywords
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