Social Niche Construction

Evolution of traits that alter interaction structure (who interacts with whom) to favor cooperation without presupposing exogenous ecological conditions.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

Frameworks (1)

framework

Ecological Scaffolding
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Theory proposing extrinsic ecological conditions temporarily create grouped populations supporting higher-level selection; later replaced by endogenous adaptations.

Related by similarity (8)

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Niche Constructionframework0.854
nicheconcept0.751
A recessed space for displaying an important object, functioning as a center within a larger room.
Social affordancesconcept0.735
The range of possible social actions and interactions available to an individual.
Social cohesionconcept0.728
Second key outcome variable hypothesized to vary with cultural wealth-sharing institutions.
meta-constructconcept0.727
A system component outside the application domain that provides infrastructure (e.g., backplane, interface repository).
Social Connectednessconcept0.724
Increase in sense of connection to others; associated with decreased selfing and extended identity.
Persona Constructionconcept0.713
The process of building a coherent model persona from character archetypes and traits during training
Social and Conceptual Variablesconcept0.712