title: Differential bonding: toward a psychophysiological theory of stereotyping.
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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D011603:Psychophysiology; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000523:psychology*