The Social Animal

camera metaphor, 1

Camerer, Colin, 1, 2

Campbell, Angus, 1

canoe trip, Harold’s, 1

Capital Pacific Homes, 1

card games, 1

careers/professions, 1.

See also jobs; work

Carey, Benedict, 1

Carlson, Elizabeth A., 1, 2

Carnevale, Anthony, 1

Carstensen, Laura, 1

Caruso, David, 1

Caulfield, Holden, 1

causation: emergent systems and, 1, 2

certainty, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Challenger explosion, 1

change, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

character, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Chartrand, Tanya, 1

cheating, 1

chess, 1, 2, 3

Chesterton, G. K., 1

childhood: as ladder to college, 1;

memories of, 1, 2

children: abandonment of, 1;

abuse of, 1, 2, 3, 4;

AIDS and, 1;

attachment theory and, 1, 2;

of Composure Class, 1;

creativity of, 1;

dandelion, 1;

Harold and Erica’s relationship and, 1;

Harold’s camp activities with, 1;

impersonator training of, 1;

IQ of, 1;

marriage plans and, 1;

mimicking of parents’ behavior by, 1;

mindsight and, 1;

mirror neurons of, 1;

mother’s relationship with, 1, 2, 3, 4;

needs of, 1;

odyssey years and, 1;

orchid, 1, 2;

parents’ relationship with, 1, 2, 3, 4;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3;

safety and exploration of, 1;

stuffed animals of, 1;

temperament of, 1;

unconscious models of, 1.

See also babies; Harold

Chinese Americans, 1

choice architecture, 1, 2

choice(s), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Christakis, Nicholas A., 1, 2

cities: youth in, 1

City University of New York; ASAP program at, 1

civilization: freedom and, 1

Claparède, Édouard, 1

Clark, Andy, 1

Clark, Kenneth, 1

Claxton, Guy, 1

Clay, Henry, 1

Clinton Global Initiative, 1

Clinton, William J., 1

clocks and clouds, 1

cognition: behavior economics and, 1;

impact of poverty on, 1;

norms and, 1.

See also brain; reason; reductionism cognitive-load paradigm, 1

Cohen, Gene, 1

Cohen, Geoff, 1

Cole, Jonathan, 1

Coleman, James, 1

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1

college/universities, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

See also education; Harold:

education of; University of Denver

Collins, Jim, 1, 2

Collins, W. Andrew, 1, 2

color, 1

commitment, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

communication: body-to-body, 1;

between Harold and Erica, 1;

Intercom insurgency and, 1;

male, 1

compassion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

competence, 1, 2, 3

competition, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

complexity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Composure Class, 1

compromise, 1, 2, 3, 4

“concerted cultivation,” 1

confidence: behavioral economics and, 1;

over-, 1, 2;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3;

self-, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

voter, 1

conformity, 1

connections: breaking of, 1;

competition and, 1;

consciousness/unconsciousness and, 1;

differences and, 1;

Enlightenment and, 1;

Erica’s memo to herself about, 1, 2;

among families, 1;

happiness and, 1;

Harold’s concerns about meaning of life and, 1, 2;

Harold’s studies and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

learning and, 1;

love and, 1;

morality and, 1;

with old friends, 1;

politics and, 1;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3;

socializing and, 1;

among soldiers, 1;

trust and, 1;

writing and, 1.

See also synaptic connections

consciousness/unconsciousness: aging and, 1;

of babies, 1;

behavior and, 1, 2, 3;

beliefs and, 1, 2;

body and, 1;

choices and, 1;

complexity and, 1, 2;

confidence and, 1;

connections and, 1;

context and, 1;

creativity and, 1;

data-retrieval system of, 1;

differences between, 1;

emotions and, 1;

Enlightenment and, 1;

epistemological modesty and, 1;

Erica’s other education and, 1;

consciousness/unconsciousness

explanatory drive and, 1;

exploration and, 1;

fear and, 1;

generalizations and, 1, 2, 3;

happiness and, 1;

Harold and Erica’s relationship and, 1;

Harold’s Big Shaggy and, 1;

Harold’s death and, 1;

heuristics and, 1, 2, 3;

as key to being human, 1;

lantern, 1, 2;

learning and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

levels of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

marketing and, 1;

mathematics and, 1;

mindfulness meditation and, 1, 2, 3;

models and, 1;

morality and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;

norms and, 1, 2, 3;

perception and, 1, 2;

politics and, 1, 2;

problem-solving and, 1;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3;

rationalism and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

reductionism and, 1;

risk and, 1;

searchlight, 1;

self-control and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

status sonar and, 1;

stereotypes and, 1, 2, 3;

uncertainty and, 1.

See also patterns/models; self-awareness conservatives, 1, 2, 3

consumers, 1, 2, 3, 4

context, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

control: morality and, 1.

See also self-control

conversation: courtship and, 1;

of The Group, 1;

Harrison’s space for, 1;

interruptions in, 1;

Julia and Harold’s sharing of experience and, 1;

limerence and, 1;

morality and, 1;

mother-child bonding and, 1, 2;

norms and, 1;

“off-topic verbosity” in, 1;

proto-, 1;

sex and, 1;

of world leaders, 1

Cooper, Harris, 1

cooperation, 1, 2

Copeland, Peter, 1

corporate culture, 1, 2

corporate leadership, 1, 2

corruption: of society, 1

cortisol level, 1, 2, 3

courage, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

See also glory/fame

courtship, 1.

See also relationships

Coyle, Daniel, 1

Cramer, Jim, 1

creativity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

See also arts; imagination; storytelling

culture(s): at Academy, 1, 2, 3;

aging and, 1, 2;

ambition and, 1;

arts as passing on, 1;

Asian-Western differences concerning, 1;

assimilation into new, 1;

behavior and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

brain and, 1, 2;

in business world, 1, 2;

commonalities among, 1;

competition among, 1;

corruption in, 1;

counter-, 1, 2, 3, 4;

and “cultural capital,” 1;

debates and tensions within, 1;

definition and purpose of, 1;

differences among, 1, 2, 3, 4;

economics and, 1, 2;

emergent systems and, 1, 2, 3;

Erica and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

Erica’s marketing and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;

family and, 1;

genetics and, 1, 2;

globalization and, 1;

greatness and, 1;

Harold’s early, 1;

Harold’s study of ancient Greek, 1;

in high school, 1;

inequality in, 1;

inherited knowledge of babies and, 1;

intelligence and, 1;

at Intercom, 1;

lack of knowledge about, 1;

language and, 1;

macho/male, 1, 2;

marriage and, 1;

modern development of, 1;

morality and, 1, 2;

motivation and, 1;

music and, 1;

politics and, 1, 2, 3;

poverty and, 1;

progress and, 1;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;

reductionist’s explanation of, 1;

regulations and, 1;

relationships and, 1, 2;

rules and, 1;

similarity among humans and, 1;

social issues and, 1;

stereotypes and, 1;

success of society and, 1;

that works, 1;

wealth and, 1