The Social Animal

Rabbitt, Patrick, 1

racism, 1, 2

Ramachandran, V. S., 1

rationalism: assumptions of, 1;

behavior economics and, 1, 2;

classical sources of, 1;

consciousness/unconsciousness and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

discoveries of, 1;

in economics, 1;

epistemological modesty and, 1;

limitations and biases of, 1;

morality and, 1, 2, 3, 4;

politics and, 1, 2, 3;

role in intellectual history of, 1;

science and, 1, 2;

social sciences and, 1

Raymond (Erica’s colleague), 1, 2, 3

Reagan, Nancy, 1

Reagan, Ronald, 1

reality: behavior economics and, 1;

epistemological modesty and, 1;

Erica’s building of her business and, 1;

imagination and, 1;

métis and, 1, 2;

perception of world and, 1;

politics and, 1, 2;

simplification and, 1;

unconscious models and construction of, 1

reason: affection and, 1;

character and, 1;

as decision-making step, 1;

emotions and, 1;

Enlightenment and, 1;

Harold’s viewpoint and, 1;

human uniqueness and, 1;

intuition and, 1;

limitations of, 1;

limits of pure, 1;

morality and, 1, 2, 3, 4

redemption, 1, 2

reductionism, 1

reform, 1

regulation, 1, 2, 3

relationships: attachment theory and, 1;

behavioral economics and, 1;

brain and, 1;

character and, 1;

classical economics and, 1;

commitment and, 1, 2, 3;

culture and, 1, 2;

decline of Erica’s consulting firm and, 1;

emergent systems and, 1;

freedom and commitment and, 1, 2;

function of, 1;

The Group and, 1;

happiness and, 1;

of Harold in college, 1;

high-school female, 1;

importance of, 1;

intelligence and, 1;

learning and, 1, 2;

limerence and, 1;

marital, 1;

melody and rhythm of, 1;

mother-child, 1, 2, 3, 4;

non-verbal, 1;

people as born into, 1;

politics and, 1, 2;

public policy and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;

romantic, 1;

rules of, 1, 2;

Senate, 1;

socialization and, 1;

teacher-student, 1, 2;

teenage, 1;

threatening, 1;

unconscious models and, 1.

See also courtship

religion, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

“reminiscence bump,” 1

respect, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

responsibility, 1, 2, 3

retirement, 1, 2

rewards, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

rhythm, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

See also harmony

risk, 1, 2, 3

Risley, Todd, 1

Rob (Harold’s father): anxiety about Harold of, 1;

attachment style and, 1;

commonalities between Julia and, 1;

emotions and decision-making link between Julia and, 1;

as father, 1, 2;

first date of Julia and, 1;

Harold’s imagination and, 1, 2, 3;

Harold’s relationship with, 1;

Harold’s storytelling and, 1, 2;

imagination of, 1;

initial attraction between Julia and, 1;

and Julia as destined for each other, 1;

laughter and, 1;

map meld of, 1;

mindsight of, 1;

movie ticket night of, 1;

subsidies for Harold by, 1

Robbers Cave State Park study, Sherif’s, 1

role models, 1, 2, 3

romantic relationships, 1

romanticism, 1, 2

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1

Rose, Stephen, 1

Roy, Oliver, 1

rules: of academic disciplines, 1;

at Academy, 1, 2;

culture and, 1;

Erica’s self-, 1;

Harold’s studies and, 1;

of high-school opposite, 1;

if-then, 1;

imagination and, 1;

of language, 1;

learning and, 1;

morality and, 1, 2;

norms and, 1;

problem-solving

and, 1;

of relationships, 1;

separation anxiety and, 1;

among teenagers, 1

Russo, J. Edward, 1

Rwandan genocide, 1