A INNATE SOCIABILITY: SELF-BIASED CONDITIONING

Abstract

This article investigates fundamental requirements of an architectural framework on which social intelligence could be developed and proposes the self-biased (SB) conditioning scheme as a basis for development of social intelligence. The objective of SB conditioning is to develop a set of secondary responses in a social context. SB conditioning requires two kinds of components: a set of primary response networks and an associative memory. A primary response network is unique in this conditioning scheme. It includes three types of components: an activation node, an expectation node, and a motor center. This network, by its expectation node, presupposes an involvement by others, in a social context, and therefore it can be a basis of social intelligence. A few examples of social intelligence are shown with this SB conditioning scheme: “eagle alarm” call learning, attachment behavior, and sympathetic coupling. The topic of situated personal assistance is also introduced in relation to the proposed scheme.