The first fact anyone owning a dog or a puppy should be aware of, is that they are pack animals and have a strong social instinct. (freedoglistings.com)
Plus we had to struggle with our failing interactional abilities, which seemed to be waving gamely like those giant, willowy, white - plastic columns at the used car lots, pumped up by air and wagging at customers — blathering social instincts not to stare, not to stand by while someone is consumed with anxiety; instincts to smile or not to smile; all this quickly reaching a crux, our faces distended by the wondrous strain. (psychotherapynetworker.org)
We are social animals with social instincts, and we take pleasure in the excitation of those instincts, as Goebbels and Hitler knew so well. (firstthings.com)