Chimpocentrism and reconstructions of human evolution (a timely
... diet and locomotion (Moore, 1996), and some aspects of their social life (Foley, 1989; Ghiglieri, 1987; Wrangham, 1987, but see Section 5). The results of these comparative studies, ironically, may even have prevented chimpocentrism from disappearing. From established similarities has been inferred ...
... diet and locomotion (Moore, 1996), and some aspects of their social life (Foley, 1989; Ghiglieri, 1987; Wrangham, 1987, but see Section 5). The results of these comparative studies, ironically, may even have prevented chimpocentrism from disappearing. From established similarities has been inferred ...
A Unifying Theory of Biological Function van Hateren, Johannes
... scarce). Frequency-dependent effects, such as those occurring in mimicry, are automatically included in F as well. Factors at a level below that of the organism, such as developmental and genetic ones, are also included. The approach is therefore, intrinsically, a multilevel one with respect to natu ...
... scarce). Frequency-dependent effects, such as those occurring in mimicry, are automatically included in F as well. Factors at a level below that of the organism, such as developmental and genetic ones, are also included. The approach is therefore, intrinsically, a multilevel one with respect to natu ...
Why is this negative reinforcement?
... documented; witnesses helped to record the data and there were strict controls. Only one variable was changed at a time. The extensive documentation meant the study could have been replicated and, therefore, tested for reliability but low ecological validity because it was carried out in a lab. • ...
... documented; witnesses helped to record the data and there were strict controls. Only one variable was changed at a time. The extensive documentation meant the study could have been replicated and, therefore, tested for reliability but low ecological validity because it was carried out in a lab. • ...
Cultural Evolution: Integration and Scepticism
... selection can promote the spread of skills or moral values, regardless of whether it is genetic inheritance or learning which explains their transmission. What’s more, skills and moral values are not only transmitted vertically from parents to offspring: They can be passed from children to their fri ...
... selection can promote the spread of skills or moral values, regardless of whether it is genetic inheritance or learning which explains their transmission. What’s more, skills and moral values are not only transmitted vertically from parents to offspring: They can be passed from children to their fri ...
anthropology, mathematics, kinship
... Between the 1983 publication of Structural Models in Anthropology and the 1991 publication of Exchange in Oceania: A Graph-theoretic Analysis (Oxford University Press),4 Hage published a number of papers, notably a boolean group analysis of Arapesh sexual symbolism (with Harary, 1983b), which analyz ...
... Between the 1983 publication of Structural Models in Anthropology and the 1991 publication of Exchange in Oceania: A Graph-theoretic Analysis (Oxford University Press),4 Hage published a number of papers, notably a boolean group analysis of Arapesh sexual symbolism (with Harary, 1983b), which analyz ...
Multidimensional convergence stability
... into account when considering evolutionary stability. On the one hand, I will note that it is essentially futile to expect a completely general stability criterion based solely on (invasion) fitness, and this state of affairs is particularly acute for multidimensional trait spaces. On the other hand ...
... into account when considering evolutionary stability. On the one hand, I will note that it is essentially futile to expect a completely general stability criterion based solely on (invasion) fitness, and this state of affairs is particularly acute for multidimensional trait spaces. On the other hand ...
Evolution on purpose: how behaviour has shaped the evolutionary
... The idea that behaviour has played an important role in evolution has had its ups and downs over the past two centuries. Now it appears to be up once again. Lamarck can claim priority for this insight, along with Darwin’s more guarded view. However, there followed a long ‘dark-age’, which began with ...
... The idea that behaviour has played an important role in evolution has had its ups and downs over the past two centuries. Now it appears to be up once again. Lamarck can claim priority for this insight, along with Darwin’s more guarded view. However, there followed a long ‘dark-age’, which began with ...
NATURAL EVIL, EXTREME STATES OF MIND, AND THE
... to become extreme) and, the partial or complete absence (the inadequacy) of the social mechanisms for containment of the individual’s experience so as to name, recognise, acknowledge, or in other ways to share, a feeling or an experience. By an ‘extreme state of mind’ I mean one with an ‘unthinkable ...
... to become extreme) and, the partial or complete absence (the inadequacy) of the social mechanisms for containment of the individual’s experience so as to name, recognise, acknowledge, or in other ways to share, a feeling or an experience. By an ‘extreme state of mind’ I mean one with an ‘unthinkable ...
1 ANTHROPOLOGY 460 Anthropological Theory Professor Paul E
... - Give examples of the way religious organizations periodically revive it. 2. How does Durkheim connect the notion of mana (“abstract powers, anonymous forces”) to the sentiments generated by collective social life? (see pp. 227-231) 3. There is a paradox in Durkheim’s views on the relation between ...
... - Give examples of the way religious organizations periodically revive it. 2. How does Durkheim connect the notion of mana (“abstract powers, anonymous forces”) to the sentiments generated by collective social life? (see pp. 227-231) 3. There is a paradox in Durkheim’s views on the relation between ...
fallkinship
... 2000).1 The general aim is to explain the process of distribution of two classes of causally related phenomena: mental facts and public productions. By ‘mental facts,’ I mean the ux of mental representations such as beliefs, ideas, and values inside individual minds, which are deployed by the proc ...
... 2000).1 The general aim is to explain the process of distribution of two classes of causally related phenomena: mental facts and public productions. By ‘mental facts,’ I mean the ux of mental representations such as beliefs, ideas, and values inside individual minds, which are deployed by the proc ...
social anthropology
... Most students, however, choose to write another kind of paper, a paper in which they apply one of the interpretive approaches presented in the assigned readings to some phenomenon of their own culture that they are familiar with from their own personal experience. The goal of this type of paper is f ...
... Most students, however, choose to write another kind of paper, a paper in which they apply one of the interpretive approaches presented in the assigned readings to some phenomenon of their own culture that they are familiar with from their own personal experience. The goal of this type of paper is f ...
LEARNING • All organizational behavior is affected directly or
... A review of research findings on the impact of reinforcement on behaviour concluded that : 1. Some type of reinforcement is necessary to produce a change in behaviour 2.Some types of rewards are more effective than others for use in an organization 3.The speed with which learning takes place and the ...
... A review of research findings on the impact of reinforcement on behaviour concluded that : 1. Some type of reinforcement is necessary to produce a change in behaviour 2.Some types of rewards are more effective than others for use in an organization 3.The speed with which learning takes place and the ...
Strong Reciprocity and Human Sociality
... Human groups maintain a high level of sociality despite a low level of relatedness among group members. This paper reviews the evidence for an empirically identi"able form of prosocial behavior in humans, which we call &&strong reciprocity'', that may in part explain human sociality. A strong recipr ...
... Human groups maintain a high level of sociality despite a low level of relatedness among group members. This paper reviews the evidence for an empirically identi"able form of prosocial behavior in humans, which we call &&strong reciprocity'', that may in part explain human sociality. A strong recipr ...
FULL-TEXT - Manchester eScholar
... imitative acts regulate society and specific social relationships, whether or not these are conscious social acts. Tarde argued the strongest case for imitation as the most significant social act in the integration of society, a practice that pulled people together in common styles and interests wi ...
... imitative acts regulate society and specific social relationships, whether or not these are conscious social acts. Tarde argued the strongest case for imitation as the most significant social act in the integration of society, a practice that pulled people together in common styles and interests wi ...
Reproducing Reproduction
... belief, primitivism and modernity, and religion and cosmology, as well as issues of theory and method ( L e a c h 1967; Spiro 1968). I n sum, an important genealogy of m o d e r n anthropology can readily be traced through its relationship to a core set of ideas related to reproduction, or "the fact ...
... belief, primitivism and modernity, and religion and cosmology, as well as issues of theory and method ( L e a c h 1967; Spiro 1968). I n sum, an important genealogy of m o d e r n anthropology can readily be traced through its relationship to a core set of ideas related to reproduction, or "the fact ...
The Descent of Evolutionary Explanations: Darwinian Vestiges
... emphasizes, for example, that “adaptation is a historical concept” (1993:84). Burian and Ernst Mayr argue that it is because correlation with increased fitness does not indicate the historical origin of a trait that it is insufficient to demonstrate adaptation (Burian 1992:11 and Mayr 1983, cf. Bran ...
... emphasizes, for example, that “adaptation is a historical concept” (1993:84). Burian and Ernst Mayr argue that it is because correlation with increased fitness does not indicate the historical origin of a trait that it is insufficient to demonstrate adaptation (Burian 1992:11 and Mayr 1983, cf. Bran ...
Darwinian Fitness & Directionality Theory
... bi = Probability of surviving from age-class (i) to age-class (i+1) mi = Mean number of offspring produced by individual in age-class (i) lj = b1,b2,...,bj-1 = Survivorship to age-class (j) Vj = lj mj = Net-reproduction at age j ...
... bi = Probability of surviving from age-class (i) to age-class (i+1) mi = Mean number of offspring produced by individual in age-class (i) lj = b1,b2,...,bj-1 = Survivorship to age-class (j) Vj = lj mj = Net-reproduction at age j ...
GENES, ENVIRONMENTS, AND CONCEPTS OF BIOLOGICAL
... the conception/donation view fit each other extremely well. The parent-to-offspring transfer of developmentally special material can be metaphorically seen in terms of parents at the moment of conception ‘giving’ or ‘donating’ their own biological features to their offspring. That is, the offspring ...
... the conception/donation view fit each other extremely well. The parent-to-offspring transfer of developmentally special material can be metaphorically seen in terms of parents at the moment of conception ‘giving’ or ‘donating’ their own biological features to their offspring. That is, the offspring ...
The ethnographic present revisited
... the early teens of the century – usually the job is done by ‘the functionalists’. Then, we proceed to show how mistaken they were. Seldom do we actually discuss in detail the texts we criticise or do we place them in anything like their historical context. At most, we make references to other people ...
... the early teens of the century – usually the job is done by ‘the functionalists’. Then, we proceed to show how mistaken they were. Seldom do we actually discuss in detail the texts we criticise or do we place them in anything like their historical context. At most, we make references to other people ...
Anthropological Theory
... D’Andrade, in effect, independently discovered the concept of an implicational universal in kin term relations and he recognized its diachronic significance. As Kay (1971) wrote in the introduction to D’Andrade’s paper: The approach is in the style of Murdock’s classic treatise, with two important i ...
... D’Andrade, in effect, independently discovered the concept of an implicational universal in kin term relations and he recognized its diachronic significance. As Kay (1971) wrote in the introduction to D’Andrade’s paper: The approach is in the style of Murdock’s classic treatise, with two important i ...
Behavioural Therapy
... rendered for not fulfilling the terms of the contract are also delineated. •The contract is specific about how reinforcers & the punishment will be presented, However , flexibility is important so that renegotiations can occur if necessary ...
... rendered for not fulfilling the terms of the contract are also delineated. •The contract is specific about how reinforcers & the punishment will be presented, However , flexibility is important so that renegotiations can occur if necessary ...
Differential Psychology
... – problems to verify introspective information – abstract & difficult to measure nature of psychoanalytic theory ...
... – problems to verify introspective information – abstract & difficult to measure nature of psychoanalytic theory ...
SFR12_06 Jordan et al GR01.indd
... and it is likely that early hominins engaged in fission-fusion social organization, much like both extant human foragers and chimpanzees. For instance, even the most mobile extant forager societies have a network size (a few hundred to a few thousand) that far exceeds the largest chimpanzee communit ...
... and it is likely that early hominins engaged in fission-fusion social organization, much like both extant human foragers and chimpanzees. For instance, even the most mobile extant forager societies have a network size (a few hundred to a few thousand) that far exceeds the largest chimpanzee communit ...
Cultural evolution of the structure of human groups
... and it is likely that early hominins engaged in fission-fusion social organization, much like both extant human foragers and chimpanzees. For instance, even the most mobile extant forager societies have a network size (a few hundred to a few thousand) that far exceeds the largest chimpanzee communit ...
... and it is likely that early hominins engaged in fission-fusion social organization, much like both extant human foragers and chimpanzees. For instance, even the most mobile extant forager societies have a network size (a few hundred to a few thousand) that far exceeds the largest chimpanzee communit ...
Empowering the Shamed Self: Recognition and Critical
... Critical social work has a vital role to play here in addressing how emancipatory action might be curtailed by this psychological reaction. For example, The Disability Rights movement in the UK has not only re-defined our understanding of what types of services should be provided but also who shoul ...
... Critical social work has a vital role to play here in addressing how emancipatory action might be curtailed by this psychological reaction. For example, The Disability Rights movement in the UK has not only re-defined our understanding of what types of services should be provided but also who shoul ...