Evolutionary Psychology and Cultural Transmission  

Oleh:

Boyer, Pascal

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Behavioral Scientist vol. 43 no. 06 (Mar. 2000), page 987-1000 .
Topik: Evolutionary Psychology; Cultural Anthropology
Fulltext: 07. Evolutionary Psychology and Cultural Transmission.pdf (1.59MB)

Isi artikel

This article is an evaluation of how evolutionary psychology can contribute to the description and explanation of cultural material as a continuation of other research frameworks that connected genetic inheritance and cultural evolution. Evolutionary psychology provides a proximate explanation of cultural transmission in that it is based on a description of the cognitive mechanisms involved in acquisition of cultural representations. To illustrate this point, the author uses the example of religious concepts. A better understanding of cultural acquisition processes will probably require new descriptive models for anthropological data.

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