Is a cultural ethology possible?
@article{Cloak1975IsAC, title={Is a cultural ethology possible?}, author={F. T. Cloak}, journal={Human Ecology}, year={1975}, volume={3}, pages={161-182} }
The possibility, desirability, and potential outcomes of applying ethological methods to the study of culture-specific human behaviors are investigated. Ethology and culture are explored. A new term, “instruction,” and its use in cultural ethology are proposed. Genetics and survival value are related to cultural ethology. A cultural ethology is given a possible theoretical foundation, and current attempts at a cultural ethology are appraised. A research program in cultural ethology and related… CONTINUE READING
298 Citations
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 41 REFERENCES
Darwinian Psychological Anthropology: A Biosocial Approach [and Comments and Reply]
- Sociology
- Current Anthropology
- 1973
- 14
Genetic and cultural pools: Some suggestions for a unified theory of biocultural evolution
- Sociology
- 1973
- 131