Culture Acquisition: A Holistic Approach to Human Learning

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Tables and Figures ix
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction - Learning Culture 1
• Note 8
• 1 - Research on Primate Biology and Behavior: Implications for the Study of Culture Acquisition 9
• Notes 21
• 2 - Developmental, Neurological, and Information-Processing Research: Applications to Culture Acquisition 22
• Notes 33
• 3 - Culture Acquisition as a Lifelong Process: Perspectives from the Social and Behavioral Sciences 36
• Notes 45
• 4 - Cultural Transmission: a Review of Existing Theory and Method 46
• Notes 58
• 5 - Culture Acquisition: Operationalizing a Holistic Approach 59
• Notes 87

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Tables and Figures ix
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction - Learning Culture 1
• Note 8
• 1 - Research on Primate Biology and Behavior: Implications for the Study of Culture Acquisition 9
• Notes 21
• 2 - Developmental, Neurological, and Information-Processing Research: Applications to Culture Acquisition 22
• Notes 33
• 3 - Culture Acquisition as a Lifelong Process: Perspectives from the Social and Behavioral Sciences 36
• Notes 45
• 4 - Cultural Transmission: a Review of Existing Theory and Method 46
• Notes 58
• 5 - Culture Acquisition: Operationalizing a Holistic Approach 59
• Notes 87
• 6 - A Pilot Study of Culture Acquisition in Three Societies: Testing the Method 88
• Notes 115
• 7 - Methods for the Discovery of Patterns in Culture Acquisition: Some Comparative Experiments 117
• Conclusions 142
• Notes 143
• 8 - Facilitating Comparison in Culture Acquisition Research: Developing a Coding System 145
• Conclusion 161
• 9 - Cultural Transmission and Culture Acquisition in a Korean Village: The Systems Model in Ethnographic Terms 169
• Notes 184
• 10 - Becoming a Social Worker: Applying the Culture Acquisition Concept to a Professional Context 185
• Notes 195
• Appendix - Complete Revised Code List 197
• Index 231
• About the Authors and Contributors 237