Norm-based spontaneous categorization: Cultural norms shape meaning and memory.
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DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000188
Abstract: When cultures have different norms for the same situation, does culture affect memory by influencing the weight individuals assign to information or also by affecting the meaning of information itself, influencing memory via categorization? We… read more here.
Keywords: categorization; information; memory; based spontaneous ... See more keywords
Gatison, Annette Madlock, ed. Communicating Women’s Health: Social and Cultural Norms that Influence Health Decisions. New York: Routledge, 2016. 199 pp. $163.00 (hardback). ISBN: 978-1-138-84161-1
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DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2018.1501985
Abstract: Communicating Women’s Health: Social and Cultural Norms That Influence Health Decisions is an edited collection focused on the various social and cultural conditions that contribute to women’s heal... read more here.
Keywords: communicating women; cultural norms; social cultural; women health ... See more keywords
Effects of socio-cultural norms on smallholder adaptation to climate change in Nkoranza South municipality, Ghana
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1829550
Abstract: ABSTRACT Socio-cultural norms can potentially enhance the adaptive capacities of some groups while constraining the capacities of others. Using household surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews in four communities in the Nkoranza South… read more here.
Keywords: south municipality; cultural norms; climate; nkoranza south ... See more keywords
Parental investment in Tibetan populations does not reflect stated cultural norms
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx134
Abstract: &NA; In this paper, we examined both stated norms of sex preference and actual sex‐biases in parental investment in a Tibetan pastoralist society. We collected detailed demographic data on infant mortality, infant feeding, the length… read more here.
Keywords: investment tibetan; investment; parental investment; cultural norms ... See more keywords
The Apathy Syndrome: How We Are Trained Not to Care about Politics
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DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spz019
Abstract: The role of emotions in social movements and mobilization has been an important focus of recent research, but the emotional mechanisms producing apathy and non-participation remain under studied. This article explores the thinking and feeling… read more here.
Keywords: syndrome trained; trained care; care politics; apathy syndrome ... See more keywords
Indigenizing, and Developing Africa: The Role of Indigenous Cultural Norms and Values
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DOI: 10.1177/00219347231172217
Abstract: The determinants of development of nation states are mostly skewed toward political serenity, abundance of natural resources, and the intellectual and managerial prowess of the human resource. However, the culture of a people and their… read more here.
Keywords: cultural norms; role indigenous; developing africa; indigenous cultural ... See more keywords