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| Author | : Heewon Kwon |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2019-02-07 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1108652816 |
Examining the interconnections between genes and culture is crucial for a more complete understanding of psychological processes. Genetic predispositions may predict different outcomes depending on one's cultural context, and culture may predict different outcomes depending on genetic predispositions - that is, genes and culture interact. Less is understood, however, about how genes and culture interact, or the psychological mechanisms through which gene-culture interactions occur. In this Element, Heewon Kwon and Joni Y. Sasaki review key findings and theories in gene-culture interaction research. They then go on to discuss current issues and future directions in gene-culture research that may illuminate the path toward an explanatory framework.
| Author | : Jose M. Causadias |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 2017-08-30 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1119181348 |
A comprehensive guide to empirical and theoretical research advances in culture and biology interplay Culture and biology are considered as two domains of equal importance and constant coevolution, although they have traditionally been studied in isolation. The Handbook of Culture and Biology is a comprehensive resource that focuses on theory and research in culture and biology interplay. This emerging field centers on how these two processes have evolved together, how culture, biology, and environment influence each other, and how they shape behavior, cognition, and development among humans and animals across multiple levels, types, timeframes, and domains of analysis. The text provides an overview of current empirical and theoretical advances in culture and biology interplay research through the work of some of the most influential scholars in the field. Harnessing insights from a range of disciplines (e.g., biology, neuroscience, primatology, psychology) and research methods (experiments, genetic epidemiology, naturalistic observations, neuroimaging), it explores diverse topics including animal culture, cultural genomics, and neurobiology of cultural experiences. The authors also advance the field by discussing key challenges and limitations in current research. The Handbook of Culture and Biology is an important resource that: Gathers related research areas into the single, cohesive field of culture and biology interplay Offers a unique and comprehensive collection from leading and influential scholars Contains information from a wide range of disciplines and research methods Introduces well-validated and coherently articulated conceptual frameworks Written for scholars in the field, this handbook brings together related areas of research and theory that have traditionally been disjointed into the single, cohesive field of culture and biology interplay.
| Author | : Charles J Lumsden |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2005-08-11 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 981448069X |
Long considered one of the most provocative and demanding major works on human sociobiology, Genes, Mind, and Culture introduces the concept of gene-culture coevolution. It has been out of print for several years, and in this volume Lumsden and Wilson provide a much needed facsimile edition of their original work, together with a major review of progress in the discipline during the ensuing quarter century. They argue compellingly that human nature is neither arbitrary nor predetermined, and identify mechanisms that energize the upward translation from genes to culture. The authors also assess the properties of genetic evolution of mind within emergent cultural patterns. Lumsden and Wilson explore the rich and sophisticated data of developmental psychology and cognitive science in a fashion that, for the first time, aligns these disciplines with human sociobiology. The authors also draw on population genetics, cultural anthropology, and mathematical physics to set human sociobiology on a predictive base, and so trace the main steps that lead from the genes through human consciousness to culture.
| Author | : William H. Durham |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 658 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9780804721561 |
Charles Darwin's "On the Origins of Species" had two principal goals: to show that species had not been separately created and to show that natural selection had been the main force behind their proliferation and descent from common ancestors. In "Coevolution," the author proposes a powerful new theory of cultural evolution--that is, of the descent with modification of the shared conceptual systems we call "cultures"--that is parallel in many ways to Darwin's theory of organic evolution. The author suggests that a process of cultural selection, or preservation by preference, driven chiefly by choice or imposition depending on the circumstances, has been the main but not exclusive force of cultural change. He shows that this process gives rise to five major patterns or "modes" in which cultural change is at odds with genetic change. Each of the five modes is discussed in some detail and its existence confirmed through one or more case studies chosen for their heuristic value, the robustness of their data, and their broader implications. But "Coevolution" predicts not simply the existence of the five modes of gene-culture relations; it also predicts their relative importance in the ongoing dynamics of cultural change in particular cases. The case studies themselves are lucid and innovative reexaminations of an array of oft-pondered anthropological topics--plural marriage, sickle-cell anemia, basic color terms, adult lactose absorption, incest taboos, headhunting, and cannibalism. In a general case, the author's goal is to demonstrate that an evolutionary analysis of both genes and culture has much to contribute to our understanding of human diversity, particularly behavioral diversity, and thus to the resolution of age-old questions about nature and nurture, genes and culture.
| Author | : Jessica Eva LeClair |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781321202250 |
Building on gene--environment interaction (G x E) research, this study investigates how a genetic susceptibility index interacts with culture to influence expressive tendencies in a gene--culture interaction. Previous studies have identified specific genetic variants associated with greater susceptibility to environmental influences. Taking culture as a form of environment, individuals with more susceptible variants are expected to exhibit behavior more in line with cultural norms. We assessed susceptibility using a genetic susceptibility index, which was composed of multiple polymorphisms previously identified in gene--culture interaction studies of susceptibility genotypes. American and Korean participants completed assessments of expressive behavior, including value of expression, emotional suppression, and cognitive reappraisal tendencies, and were genotyped for OXTR, 5HTR1A, SERT, and DRD4. Increased expressive values and behaviors are normative in an American cultural context, but not in an East Asian cultural context like Korea. Comparing between Americans and Koreans, we found the predicted interaction on expression: Individuals with higher genetic susceptibility to environmental influence were more likely to exhibit expressive tendencies in accordance with cultural norms. Specifically, among Americans, increased genetic susceptibility was associated with greater value of expression and lower emotional suppression, while Koreans showed the opposite pattern. For cognitive reappraisal, which does not differ between the cultures, we found no interactive effect between genetic susceptibility and culture. Both cultural groups showed an association between increased genetic susceptibility and use of cognitive reappraisal. These findings suggest cultural factors moderate the influence of genetic susceptibility across multiple genes on the manifestation of expressive tendencies.
| Author | : Institute of Medicine |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2006-12-07 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0309101964 |
Over the past century, we have made great strides in reducing rates of disease and enhancing people's general health. Public health measures such as sanitation, improved hygiene, and vaccines; reduced hazards in the workplace; new drugs and clinical procedures; and, more recently, a growing understanding of the human genome have each played a role in extending the duration and raising the quality of human life. But research conducted over the past few decades shows us that this progress, much of which was based on investigating one causative factor at a time—often, through a single discipline or by a narrow range of practitioners—can only go so far. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment examines a number of well-described gene-environment interactions, reviews the state of the science in researching such interactions, and recommends priorities not only for research itself but also for its workforce, resource, and infrastructural needs.
| Author | : Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 575 |
| Release | : 2018-10-18 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1108470971 |
A complete account of evolutionary thought in the social, environmental and policy sciences, creating bridges with biology.
| Author | : Linda Stone |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2006-10-23 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1405150890 |
Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesisis a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. Written by two geneticists---including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project---and a socio-cultural anthropologist. Based on recent findings in genetics and anthropology that indicate the analysis of human culture and evolution demands an integration of these fields of study. Focuses on evolution---or, rather, co-evolution---viewed from the standpoint of genes and culture, and their inescapable interactions. Unifies cultural and genetic concepts rather than rehashing nonempirical sociobiological musings. Demonstrates that empirical genetic evidence, based on modern DNA analysis and population studies, provides an excellent foundation for understanding human cultural diversity.
| Author | : Linda Stone |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2006-10-23 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1405131667 |
Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesisis a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics. Written by two geneticists---including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project---and a socio-cultural anthropologist. Based on recent findings in genetics and anthropology that indicate the analysis of human culture and evolution demands an integration of these fields of study. Focuses on evolution---or, rather, co-evolution---viewed from the standpoint of genes and culture, and their inescapable interactions. Unifies cultural and genetic concepts rather than rehashing nonempirical sociobiological musings. Demonstrates that empirical genetic evidence, based on modern DNA analysis and population studies, provides an excellent foundation for understanding human cultural diversity.
| Author | : Laurence J. Kirmayer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 683 |
| Release | : 2020-09-24 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1108580572 |
Recent neuroscience research makes it clear that human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure values, and institutions. This integrative volume brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from the human, social, and biological sciences to explore culture, mind, and brain interactions and their impact on personal and societal issues. Contributors provide a fresh look at emerging concepts, models, and applications of the co-constitution of culture, mind, and brain. Chapters survey the latest theoretical and methodological insights alongside the challenges in this area, and describe how these new ideas are being applied in the sciences, humanities, arts, mental health, and everyday life. Readers will gain new appreciation of the ways in which our unique biology and cultural diversity shape behavior and experience, and our ongoing adaptation to a constantly changing world.
