Mark Stanford
Biographic Data
| ID | 5625282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Stanford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Stanford |
| SIGNATURE | STANFORD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6208-8085 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Latent Classes of the Volunteer Satisfaction Index and Volunteering during the Pandemic in Singapore
Linking ritual transmission with the psychology of norm acquisition
10.1080/2153599X.2023.2186935
Why do great and little traditions coexist in the world’s doctrinal religions
Anthropologists and historians of religion have commonly contrasted “great” (literate, authoritative, and centrally regulated) traditions with “little” (popular, unauthorized, and locally variable) traditions. These two dimensions of doctrinal religion are thought to be a product of divergent patterns of learning and cultural transmission. It is common for the official representatives of doctrinal religions to portray the unauthorized practices o…
Cognitively Informed Ethnography
Here, we present two case studies which combine ethnographic fieldwork with quantitative methods to describe religious behaviour in two ecologically valid settings. Case Study 1 describes the use of mixed methods to explore whether different types of supernatural agents are associated with different categories of moral transgression in Burma, a syncretic and multi-religious environment which naturally lends itself to this question. In this case s…
Chronic Care and Addictions Treatment
In the treatment of drug addiction, as with other chronic conditions, the effects of treatment are significant but not long lasting after discharge unless continuing monitoring is provided. Efforts to help patients sustain positive treatment outcomes are generally directed to community support. Postdischarge checkups can help patients evaluate their behavior and recovery-related issues--similar to a person with diabetes reporting on blood sugar l…
Chronic Care and Addictions Treatment
In the treatment of drug addiction, as with other chronic conditions, the effects of treatment are significant but not long lasting after discharge unless continuing monitoring is provided. Efforts to help patients sustain positive treatment outcomes are generally directed to community support. Postdischarge checkups can help patients evaluate their behavior and recovery-related issues--similar to a person with diabetes reporting on blood sugar l…
Cognitively Informed Ethnography
Here, we present two case studies which combine ethnographic fieldwork with quantitative methods to describe religious behaviour in two ecologically valid settings. Case Study 1 describes the use of mixed methods to explore whether different types of supernatural agents are associated with different categories of moral transgression in Burma, a syncretic and multi-religious environment which naturally lends itself to this question. In this case s…
Why do great and little traditions coexist in the world’s doctrinal religions
Anthropologists and historians of religion have commonly contrasted “great” (literate, authoritative, and centrally regulated) traditions with “little” (popular, unauthorized, and locally variable) traditions. These two dimensions of doctrinal religion are thought to be a product of divergent patterns of learning and cultural transmission. It is common for the official representatives of doctrinal religions to portray the unauthorized practices o…
Linking ritual transmission with the psychology of norm acquisition
10.1080/2153599X.2023.2186935
The Latent Classes of the Volunteer Satisfaction Index and Volunteering during the Pandemic in Singapore
Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)