Persisting and Disappearing Traits in the Development of Precivilized Societies

A Preliminary Note

Bibliographic Data

ID2315467
AuthorsEdgar Bowden (University of Ife (Ibadan, Nigeria), corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume4
Issue4
Pages413-426
Publication date1973-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/002202217300400403
OpenAlexW2139349541
LanguageEN
References cited10

Results of the application of a new method of ordinal scaling to a sample of cross-cultural data are presented. The method distinguishes traits which reach a maximum level of development and then decline (D-type) from those which do not decline after reaching a maximum (P-type). Maledominant and equidominant/female-dominant societies are scaled separately and a number of P-type and D-type traits identified, some of the former having previously been found to be strong indices of sociocultural development for both types of society, the rest being specific to one type or the other

Biology · Geography · Sample (material · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Type (biology · Anthropology · Cultural Differences and Values · Ecology · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends

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