Human behavior and the behavior of other animals.

Washburn, S. L.

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“…The heritability analyses of nonintellec tive traits discussed above are relevant to this assumption. In a persuasive critique of the sociobiology of human behavior, however, Washburn (1978) argued that the development of language has made human society categorically different from that of other animals. He suggests that cultural learning, made possible by language, has largely supplanted biological determination as the basis for human behavior.…”

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Policy Implications of the IQ Controversy

Nichols¹

1978

Review of Research in Education

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Section: Both Wilson and Barash Included A Final Chapter In Which Socmentioning

confidence: 98%

Policy Implications of the IQ Controversy

Nichols¹

1978

Review of Research in Education

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“…In the case of humans, of course, simple knowledge of habitat characteristics does not produce much predictive power, since humans remain morphologically quite generalized and "specialize" behaviorally in a variety of ways (White 1959;Washburn 1978). For humans, technology is one of the most critical variables that must be included in calculating the relationship between human groups and their local environment (Steward 1955).…”

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African marriage systems: Perspectives from evolutionary ecology

Draper

1989

Ethology and Sociobiology

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“…Some of the lack of support for sociobiological concepts relates to the perception by Washburn (1980) that the concept of kin selection provides a biological explanation for racism, with some radical right groups in Europe having already taken advantage of that potential (see Barker, 1982). 3 A more general caution is provided by Konner (1982) who warns of the "dangers of behavioral biology" and the role 166 Brief Reports Social Biology played by biological anthropology in supporting racism and eugenics in the United States and Germany in the past.…”

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The fitness of human sociobiology: The future utility of four concepts in four subdisciplines

Lieberman

Reynolds²,

Friedrich³

1992

Biodemography and Social Biology

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Reported here are the results of a survey inquiring into the rate of acceptance of four sociobiological concepts in regard to their usefulness for future research. Included in the survey were members of four subdisciplines: animal behavior (biology), biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and developmental psychology. Three types of institutions were included: universities, four-and five-year colleges, and community colleges. A total of 1,631 responses are reported with the degree of acceptance varying from highest to lowest as follows: biology, biological anthropology, developmental psychology, and cultural anthropology. These variations are related to the central concepts of each subdiscipline. This paper details the results of an investigation into the rates of acceptance of some of sociobiology's key concepts in the subdisciplines of animal behavior, cultural anthropology, developmental psychology, and biological anthropology. We are not concerned here with assessing the empirical correctness of the concepts. 1 We limit ourselves to examining the sociocultural diffusion and acceptance of the concepts across four academic subdisciplines whose members are acquainted with sociobiology's key concepts and have actively debated the conceptual and social issues raised by their usage. MATERIALS AND METHODS THE QUESTIONNAIREDuring 1984 and 1985, a questionnaire was mailed to individuals occu-1 A more complete analysis of this topic is to be published in Outrageous Concepts: Race, Genes, and Sociobiology, General Hall Publisher.pying the response categories described below. The questionnaire was in the form of a booklet titled "Viewpoints About Human Sociobiology." Its stated purpose was to gather information helpful in describing and understanding the emerging diversity of viewpoints on sociobiology. Respondents were asked to address the following question: "To what degree do you think each of the following sociobiological concepts might be useful in future research on human behavior?" Answers were on a five-point Likert scale including "very useful, useful, undecided, probably not useful, very unlikely to be useful."A study by Cathey and Brown (1986), addressing a related set of concerns, sent a questionnaire to 111 faculty at Michigan State University and received 88 returns, 79 per cent. About 52 per cent (31 of 59) of the responses agreed that sociobiology is a scientific discipline within biology, and 73 per cent (32 of 44) agreed that it is a con troversial area as applied to humans. 158

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Human behavior and the behavior of other animals.

Cited by 102 publications

References 23 publications

Policy Implications of the IQ Controversy

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African marriage systems: Perspectives from evolutionary ecology

The fitness of human sociobiology: The future utility of four concepts in four subdisciplines

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