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- The simpler the society, the wider the range of humor targets (156).Alford, Finnegan - A holo-cultural study of humor, 1981 - 0 Variables
This article presents a variety of findings regarding the nature and characteristics of humor and humorists, cross-culturally. It is a thorough preliminary study on the topic with a review of other work on humor and and outline of areas to be addressed by future research.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Humor is a cultural universal (162).Alford, Finnegan - A holo-cultural study of humor, 1981 - 1 Variables
This article presents a variety of findings regarding the nature and characteristics of humor and humorists, cross-culturally. It is a thorough preliminary study on the topic with a review of other work on humor and and outline of areas to be addressed by future research.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The more restrictive the cultural sphere regarding the body, the less humor about body parts (162).Alford, Finnegan - A holo-cultural study of humor, 1981 - 5 Variables
This article presents a variety of findings regarding the nature and characteristics of humor and humorists, cross-culturally. It is a thorough preliminary study on the topic with a review of other work on humor and and outline of areas to be addressed by future research.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The more sexual restrictiveness, the less humor about sex (155).Alford, Finnegan - A holo-cultural study of humor, 1981 - 0 Variables
This article presents a variety of findings regarding the nature and characteristics of humor and humorists, cross-culturally. It is a thorough preliminary study on the topic with a review of other work on humor and and outline of areas to be addressed by future research.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The more complex the society, the more humor about stupidity and pretension (156).Alford, Finnegan - A holo-cultural study of humor, 1981 - 0 Variables
This article presents a variety of findings regarding the nature and characteristics of humor and humorists, cross-culturally. It is a thorough preliminary study on the topic with a review of other work on humor and and outline of areas to be addressed by future research.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - The more complex the society, the more there are clowns and jesters (161).Alford, Finnegan - A holo-cultural study of humor, 1981 - 0 Variables
This article presents a variety of findings regarding the nature and characteristics of humor and humorists, cross-culturally. It is a thorough preliminary study on the topic with a review of other work on humor and and outline of areas to be addressed by future research.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In naïve knot-tying populations, the granny knot (the simpler of the two) will appear more often than the reef knot (more complicated of the two)Kaaronen, Roope O. - Ties That Bind: Computational, Cross-cultural Analyses of Knots Reveal Their..., 2025 - 0 Variables
To explore the fundamental nuances of knots, this study analyzes patterns of knot tying in an evolutionary cross-cultural lens. The results highlight a set of staple knots congruent across societies that implies the fundamentality of knots to human technology and innovation, exposing both strong patterns of social learning as well as task and subsistence diversity. The knot theory and computational string matching methods used in this study could be expanded to larger string or tying analysis in the future. Geographical proximity is not generally an important factor.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Names with semantic meaning will be negatively associated with societal size and complexity (60).Alford, Richard - Naming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices, 1987 - 7 Variables
This book examines naming practices cross-culturally. The author posits that naming practices help to both reflect and create conceptions of personal identity. Several correlations between name meanings and practices and various sociocultural variables are presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Occurrence of nicknames will be negatively associated with uniqueness of names (83).Alford, Richard - Naming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices, 1987 - 6 Variables
This book examines naming practices cross-culturally. The author posits that naming practices help to both reflect and create conceptions of personal identity. Several correlations between name meanings and practices and various sociocultural variables are presented.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Teknonymy will be positively associated with variables which indicate either age-grading, highlighting of individual status, respect for children, respect for equals, or emphasizing parental roles (92).Alford, Richard - Naming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices, 1987 - 7 Variables
This book examines naming practices cross-culturally. The author posits that naming practices help to both reflect and create conceptions of personal identity. Several correlations between name meanings and practices and various sociocultural variables are presented.
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