Games

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Blum, Richard H.A cross-cultural study
Silver, Burton B.Social structure and games: a cross-cultural analysis of the structural correlates of game compl...
Raybeck, DouglasBehavior and the Brain: Mediation of Acquired Skills

Associated Hypotheses (5)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Blum, Richard H."When games, if present, include games of strategy, then: [use of alcohol occurs; alcohol is plentiful; and stimulants are limited or scarce]" (167)
Silver, Burton B.Political complexity will be positively associated with the presence of complex games (97).
Silver, Burton B.In societies of low political complexity, complex games will be positively associated with demographic complexity and negatively associated with religious differentiation (97).
Silver, Burton B.In societies of high political complexity, complex games will be postively associated with religious differentiation, demographic complexity, and external threat, and negatively associated with social differentiation (97).
Raybeck, DouglasCertain kinds of childhood experiences (e.g. games involving complex imaging) will predict gestalt skills in adulthood (such as complex environmental representations and artistic originality).

Associated OCMs

  1. games