Theodore D. Graves

Behavioral Anthropology

Toward an Integrated Science of Human Behavior

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Behavioral Anthropology is a unique introductory text that combines an intellectual biography with an overview of the methodological principles of cross-cultural research. Each chapter deals with a specific methodological issue: research design; the role of theory; strategies for measuring behavior; psychological or situational variables; samples and surveys simple and complex methods of data analysis and interpretation. For those interested in the behavioral approach, this book will be a valuable reference and teaching tool.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9780759105737
• ISBN-10: 0759105731
• Artikelnr.: 21397729

Autorenporträt

Theodore D. Graves is a retired professor of anthropology and social psychology who has conducted field research in the American southwest, Latin America, East Africa, and the South Pacific. He has twice won the Stirling Award in Culture and Personality of the American Anthropological Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1: What is Behavioral Anthropology?
Chapter 3 2: Becoming a Behavioral Anthropologist Chapter 4 3: Measuring
Behavior Chapter 5 4: Simple Data Analysis Chapter 6 5: Research Design
Chapter 7 6: Measuring Psychological Variables Chapter 8 7: Social
Channeling Behavior Chapter 9 8: Samples and Surveys Chapter 10 9: Direct
Observations of Behavior Chapter 11 10: A Different Kind of Ethnography
Chapter 12 11: Interplay between Theory and Research Chapter 13 12:
Multivariate Analysis and Causal Inferences Chapter 14 13: Research and
Application Chapter 15 14: Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century Chapter
16 Appendix A: Navajo Urban Relocation Research Survey Questionnaire
Chapter 17 Appendix B: A Test of Need-Achievement for Young Male Navajo
Indians, Scoring Manual