Paiute sorcery

Whiting, Beatrice Blyth

Paiute sorcery

Viking Fund • New York • Published In 1950 • Pages: ??•

By Whiting, Beatrice Blyth

Abstract

After studying Paiute society, the author postulates that sorcery may serve as a mechanism for social control in societies lacking superordinate authority justice. In this chapter, the cross-cultural results were presented.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Other	Researchers Own	Cross-Cultural Survey, HRAF's precursor

Hypotheses (2)
Hypothesis	Supported
There is a correlation between presence of sorcery as an explanation of illness and coordinate control; absence of sorcery as an explanation of illness is correlated with superordinate punishment (85,86)	Supported
". . . superordinate control . . . is correlated with the size of the population of the community, small communities tending to have coordinate control" (91)	Supported

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Paiute sorcery

Viking Fund • New York • Published In 1950 • Pages: ??• Cite

By Whiting, Beatrice Blyth

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (2)

Viking Fund • New York • Published In 1950 • Pages: ??•