Possible rhinencephalic influences on human maternal behavior: a cross-cultural study

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By Hines, Dwight, Martindale, Colin

Hypothesis

"Of . . . child rearing practices in infancy references to odors [in folktales] correlates negatively with absence of pain inflicted by the nurturant agent" (4)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson’s product-moment correlationSupportedp<.10-.30UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Absence Of Pain Inflicted By Nurturant AgentDependentDevelopment And Maturation
Odor References (folktale Themes)IndependentEthnophysics

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Blum, Richard H."When pain inflicted on the infant by the nurturant agent is high, then: [tobacco use is by both sexes]" (162)
Lambert, William W."A clear relationship between absence of pain from nurturing agent in infancy and [belief of predominant benevolence of] . . . supernaturals is shown" (164)
Stewart, Robert A. C.Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 9, "child affection and indulgence", loaded highly and positively on high indulgence of infant and child; high display of affection to infant; high degree of drive reduction and satisfaction immediacy. Factor 9 loaded negatively on high inferred conflict regarding responsible, obedient, and self-reliant behavior for child; high degree of pain inflicted on infant by nurturant agent (61-62)
Zern, David"[In] societies where there was low constancy of presence of the nurturant agent, there was no separate name for the mother. . . . [Societies] where there was high constancy of presence of the nurturant agent . . . had a separate name for the mother" (112)
Lambert, William W."Mothers visit pain upon children as a displaced aggression arising from the frustrations of particularly low status" (168)