Anthropological studies of dreams

D'Andrade, Roy G.

Anthropological studies of dreams

Psychological Anthropology: Approaches to Culture and Personality • The Dorsey Press, Inc. • Homewood, Ill. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 296-332 •

By D'Andrade, Roy G.

Hypothesis

"Hunting and fishing societies will be likely to use dreams to seek and control supernatural powers, while societies with both agriculture and animal husbandry will be less likely to use dreams in this fashion. Societies with either agriculture or animal husbandry, but not both, should fall between these two extremes" (325).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Subsistence Economy	Independent	Food Quest, Annual Cycle, Diet
Use Of Dreams To Seek And Control Supernatural Powers	Dependent	Revelation And Divination

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
D'Andrade, Roy G.	1961	"The further a son moves away from his parents at marriage, the more likely a society is to use dreams to seek and control supernatural powers" (322).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bourguignon, Erika	1972	"We expected to find that societies with institutionalized forms of Trance were more likely to be those coded by D'Andrade as having the use of dreams to seek and control supernatural powers than those that do not have institutionalized forms of Trance" (418)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Blum, Richard H.	1969	"When dreams are used to control supernatural powers, then: [high or excessive use of alcohol occurs; tobacco is limited or scarce; and there is high or excessive use of stimulants rather than moderate or no use]" (167)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Botero, Carlos A.	2014	Moralizing high gods are most likely to be found in ecologically inhospitable and unpredictable environments, in politically complex societies, in societies near (or linguistically related to) other societies with high gods, and in societies with animal husbandry and/or agriculture.	Supported	8	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gavin, Michael C.	2018	Food production focused on plant-based agriculture should be more likely in more environmentally productive locations (7)	Not supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

Anthropological studies of dreams

Psychological Anthropology: Approaches to Culture and Personality • The Dorsey Press, Inc. • Homewood, Ill. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 296-332 • Cite

By D'Andrade, Roy G.

Hypothesis

Test

Variables

Related Hypotheses

Psychological Anthropology: Approaches to Culture and Personality • The Dorsey Press, Inc. • Homewood, Ill. • Published In 1961 • Pages: 296-332 •