Obedience Training

Associated Documents (4)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Barry III, HerbertRelation of child training to subsistence economy
Roberts, John M.Strategy in games and folk tales
Roberts, John M.Oaths, autonomic ordeals, and power
Schlegel, AlicePain, fear, and circumcision in boys' adolescent initiation ceremonies

Associated Hypotheses (4)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Barry III, HerbertStrength of child training for responsibility and obedience will be positively correlated with accumulation of food resources (52-53).
Roberts, John M."The strategic mode of competition as modeled in games of strategy is associated with societal complexity on the one hand and with obedience training on the other" (189)
Roberts, John M."Responsibility training . . . [and] obedience training [in childhood] are positively related to the presence of oaths and/or ordeals" (188)
Schlegel, AliceThere will be an association between harsh male initiation ceremonies and training for obedience in late childhood, prior to adolescence

Associated OCMs

  1. socialization
  2. aggression training
  3. independence training
  4. transmission of cultural norms
  5. transmission of skills