Presence Of High Gods

Associated Documents (5)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Peoples, Hervey C.Subsistence and the evolution of religion
Zern, DavidChild-rearing practices and games of strategy
Cone, Cynthia A.Personality and subsistence: is the child the parent of the person?
Ball, Donald W.The scaling of gaming: skill, strategy, and chance
Johnson, Dominic D.P.God's punishment and public goods

Associated Hypotheses (15)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Peoples, Hervey C.Productivity (a measure of subsistence type), is positively associated with the presence of High Gods (p. 2t5).
Peoples, Hervey C.Population size is positively associated with the presence of High Gods (p. 257).
Peoples, Hervey C.Stratification is positively associated with the presence of High Gods (p. 257).
Zern, DavidA number of measures of stressful esperiences in development will be related to higher cognitive functioning as measured by games of strategy (169).
Cone, Cynthia A."Reported differences in personality descriptions among mixed farmers and pastoralists may be a result of a constellation of differences linked to the two types of economies" (295).
Ball, Donald W.Presence of high gods will be positively associated with game complexity (290).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be larger (420).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more compliant with social norms and decisions (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more able to lend money and use abstract media of exchange (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more loyal to the local and wider community (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more sharing with food (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will have centralized enforcement and sanctioning systems (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be more likely to pay taxes (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be less likely to experience internal conflict (421).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.In a multiple regression model, presence of high gods will be positively associated with money and credit, credit source, community size, jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local community, and sanctions (426).

Associated OCMs

  1. spirits and gods
  2. prayers and sacrifices
  3. avoidance and taboo