Cultural Complexity

Associated Documents (27)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Zern, DavidThe role of schooling in socializing and skill-building: a cross-cultural study
Zern, David S.Child-rearing practices and societal complexity: effect of disequilibrium on cognitive development
Zern, DavidThe relationship of certain group-oriented and individualistically oriented child-rearing dimens...
Broude, Gwen J.Norms of premarital sexual behavior: a cross-cultural study
Perkins, Revere DaleThe evolution of culture and grammar
Leary, James R.Food taboos and level of culture: a cross-cultural study
Roberts, John M.Inculcated traits and game-type combinations: a cross-cultural view
Korotayev, Andrey V.Factors of sexual freedom among foragers in cross-cultural perspective
Divale, William TulioModernization as changes in cultural complexity: new cross-cultural measurements
Dirks, RobertAnnual rituals of conflict
Fought, John G.Sonority and climate in a world sample of languages: findings and prospects
Zern, DavidReligiousness related to cultural complexity and pressures to obey cultural norms
Schlegel, AliceThe cultural consequences of female contribution to subsistence
Lee, Gary R.Conjugal power and spousal resources in patriarchal cultures
Broude, Gwen J.Extramarital sex norms in cross-cultural perspective
Shiels, DeanCultural evolution and conflict resolution
Zern, DavidThe use of discipline in socialization: its relationship to cognitive complexity
Chick, GarryLeisure and cultural complexity
Roberts, John M.Belief in the evil eye in world perspective
Whiting, John W.M.Aloofness and intimacy of husbands and wives: a cross-cultural study
Naroll, RaoulNatural selection in cultural evolution: warfare versus peaceful diffusion
Murdock, George PeterMeasurement of cultural complexity
Dole, Gertrude E.Developmental sequences of kinship patterns
Divale, William TulioThe causes of matrilocal residence: a cross-ethnohistorical survey
Jackson, Joshua ConradA global analysis of cultural tightness in non-industrial societies

Associated Hypotheses (35)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Zern, DavidSchooling will be associated with cultural complexity (p. 237).
Zern, DavidThe association between socialization pressure and cultural complexity will be different in socities with extensive schooling versus no schooling (p. 237).
Zern, David S.Disequilibrium in child-rearing will be positively associated with cultural complexity (127).
Zern, DavidPressure to conform (to obey, nurture, or be responsible) will be positively correlated with cultural complexity, and pressure to function independently (to achieve, be self-reliant and independent) will be negatively correlated (p.15-6).
Zern, DavidSocialization anxiety related to performance or nonperformance of a task will be correlated with cultural complexity (p. 16).
Broude, Gwen J."When each independent variable is tested against premarital sex norms while holding the others constant, only three [i.e., accessibility of caretakers, class stratification, and cultural complexity] retain their power to predict permissiveness and restrictiveness with statistical certainty" (398)
Perkins, Revere DaleLanguages relying upon deictic grammatical distinctions (portions of an utterance which are dependent on the spatio-temporal coordinates of the utterance for the determination of the intended referents) will be negatively associated with cultural complexity
Perkins, Revere DaleCultural complexity will be positively associated with syntactic devices
Leary, James R."While the more backward cultures will tend to place numerous restrictions on eating, advanced cultures will devote relatively little attention to interfering with the diet of the individual" (1)
Roberts, John M.". . . the game-type combination scale is positively associated with . . . indicators of cultural complexity . . ." (7)
Korotayev, Andrey V.Cultural complexity will be negatively associated with female premarital sexual freedom among foragers (32).
Divale, William TulioModernization changes in education, government, and trade will be positively associated with cultural complexity, female economic power, pacification, suicide, and individual stress (136, 144-5).
Divale, William TulioModernization changes in behavior will be positively associated with cultural complexity, suicide, and individual stress (136, 144-5).
Dirks, RobertThere will be a negative association between cultural complexity and level of and level of ritualization (864).
Fought, John G.Low sonority scores will be associated with higher levels of cultural complexity (38).
Zern, DavidRitual and belief will be positively associated with cultural complexity (222).
Schlegel, AliceWomen’s contribution to subsistence will be positively associated with polygyny, exogamy, bridewealth, postpartum sex taboo, girls’ socialization for industriousness, positive evaluation of females, and premarital sexual permissiveness (145-7)
Lee, Gary R.Wives’ power and wives’ proportionate contribution to subsistence will be negatively associated with cultural complexity (31-2).
Broude, Gwen J.Cultural complexity will be positively related to restrictive extramarital sex norms (187).
Shiels, DeanCultural complexity will be positively associated with legal development (4).
Zern, DavidPressure for obedience to social norms will be positively associated with cultural complexity (206).
Chick, GarryThere is a curvilinear relationship between cultural complexity and average hours spent in productive work per day (pp 62, 65).
Chick, GarryThere is a curvilinear relationship between cultural complexity and the average number of children born per female (pp 63, 66).
Chick, GarryThere is a curvilinear relationship between cultural complexity and the average age at which children become economically productive (pp 63, 67).
Roberts, John M.". . . there is a positive association between cultural complexity and the evil eye belief . . ." (235)f
Whiting, John W.M.". . . husbands and wives should room together in . . . agricultural societies [with] complex [stratification] that have developed a constabulary and/or professional army as an alternative means of protecting property. . . . Rooming apart is most likely to occur in . . . societies at the middle level of development" (196)
Naroll, Raoul"If warfare is the selective mechanism of cultural evolution, then militarily successful societies should tend to be higher on the scale of cultural evolution than militarily unsuccessful societies" (99-100)
Murdock, George Peter"Matrilineal descent is heavily concentrated in the Lower Middle range [of cultural complexity] with only a relatively negligible number of cases at other levels" (391)
Murdock, George Peter"Bilateral descent strongly predominates at the level of Low Complexity, . . . its incidence declines in the middle ranges, especially sharply at the Upper Middle level, but rises to nearly 50 per cent among the cultures of highest complexity" (391-392)
Murdock, George Peter"Patrilineal descent is common throughout the middle and higher levels and is especially prevalent in the Upper Middle range, where its incidence is 73 per cent" (391)
Dole, Gertrude E.". . . the developmental sequence of [kinship]nomenclature types . . . [corresponds to] a scale of increasing cultural complexity" (156)
Divale, William Tulio"Uxorilocal or matrilocal residence and/or matrilineal descent should tend to be correlated with lower levels of cultural complexity than virilocal or patrilocal residence and/or patrilineal descent" (62)
Jackson, Joshua ConradCultural complexity will be positively associated with cultural tightness

Associated OCMs

  1. population
  2. sociocultural trends
  3. total culture
  4. agriculture
  5. classes
  6. community structure
  7. territorial hierarchy