Cultural Change: The How and the Why

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 956-972

  Varnum, Michael E W ^a   Grossmann, Igor ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

behavioral ecology; cultural change; cultural evolution; cultural transmission; culture diversity; environment; evoked responses; evolutionary psychology; history; language communication; scientific methodology

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85029068406     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691617699971     Document Type: Article

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