PSYC 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Physical Attractiveness, Intellectual Disability, Scandinavian Americans
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Many manners emerge as a result of cultural learning instead of addressing universal human. Blowing your nose on your hat/clothing/arm/elbow tradesman. Manners change over time b/c people"s views of what is healthy also change. Cultures not monolithic and frozen entities; fluid and constantly evolving as new ideas emerge. E. g. in hawaii; there are no large indigenous mammals in hawaii so native hawaiians have no hunting traditions: affects diets, how societies are restructured and the values people come to adopt. Value masculinity young men frequently engage in violent and drunken fights with knives and clubs: e. g. Shallow lagoons provide ample fishing no warfare or feuding in tahiti; little evidence of masculinity being a concern. More benign cultures where food is plentiful and easily accessible more androgynous gender roles. The harsher the environment and scarcer the resources more manhood is stressed as inspiration and the goal. Small differences can have large effects: e. g.
