Preliminaries to a Theory of Culture Acquisition

Authors

Claudia Strauss, Pitzer CollegeFollow
Naomi Quinn

Document Type

Book Chapter

Program

Anthropology (Pitzer)

Publication Date

1992

Keywords

Culture, Culture acquisition, Cognitive development, Schema (Psychology)

Abstract

This chapter attempts to show that the process of culture acquisition is much more complex and problematic than that of language acquisition or some other sorts of learning. By culture acquisition we mean the acquisition of cultural models, which are learned, shared schemata. We, the authors, use pilot interviews conducted with three U.S. children on the topic of marriage to inform and illustrate our arguments.

Comments

Please note that this work is Chapter 11 of Cognition: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, edited by Herbert L. Pick, Paulus Van Den Broek, and David C. Knill. ISBN: 9781557981653

Rights Information

© 1992 American Psychological Association

DOI

10.1037/10564-011

Recommended Citation

Strauss, Claudia. "Preliminaries to a Theory of Culture Acquisition." Cognition: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. Ed. Herbert L. Pick, Paulus Van Den Broek, and David C. Knill. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1992. 267-294.