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Learning to fear: a case study of emotional conditioning
American ethnologist • 6 (3) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 555-567
By: Robarchek, Clayton Allen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source examines the development and maintenance of emotional specialization by “analyzing the social, cultural, psychological, and physiological processes whose interactions give rise in each generation to an ethos of fearfulness among the Semai Senoi of West Malaysia” (p. 555).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Behavior processes and personality
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Spirits and gods
- Techniques of socialization
- Transmission of beliefs
- Avoidance and taboo
- Ethnometeorology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- West Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Clayton A. Robarchek
- Includes bibliographical references (566-567)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)