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Sociocultural factors and the early manifestation of sociobility behavior among Baganda infants
Ethos • 2 (3) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 296-314
By: Kilbride, Philip L., Kilbride, Janet E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a longitudinal study of the influence of environment on psychomotor skills development among Bagandan infants. The study involved testing, observing, and interviewing parents of 50 infants during their first six months of life. Noting the recent literature demonstrating the precocity of African infants, the authors, one an ethnologist and the other a graduate student of education and childhood development, relate this early emergence of sociability to the adult social order and values. Although Kiganda social organization is stratified and marked with social inequalities, it is extremely fluid. Social mobility is based on one's ability to impress and attach oneself to more powerful patrons. For this purpose, Bugandans cultivate a code of social etiquette called MPISA. Children are encouraged to behave socially at an early age, which the authors argue is reflected in the early development of psychomotor skills as measured by the Bayley Scales of Infant Mental and Motor Development.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ontogenetic data
- Modification of behavior
- Status, role, and prestige
- Infant care
- Development and maturation
- Independence training
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ganda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- unknown
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- Philip L. Kilbride and Janet E. Kilbride
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-314)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73643517
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)