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Cognitive capacity among the Orokaiva

Orokaiva papers; miscellaneous papers on the Orokaiva of north east Papua (13)Published In 1966 • Pages: 1-26

By: Kearney, George E..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source reports the results of the administration of a culture-fair test of cognitive ability ('intelligence') to seven groups of adult male Orokaiva. The author found significant differences in the test results of the groups, and suggests that the most productive individuals, as defined by their ownership of cash crop trees, tend to have higher test scores.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Tests and schedules administered in the field
Modification of behavior
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
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.
Psychologist
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
David Sherwood ; 1984
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1963
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
late nineteenth century-1960s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Popondetta Sub-District, Northern District, Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
George E. Kearney
Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-26)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
67103109
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)