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Learning to fear: a case study of emotional conditioning

American ethnologist6 (3) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 555-567

By: Robarchek, Clayton Allen.

Abstract
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).
Subjects
Behavior processes and personality
Behavior toward non-relatives
Spirits and gods
Techniques of socialization
Transmission of beliefs
Avoidance and taboo
Ethnometeorology
culture
Semai
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gerald Reid; 1989
Field Date
1973-1974
Coverage Date
1956-1974
Coverage Place
West Malaysia
Notes
Clayton A. Robarchek
Includes bibliographical references (566-567)
LCCN
74644326
LCSH
Senoi (Southeast Asian people)