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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"biosocial"”.
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Biosocial Influences on Toddler Gender-Linked Behavior
There is increasing evidence that biological factors (i.e., hormones) support the development of sex differences in behavior by organizing brain systems in prenatal life. However, the behavioral significance of the surge in reproductive steroids that results from the transient activation of the …
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Balanced biosocial theory for the social sciences
… progressive corpus of sociological knowledge. Biosocial theories present a compelling alternative to the standard social science model. They provide an empirical account for human behavior by drawing on research from the biological sciences. I propose the following research as a conceptual …
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Bringing to bear: A biosocial examination of the developmental origins of the obstetric dilemma.
… between pelvic dimensions, biological and biosocial variables in living girls (n=286) from southern England to clarify the factors affecting the birth canal throughout growth and development. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can be successfully used to collect pelvic dimensions …
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The Bioarchaeology of An Sơn and Hòa Diêm: Biosocial Insights into Prehistoric Southern Vietnam
This thesis investigated the lifeways of two prehistoric Vietnamese communities, An Sơn from southern Vietnam and Hòa Diêm from the south central coast of Vietnam, representing two temporally distinct periods. Three themes were employed to assess and situate the health and behaviour of these people …
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The Bioarchaeology of An Sơn and Hòa Diêm: Biosocial Insights into Prehistoric Southern Vietnam
This thesis investigated the lifeways of two prehistoric Vietnamese communities, An Sơn from southern Vietnam and Hòa Diêm from the south central coast of Vietnam, representing two temporally distinct periods. Three themes were employed to assess and situate the health and behaviour of these people …
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A Biosocial Case Evaluation of Wood Biomass Availability Using Silvicultural Simulations and Owner Intentions on Family Forests in Virginia and North Carolina
… procurable feedstock. This thesis chronicles a biosocial case study that estimates potential biomass supply from 51 family forests in Virginia and North Carolina. The study occurred within a woodshed centered on the future site of an impending ethanol plant in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. A …
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GEOGRAPHY HESITANT AND AFRICAN ASCENDANT: ADDICTION, DEBT, AND OTHER BIOSOCIAL BARRIERS TO (RE)MEMBERING—A CASE FOR BLACK SPACE AND AFRICANA GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
Africana Studies addresses fundamental though insufficiently considered Human Geography questions of existence, namely: what unique ways of knowing can African people offer humanity to ensure our collective survival on Earth? Less explored are the foundational assumptions being made about who does …
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Impact assessment of participation in a National Science Foundation human genetics and bioethical decision-making workshop on biology teachers' implementation of project synthesis goals
… focused on goals which emphasize human biology, biosocial concerns, and an understanding of the role that attitudes, values, and human needs exert in making decisions.The researcher employed an ex post facto criterion group design. Two groups of life science teachers, matched by gender, teaching …
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CAPITALISM, CONTRACEPTION AND CHEMICALS: A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREMATURE SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT EPIDEMIC IN PUERTO RICAN FEMALES
An Investigation of Etiologies: The Biosocial Exploration of Premature Sexual Development in Puerto Rico Objective: The purpose of this study was to argue for an anthropological approach in the investigation of the world’s highest recorded prevalence of precocious puberty and premature thelarche …
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CAPITALISM, CONTRACEPTION AND CHEMICALS: A MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREMATURE SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT EPIDEMIC IN PUERTO RICAN FEMALES
An Investigation of Etiologies: The Biosocial Exploration of Premature Sexual Development in Puerto Rico Objective: The purpose of this study was to argue for an anthropological approach in the investigation of the world’s highest recorded prevalence of precocious puberty and premature thelarche …
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Heart Rate as a Moderator between Child Abuse Potential and Reactive and Proactive Aggression
Previous research regarding the biosocial approach to aggression suggests that the interaction between biological and environmental variables contribute to aggression. However, this particular relationship has not yet been fully explored in children. Therefore, this study examined the moderating …
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Tuberculosis and the phenomenology of existence in South Africa's rural Western Cape
… I argue that in addition to classic factors of biosocial significance the lives of those living with TB are by and large marked by the associated symptoms of insecurity, instability, and precariousness.
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Women’s Status and Trade-Offs in Mate-Preferences
… Evolutionary Psychology (EP) models and Biosocial models. In EP, the differences observed between the sexes are the result of divergent sexual strategies as each sex evolved under unique contexts and constraints. Alternatively, biosocial models argue biological differences resulted in …
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Disconnects: Expectation and Experience in Intimate Interpersonal Relationships
… However recent neuroscientific studies suggest a biosocial role, involving biological and social factors that should be received as interactive and not dichotomous, making clear that both culture and biology are substantial contributors to femininity and masculinity. Neuroscientific research …
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Striptease: An anthropological view
… to and authors of the phenomenon. Using a biosocial approach, I explore the psychological, cultural, and physiological, etc., cues that may influence and/or motivate the characters involved in the performance of striptease. The formulations presented here are based on in-depth interviews …
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Aspectos emergentes de la biomedicina actual en torno al riesgo: un estudio antropológico sobre el consejo genético y la detección de la Corea de Huntington.
… a las nuevas formas de micro política biosocial.
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Gender and the HEXACO model of personality: Meta-analysis, measurement equivalence, and specification of agency as a core construct of investment
… on the basis of Wood and Eagly’s (2012) biosocial construction theory of sex differences. A meta-analysis conducted for Study 1 (k = 78 samples, N = 135,959) shows that women tend to be notably higher than men on Honesty-Humility (dc = .45) and Emotionality (dc = .1.03), but that gender …
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Social Change and Reproductive Behaviour in Rural Bangladesh, 1983-1996
… reproductive behaviour is strongly affected by biosocial and cultural factors related to macro level social structures existing at the community level. It is less strongly affected by social factors, and weakly affected by economic factors. However, the strong relationship between biosocial and …
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Blame it on her genes : on performativity, politics, and the consumption of prevention
… duties that constitute the basis for a genetic/biosocial membership. Under this understanding, the practice of consumption of prevention becomes constitutive of the at-genetic risk subjectivity, and not only an outcome of a diagnosis. The enquiry examines the intertwinement between these …
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Low Heart Rate and Crime: Exploring the Link From an Analytical Perspective
… replacing the prevalent risk factor approach in (biosocial) criminology with an analytical approach that aims to explain what causes crime and how, and, equally importantly, what cannot cause crime.
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