Three kinds of selection are reviewed with primary focus on the relations between behavioral and cultural contingencies. Operant behavior is briefly examined with regard to cultural materialist theory. The functions of verbal behavior in infrastructural and superstructural practices are suggested. Discrepancies between rules promulgated in the superstructure and the requirements of the infrastr...

although on the basis of geo-economic theories, study of energy-related issues is of strategic importance to all countries, energy resources are no more restricted to oil and gas reserves as was the case during the past century. of course, these resources are still key elements of global energy reserves. today, in addition to geo-politics and geo-economics, the concept of hydro-geopolitics puts...

We review some of the salient results presented at this Workshop, together with some comments on the underlying physics, and the proposed facilities for future experiments. ISN 93–17 February 5, 2008. Invited talk at the Workshop on Spin and Flavour in Hadronic and Electromagnetic Interactions, Turin, September 1992, to appear in the Proceedings SPIN AND FLAVOUR: CONCLUDING REMARKS

Cross-cultural comparisons of categorization often confound cultural factors with expertise. This paper reports four experiments on the conceptual behavior of Native American and majority-culture fish experts. The two groups live in the same general area and engage in essentially the same set of fishing-related behaviors. Nonetheless, cultural differences were consistently observed. Majority-cu...

The performance of cover songs in popular music has long been a subject critical discussion and debate due to the artistic, social, cultural, commercial issues that covers raise. In non-Western societies, most covered by artists are Anglo-American, situation which implicitly privileges Western reinforces both “west rest” trope cultural imperialism thesis. Taking American amateur their online vi...