Hwey-Fang Liang, Kuang-Ming Wu, Cheng-Hsing Weng, Yong-Chuan Chen
Revision and validation of a short scale to assess home environment for elementary school children in transnational families in Taiwan
Journal of pediatric nursing
using samples three diverse populations test evolutionary hypotheses regarding people reason inheritance various traits first provide framework differentiating outputs mechanisms evolved reasoning variation within biological taxa b culturally evolved ethnic categories c broader set beliefs categories outputs structured learning mechanisms second describe results modified switchedatbirth vignette study administered among children adults puno peru yasawa fiji adults united states protocol permits us study perceptions prenatal social transmission pathways various traits differentiate latter vertical ie parental versus horizontal ie peer cultural influence lines evidence suggest people use three mechanisms reason distribution traits population participants three sites develop expectations morphological traits prenatal influence belief traits culturally influenced hand population holds culturally specific beliefs degree social influence nonmorphological traits degree vertical transmissionwith participants united states expecting parents much social influence children reinterpret peoples differentiation trait transmission pathways light humans evolutionary history cultural species