Folkbiology of Freshwater Fish

Autor/inn/en	Medin, Douglas L.; Ross, Norbert O.; Atran, Scott; Cox, Douglas; Coley, John; Proffitt, Julia B.; Blok, Sergey
Titel	Folkbiology of Freshwater Fish
Quelle	In: Cognition, 99 (2006) 3, S.237-273 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2003.12.005
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Classification; Cultural Influences; Cultural Differences; Animals; Experiments; Behavior; American Indians + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kultureller Unterschied; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Erprobung; American Indian; Indianer
Abstract	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-culture fish experts tended to sort fish into taxonomic and goal-related categories. They also showed an influence of goals on probes of ecological relations, tending to answer in terms of relations involving adult fish. Native American fish experts, in contrast, were more likely to sort ecologically. They were also more likely to see positive and reciprocal ecological relations, tending to answer in terms of relations involving the full life cycle of fish. Further experiments support the view that the cultural differences do not reflect different knowledge bases but rather differences in the organization and accessibility of knowledge. At a minimum the results suggest that similar activities within a well-structured domain do not necessarily lead to common conceptualizations. (Author).
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