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. 2014 Jun;37(3):262-3.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002896.

Culture as an aggregate of individual differences

Kyungil Kim  1 , Joonghwan Jeon  2 , Youngjun Park  1
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Culture as an aggregate of individual differences

Kyungil Kim et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

We question Smaldino's argument that culture plays the active role of maintaining and transmitting social organizations of differentiated individuals. Culture is an aggregate of individual differences in psychological variables within and between groups; it was not designed by group-level selection to maintain the structured organization of individuals. We conclude that Smaldino fails to present the crucial mechanism by which group-level traits are maintained, transmitted, and evolve.

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  • Group-level traits emerge.
    Smaldino PE. Smaldino PE. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun;37(3):281-95. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x13003531. Behav Brain Sci. 2014. PMID: 25101360

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