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2006 The Grammar of Society: The Nature and Dynamics of Social Norms Cambridge University Press Cambridge . R. Boyd
al. 2001 ; Nowak & Sigmund 1998 , 2005 ; Wedekind & Milinski 2000 ). In addition, humans spend a remarkable amount of time gossiping to exchange information about the norm violations of others (including non-cooperative behavior) and in turn, to
( Pinker 2010 ). Technological and social innovations—from stone-tipped spears to cooking and food preparation, from agriculture to the internet, and from building a house to building social norms and institutions—often do not arise from strokes of
’ ontogenetic development or legacies of life histories ( Billett, 2003 ). The other (i.e., lifelong education) is a set of experiences generated in the social world, manifested in the form of social suggestions that comprise particular forms, norms, and
. This also happens on college campuses, but campuses are mostly for students, and in general students see college as an exception to the norms of adult life. By contrast, academic conferences amplify and exalt the weirdness of the scholarly lifestyle
of social roles and cultural transmission of norms and practices ( Cavalli-Sforza & Feldman, 1981 ; Eagly, Wood, & Diekman, 2000 ), such as societal expectations of men and women during courtship ( Braboy Jackson, Kleiner, Geist, & Cebulko, 2011
prohibit and repress previous practices related to psychoactive substances. Established social norms, such as the economic value of coca leaves for the Incas, or the excessive use of alcoholic beverages in Mesoamerica, were incorporated by the colonial rule
privilege discussions of consciousness that focus on the personal (rather than the transpersonal) and the human (rather than the pan-human) dimensions of this. Barnard's willingness to challenge these academic norms, vulnerably, transparently, and
competitive sports participation. They are persistent and future-oriented, have good organising skills, are able to work hard, and can deal both with study and sport. Leisure-time athletes are more likely to follow norms, to evaluate learning as the most
Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern world and Toby Seddon's insightful A History of Drugs: Drugs and Freedom in the Liberal Age ) Jay argues that today's curiously inconsistent body of drug legislation and norms cannot be understood without
