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| Titel: |
Handedness and Conformity in a Small Isolated Community |
| Auteur: |
Provins, K. A. |
| Verschenen in: |
International journal of psychology |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 25 (1990) nr. 2 pagina's 343-350 |
| Jaar: |
1990 |
| Inhoud: |
The inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha arc a socially and geographically isolated community. highly inter-related by blood or marriage with a large average family size. The handedness characteristics of a sample of 76 people out of the total Tristan population of 264 were assessed on eight criteria by personal interview. All subjects wote with the right hand and only two could be classified as otherwise left-handed (i.e. 2.6%). Seven out of eight of those interviewed who claimed a left-handed parent were themselves right-handed and had only right-handed brothers or sisters. It is concluded that any genetic factor determining left-handedness must be very weak and a preferred explanation of the findings is offered in terms of social pressures such as (i) deference to authority and (ii) group conformity. |
| Uitgever: |
Psychology Press |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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