Ongoing Research Projects
Norbert Ross
Much of my research deals with issues of high-level
cognition and more specifically the interaction between culture, social
processes, and cognition. In order to describe cultural models I use
statistical methods to aggregate (and prior to this justify the aggregation
of) individual responses into group responses. The very same methods can also
be used to estimate agreement between individuals within and across groups.
The elicited models are approximations that can then be used to make
predictions about related issues, thereby allowing us to actually test
elaborated hypotheses.
Understanding
Conceptual and Cultural Change: The Role of Expertise and Flexibility in
Folkmedicine (2005-2008). Interdisciplinary research (Anthropology,
Psychology and Computer Science) in Chiapas, Mexico as well as in the
Nashville area.
Co-PIs: Tom Palmeri & David
Noelle.
The
Boundaries of Folkbiology: Tzotzil Maya children’s acquisition of folkbiology
(2005 – 2006).
Interdisciplinary research (Anthropology & Psychology)
in Chiapas, Mexico.
The
Architecture of Race: Psychological and Social Components of Racialism.
(2005-2006). Interdisciplinary research (Anthropology & Psychology) in
Chiapas, Mexico.
Models of the Rainforest: Folkecology, Cultural
Change, and Resource Management among the Lacandon-Maya of Mexico
Photos
Lowland-Maya Folkecology and Environmental
Decision-Making
(with Scott Atran and Douglas Medin)
Folkbiology in Northern
Wisconsin
(with Douglas Medin)
Photos
The Development of Folkbiological Thought: A cross-cultural
study.
(with Douglas Medin and Sandra Waxman)
Ethics and Taxonomy: Hunters and Anti-hunters
in the USA
Culture and Cognition among Mexican Migrants in the US (Under Construction)
(with Lic. C. Sánchez)
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