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The equivalent of “anthroposociology” analogous to “social zoology” would be “social anthropology”. The introduction of such a term, however, would cause confusion, since “social anthropology” has a connotation similar to “cultural anthropology”.
G. C. Homans, Social Behaviour. Its Elementary Forms, New York, 1961.
In a certain definition of language the expression “syntactic language” is a pleonasm, but the word “language” is sometimes used also to refer to non-syntactic systems of symbols such as road signs, or sound signals in certain species of birds.
D. O. Hebb, W. R. Thompson, The Social Significance of Animal Studies, in G. Lindsay (ed.), Handbook of Social Psychology, Vol. I, Cambridge, Mass., 1954.
See: J. Hochfeld, Two Models of Humanization of Labour, “The Polish Sociological Bulletin”, 1–2 (1961).
G. C. Homans, op. cit., p. 384.
N. Tinbergen, Social Behaviour in Animals, London, 1959, p. 64 and ff.
D. O. Hebb, W. R. Thompson, op. cit., p. 558.
J. Huizinga, Homo ludens, London, 1949, p. 47.
These figures are taken from J. Dembowski, Psychologia małp, [Psychology of Apes], Warszawa, 1946, pp. 45–46.
“Le signe instictif est un signe adhérent, le signe intelligent est un signe mobile”. H. Bergson, Évolution créatrice, Paris, 1928, p. 172.
In birds as well as in some fishes (e. g. the species Hemichromis bimaculatus) it is customary for the parents to take turns in looking after the young. (see N. Tinbergen, Social Behaviour in Animals, London, 1959, p. 48).
Similarity of body structure that conditions certain modes of behaviour, may be characteristic of species that are very different from each other phylogenetically. For example, the body structure of the penguin (bird), dolphin (mammal) and many kinds of fishes enables these phylogenetically distant creatures to swim quickly and to dive. Zoologists call this convergence. The somatic equipment of the bat e. g. enables it to hunt, which is more characteristic of the swallow than the mouse.
C. Lévi-Strauss, La pensée sauvage, Paris, 1962, p. 157; I. R. Swanton, Social and Religious Beliefs and Usages of the Chicasaw Indians, Washington, 1928.
See: Levy-Brühl, Les fonctions mentales dans les sociétés inférieures, Paris, 1910.
It is worth comparing this text with the quotation in the next footnote.
“Attributing human thoughts to the pigeon, the observer is irresistibly drawn into saying: ‘The pigeon got mad when it did not get what it expected’. Or even: ‘The pigeon got mad when he did not get what he thought he deserved’” (Homans, op. cit., p. 73).
E. Durkheim, Le suicide, étude de sociologie, Paris, 1897; M. Halbwachs, Les causes du suicide, Paris, 1930.
R. Linton, Culture and Mental Disorders, p. 8.
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Ossowski, S. Social zoology and cultural differentiation. Qual Quant 5, 243–264 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218982
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