I argue that a modern gloss on Aristotle’s notions of Form and Matter not only allows us to escape a dualism of the psychological and the physical, but also results in a plausible sort of materialism. This is because Aristotle held that the essential nature of any psychological state, including perception and human thought, is to be some physical property. I also show that Hilary Putnam and Mar...

Objective. To investigate media and cultural influences in eating disorder development in African-American adolescent females. Method. Fifty-seven participants were recruited through churches and community organizations to complete a questionnaire. Results. Mainstream sociocultural identification was associated with more eating disorder behavior in African-American females; cultural ethnic iden...

Home computer ownership and Internet access have become essential to education, job security and economic opportunity. The digital divide remains greatest for ethnic/racial groups placing them at a disadvantage. The purpose of the study was to gain understanding and insight into the sociocultural factors influencing the digital divide as related to Latinos as a group, specifically a group of no...

OBJECTIVE: To discuss cognitive and sociocultural learning theory literature related to athletic training instructional and evaluation strategies while providing support for the application of these practices in the didactic and clinical components of athletic training education programs. DATA SOURCES: We searched Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and Education Abstracts from 1975...

This paper explores theories underlying the design and development of organizational information systems (IS). It summarizes and compares two very different perspectives on IS design and development: design as the (individual) solution of organizational "problems" and design as the (joint) construction of sociocultural artifacts. The different paradigms of operation engendered by these perspect...

Adaptation may be the best way to conceptualize the complex, multilateral relationship between individual identity and sociocultural context, because it recognizes the causal importance of culture yet also recognizes individual choice and change. This argument is developed by considering how several historical changes in the sociocultural context (i.e. increasing freedom of choice, changed inte...

This paper explores theories underlying the design and development of organizational information systems (IS). It summarizes and compares two very different perspectives on IS design and development: design as the (individual) solution of organizational "problems" and design as the (joint) construction of sociocultural artifacts. The different paradigms of operation engendered by these perspect...

Socioculturalists are divided on two of the foundational theoretical claims of the paradigm: a process ontology of the social world, and the inseparability of the individual and the group. A process ontology holds that only processes are real; entities, structures, or patterns are ephemeral and do not really exist. Inseparability is the claim that the individual and the social cannot be methodo...

This paper reviews literature between 1974 and 2007 that addresses the impact of sociocultural factors on reported patterns of eating, physical activity (activity) and body size of Tongans and indigenous Fijians (Fijians) in their countries of origin. There have been changes in diet (more imported and fewer traditional foods), activity (reduced, especially in urban settings), residence (rural-u...