Semantics of ownership

Rudmin, Floyd W.

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Document type:: Book

Collection:: POP - Possession, Ownership, Property

Title:: Semantics of ownership: a study based on free recall and on explicit judgements

Author:: Rudmin, Floyd W.

Year of publication:: 1983

Language:: English

Subject:: Besitz Eigentum

Topic:: C - Psychology

Shelfmark:: C/R916

Rights of use:: Free access

Access:: Free access

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.33510/pop.AC14489026

| § defensive behaviors, but incude such concepts as possession, identity, markers, personalization, control and exclusive use (Edney, 1974). As reviewed by Edney (1974), studies of human territoriality have largely focused on naturalistic observations of territorial behaviors in institutional settings. The experimental studies have usually examined jurisdictional behaviors, i.e. temporary territorial claims. For example, in a recent study by Werner, Brown & Damron (1981), touching and SESE were found to be effective territorial markers in a games arcade. Recent work in developmental psychology also has had some bearing on the topic of ownership. In the area of language acquisition, Charney (1980) found that with girls between the ages of 18 months and 30 months, "my" was acquired before "your" or "her". More interestingly, the earliest uses of "my" were non-referential and were used with actions of claiming objects rather than to describe the relationship between the child and the object. In the area of personality development, Levine (1983) found that 2-year-old boys with higher measures of self-definition would more readily claim toys. Also, Horner (1981) has prepared a current review of the development of personal space and ‘has discussed its relationship to territoriality. iowever, the developmental research most relevant to

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