All posts; Tags Include "Evolutionary Psychology"
- May 11, 2013
- 01:19 AM
- 342 views
Welcome To Introduction To Psychology
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
In my last post, I mentioned a hypothetical relatively-average psychologist (caveat: the term doesn’t necessarily apply to any specific person, living or dead). I found him to be a bit strange, since he tended to come up with hypotheses that … Continue reading →... Read more »
Cornwell, R., Palmer, C., Guinther, P., & Davis. H. (2005) Introductory Psychology Texts as a View of Sociobiology/Evolutionary Psychology’s Role in Psychology. Evolutionary Psychology, 355-374. info:/
- May 9, 2013
- 09:57 AM
- 499 views
Taking memory research to Parliament
by Kamar Ameen-Ali in NC3Rs Blog
NC3Rs-funded PhD student Kamar Ameen-Ali, Department of Psychology, Durham University, takes us on a trip to the House of Commons SET for BRITAIN event, where she presented her research recently to MPs and VIPs.... Read more »
Ameen-Ali, K., Eacott, M., & Easton, A. (2012) A new behavioural apparatus to reduce animal numbers in multiple types of spontaneous object recognition paradigms in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 211(1), 66-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.08.006
- April 29, 2013
- 07:02 AM
- 624 views
Look into my eyes…..
by Doug Keene in The Jury Room
How often have you read that “the eyes are the window to the soul”? What that means, say proponents, is that all you have to do to know how someone feels is to look into their eyes and you know all. New research would say that only holds true (at least if you are a [...]
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Schiffer B, Pawliczek C, Müller BW, Gizewski ER, & Walter H. (2013) Why don't men understand women? Altered neural networks for reading the language of male and female eyes. PloS one, 8(4). PMID: 23593185
- April 27, 2013
- 11:09 AM
- 447 views
He’s Climbing In Your Windows; He’s Snatching Your People Up
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
One topic that has been addressed by evolutionary psychologists that managed to draw a good deal of ire was rape. Given the sensitive nature of the issue, the criticisms that the theorizing about it brought were largely undeserved, reflecting, perhaps, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Felson, R., & Cundiff, P. (2012) Age and sexual assault during robberies. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(1), 10-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.04.002
- April 22, 2013
- 07:30 PM
- 537 views
Why Hang Them Seperately When We Can Hang Them Together?
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
For those of you lucky enough to not have encountered it, there is a concept known as privilege that floats around in predominately feminist-leaning groups. The basic idea of the concept of privilege is that some groups of people have … Continue reading →... Read more »
DeScioli, P., & Kurzban, R. (2013) A solution to the mysteries of morality. Psychological Bulletin, 139(2), 477-496. DOI: 10.1037/a0029065
Uhlmann, E., Zhu, L., Pizarro, D., & Bloom, P. (2012) Blood is thicker: Moral spillover effects based on kinship. Cognition, 124(2), 239-243. DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.010
- April 22, 2013
- 06:56 AM
- 514 views
Deep Rationality: The Evolutionary Economics of Decision Making
by Jason Collins in Evolving Economics
Even though I consider that I am across the literature at the boundary of economics and evolutionary biology, now and then an article pops up that I somehow missed. The latest article of this type is a 2009 article by Douglas Kenrick and colleagues, titled (as is this post) Deep Rationality: The Evolutionary Economics of Decision Making. [...]The post Deep Rationality: The Evolutionary Economics of Decision Making appeared first on Evolving Economics.... Read more »
Kenrick, D., Griskevicius, V., Sundie, J., Li, N., Li, Y., & Neuberg, S. (2009) Deep Rationality: The Evolutionary Economics of Decision Making. Social Cognition, 27(5), 764-785. DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.5.764
- April 21, 2013
- 04:31 AM
- 455 views
Heavy Stubble Is Most Attractive, Research Finds
by Andrew Porterfield in United Academics
It’s not quite clear why human males continue to have facial hair. There are other ways to keep warm, and we’ve lost our hair over most of the rest of our bodies (or they’re at best residual). But facial hair serves another important purpose—determining male attractiveness to females... Read more »
Dixson, B., & Brooks, R. (2013) The role of facial hair in women's perceptions of men's attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(3), 236-241. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.02.003
- April 11, 2013
- 01:28 AM
- 655 views
Mothers And Others (With Benefits)
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
Understanding the existence and persistence of homosexuality in the face of its apparently reproductive fitness costs has left many evolutionary researchers scratching their heads. Though research into homosexuality has not been left wanting for hypotheses, every known hypothesis to date … Continue reading →... Read more »
Kuhle BX, & Radtke S. (2013) Born both ways: The alloparenting hypothesis for sexual fluidity in women. Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior, 11(2), 304-23. PMID: 23563096
- April 4, 2013
- 07:42 PM
- 363 views
Reactions To Reactions About Steubenville
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
Around the middle of last month, CNN came under some social-media fire. The source of this fire came from the perception among some people that CNN had covered the Steubenville rape case inappropriately. More precisely, the outrage focused on the … Continue reading →... Read more »
Descioli P, & Kurzban R. (2013) A solution to the mysteries of morality. Psychological bulletin, 139(2), 477-96. PMID: 22747563
Singer, T., Seymour, B., O'Doherty, J., Stephan, K., Dolan, R., & Frith, C. (2006) Empathic neural responses are modulated by the perceived fairness of others. Nature, 439(7075), 466-469. DOI: 10.1038/nature04271
- March 17, 2013
- 11:30 PM
- 714 views
Games, culture, and the Turing test (Part II)
by Artem Kaznatcheev in Evolutionary Games Group
This post is a continuation of Part 1 from last week that introduced and motivated the economic Turing test. When discussing culture, the first person that springs to mind is Joseph Henrich. He is the Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition and Coevolution, and Professor at the Departments of Psychology and Economics at the University [...]... Read more »
Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., & McElreath, R. (2001) In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies. American Economic Review, 91(2), 73-78. DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.2.73
- March 16, 2013
- 05:37 PM
- 438 views
A New Theory For Homosexuality: A Lot Like The Old Ones
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
Homosexuality - male homosexuality in particular - poses a real evolutionary mystery that researchers have been trying to solve for at least the past two decades without much success. Though many explanations have been put forth to try and find … Continue reading →... Read more »
Barthes, J., Godelle, B., & Raymond, M. (2013) Human social stratification and hypergyny: toward an understanding of male homosexual preference. Evolution and Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.01.001
- March 5, 2013
- 12:16 PM
- 788 views
Monkeys Reject Food From People Who Are Mean To Fellow Humans
by Jalees Rehman in Fragments of Truth
When we observe an interaction between two other human beings (Person A and Person B), we sometimes draw conclusions about the personality traits or character of these two individuals. For example, if we see that Person A is being rude to Person B, we may be less likely to trust Person A, even though we are merely "third-party" evaluators. i.e. not directly involved in the interaction. Multiple studies with humans have already documented such third-party social evaluation, which can ev........ Read more »
Anderson, J., Kuroshima, H., Takimoto, A., & Fujita, K. (2013) Third-party social evaluation of humans by monkeys. Nature Communications, 1561. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2495
- March 1, 2013
- 07:04 AM
- 607 views
Fitting the office to our evolutionary niche
by Alex Fradera in BPS Occupational Digest
Imagine a workplace in harmony with our true nature. That's the aspiration held out by Carey Fitzgerald and Kimberley Danner in a recent paper surveying insights from environmental and evolutionary psychology and considering what they say about our work environments. The fundamental observation from which all else follows is that we are creatures evolved to live a life substantially in touch with nature and our own natural patterns. The workplace? Commonly, not so much...Take greenery. There is ........ Read more »
Fitzgerald CJ, & Danner KM. (2012) Evolution in the office: how evolutionary psychology can increase employee health, happiness, and productivity. Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior, 10(5), 770-81. PMID: 23253786
- February 22, 2013
- 07:02 AM
- 665 views
Wide-faced men are not just liars and cheaters, they’re prejudiced too!
by Doug Keene in The Jury Room
Model Cameron Russell has been making the rounds of various talk shows saying she is a successful underwear model not because she is particularly gifted or talented, but because she won a “genetic lottery”. Well, we bet wide-faced men are wishing they had won a genetic lottery because things are just not looking good for [...]
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Hehman E, Leitner JB, Deegan MP, & Gaertner SL. (2013) Facial Structure Is Indicative of Explicit Support for Prejudicial Beliefs. Psychological Science. PMID: 23389425
- February 21, 2013
- 07:49 PM
- 492 views
“Nice Guys”, The Friend Zone, And Social Semantics
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
A little over a year ago, a video entitled, “Why men and women can’t be friends” was uploaded to YouTube. In the video, a man approaches various men and women and presents them with the question, “can men and women … Continue reading →... Read more »
Trivers, R. (1971) The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 46(1), 35. DOI: 10.1086/406755
- February 19, 2013
- 10:54 AM
- 398 views
What Should We Mean When We Say “Universal”?
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
My last post prompted a series of spirited discussions, each of which I found interesting for slightly different reasons. Over the course of one of those discussion, a commenter over at Psychology Today (H/T to Anthro_girl) referred me to an … Continue reading →... Read more »
Bolhuis JJ, Brown GR, Richardson RC, & Laland KN. (2011) Darwin in mind: new opportunities for evolutionary psychology. PLoS biology, 9(7). PMID: 21811401
Norenzayan, A., & Heine, S. (2005) Psychological Universals: What Are They and How Can We Know?. Psychological Bulletin, 131(5), 763-784. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.5.763
- February 14, 2013
- 10:38 AM
- 1,005 views
It's not you, it's my birth control
by TheCellularScale in The Cellular Scale
So, Valentine's Day, what better time to question the foundations of your relationship?It's my brain that loves you (source)Well, part of your relationship may be based on your Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) compatibility. The MHC is a cluster of genes that define which antigens get expressed on white blood cells. It is thought to control the ability of the body to recognize pathogens as 'other.' It is also thought that the more varied the genes in your MHC are, the more resist........ Read more »
Roberts SC, Gosling LM, Carter V, & Petrie M. (2008) MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 275(1652), 2715-22. PMID: 18700206
- February 12, 2013
- 06:15 PM
- 270 views
Is It Only “Good” Science When It Confirms Your World View?
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
Most people, when critical of some finding or some field, try to do things like keep their biases hidden, opting instead to try and argue from a position of perceived intellectual neutrality. Kate Clancy, evidently, is not most people. In … Continue reading →... Read more »
Tybur, J., Miller, G., & Gangestad, S. (2007) Testing the controversy: An empirical examination of adaptationists' attitudes towards politics and science. Human Nature, 18(4), 313-328. DOI: 10.1007/s12110-007-9024-y
- February 7, 2013
- 10:58 AM
- 378 views
Should You Give A Damn About Your Reputation (Part 2)
by Jesse Marczyk in Pop Psychology
In my last post, I outlined a number of theoretical problems that stand in the way of reputation being a substantial force for maintaining cooperation via indirect reciprocity. Just to recap them quickly: (1) reputational information is unlikely to be … Continue reading →... Read more »
Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (1996) Friendship and the banker’s paradox:Other pathways to the evolution of adaptations for altruism. Proceedings of the British Academy, 119-143. info:/
- February 6, 2013
- 01:14 AM
- 608 views
The History and Basic Principles of Archetypal Psychology
by Jason Carr in Wired Cosmos
The basic philosophy behind archetypal psychology was inspired by Carl Jung’s concept of the archetypes: Primordial symbols, appearing predominantly within our dreams, which are the common heritage of all mankind. The concept of archetypes implies that there are sources of health, healing, strength and wisdom within the psyche that are accessible to all of us. [...]... Read more »
James Hollis. (2010) The Archetypal Imagination. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 55(2), 302-303. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5922.2010.01842_3.x
Hunt H. (1992) Dreams of Freud and Jung: reciprocal relationships between social relations and archetypal/transpersonal imagination. Psychiatry, 55(1), 28-47. PMID: 1557468
Goss P. (2006) Discontinuities in the male psyche: waiting, deadness and disembodiment. Archetypal and clinical approaches. The Journal of analytical psychology, 51(5), 681-99. PMID: 17064336
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