Evolutionary Theory and Human Social Behavior  

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Kenrick, Douglas T.

Jenis: Article from Books - Reference
Dalam koleksi: Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology, page 11-31.
Topik: An Evolutionary Social Psychologist; Roots of Evolutionary Social Psychology; Multiple Levels of Causal Analysis; Critical Tests Versus Nomological Networks; Cross-Fertilization Versus Artificial Insemination; The Old Look; Affect; Cognition; and The Modular Mind; Social Dynamics and The Emergence of Culture: The Mind as A Colouring Book; Applying Evolutionary Principles to Social Life

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: 301.150.1 SAG 3 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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From an evolutionary perspective, all the reactions people typically have to one another reflect the influence of psychological predispositions that helped our ancestors survive and reproduce. Any behavior can be understood at several levels of analysis, involving immediate triggers in the environment and the person's current biochemistry, development experiences, and evolutionary analyses of the adaptive function of certain choices over others. The evolutionary approaches discussed in this book. Instead, researchers adopting this perspective attempt to integrate research findings on ongoing social cognition and interpersonal relationships with theory and research from evolutionary biology, anthropology, and cognitive neuroscience. This chapter reviews research applying evolutionary models to: (1) biases in information processing (such as outgroup stereotypes), (2) the influence of affect and motivation on the decisions we make about other people, and (3) how simple, evolved decision-biases contribute to social dynamics and the emergence of culture. From this perspective, the mind is a coloring book, rather than either a blank slate or an unfolding blueprint. The approach has implications for important everyday behaviors and social problems, and the chapter concludes with a discussion of some of those implications for research on prejudice and economic decision-making.

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