Evolutionary Explanations for Societal Differences and Historical Change in Violent Crime and Single Parenthood.  

Oleh:

Barber, Nigel

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cross-Cultural Research vol. 41 no. 2 (May 2007), page 123.
Topik: cross-national; development; evolutionary social science; historical; parental investment; single parenthood; violent crime
Fulltext: 123.pdf (129.77KB)

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This article argues that social science can be conducted beneath the umbrella of natural science and evolutionary theory. Evolutionary social science makes four key causal assumptions: (a) that modern societies owe their character to an interaction of hunter–gatherer adaptations with the modern environment, (b) that some changes in societies reflect change in individuals, (c) that historical changes and cross-societal differences can be due to similar adaptational mechanisms, given (d) that different social contexts (e.g., food scarcity, single parenthood) modify psychological development through adaptive mechanisms. This approach is illustrated by cross-national data on violent crime and single parenthood.

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