A5079654814- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Infant Health and Development
- Free Will and Agency
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
University of Miami
2015-2024
Health Affairs
2024
University of Southampton
2023
Google (United States)
2018
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2006-2015
Åbo Akademi University
2014
University of California, Santa Barbara
2000-2012
University of Hawaii System
2007-2008
Wested
1980
What is the function of disgust? Whereas traditional models have suggested that disgust serves to protect self or neutralize reminders our animal nature, an evolutionary perspective suggests functions solve 3 qualitatively different adaptive problems related pathogen avoidance, mate choice, and social interaction. The authors investigated this 3-domain model across 4 studies examined how sensitivity these functional domains relates individual differences in other psychological constructs....
Interest in and research on disgust has surged over the past few decades. The field, however, still lacks a coherent theoretical framework for understanding evolved function or functions of disgust. Here we present such framework, emphasizing 2 levels analysis: that information processing. Although there is widespread agreement to motivate avoidance contact with disease-causing organisms, no consensus about serves when evoked by acts unrelated pathogen avoidance. suggest addition motivating...
Kin–recognition systems have been hypothesized to exist in humans, and adaptively regulate altruism incest avoidance among close genetic kin. This latter function allows the architecture of kin recognition system be mapped by quantitatively matching individual variation opposition developmental parameters, such as family structure co–residence patterns. Methodological difficulties that appear when subjects are asked disclose incestuous inclinations can circumvented measuring their third...
We present a consensus-based checklist to improve and document the transparency of research reports in social behavioural research. An accompanying online application allows users complete form generate report that they can submit with their manuscript or post public repository.
Disgust, an emotion related to avoiding harmful substances, has been linked moral judgments in many behavioral studies. However, the fact that participants report feelings of disgust when thinking about feces and a heinous crime does not necessarily indicate same mechanisms mediate these reactions. Humans might instead have separate neural physiological systems guiding aversive behaviors across different domains. The present interdisciplinary study used functional magnetic resonance imaging...
Recent research has established a link between disgust sensitivity and stigmatizing reactions to various groups, including obese individuals. However, previous overlooked disgust's multiple evolved functions. Here, we investigated whether the obesity stigma is specific pathogen disgust, or sexual moral disgust--two separate functional domains--also relate negative attitudes toward Additionally, sex differences exist in manner predicts stigma, sexes differ across subtypes of bias independent...
Humans and viruses have been coevolving for millennia. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19) has particularly successful in evading our evolved defenses. The outcome tragic—across globe, millions sickened hundreds of thousands died. Moreover, quarantine radically changed structure lives, with devastating social economic consequences are likely to unfold years. An evolutionary perspective can help us understand progression pandemic. Here,...
Behavioral-immune-system research has illuminated how people detect and avoid signs of infectious disease. But do we regulate exposure to pathogens that produce no symptoms in their hosts? This tested the proposition estimates interpersonal value are used for this task. The results three studies ( N = 1,694), each conducted using U.S. samples, consistent with proposition: People less averse engaging infection-risky acts not only friends relative foes but also honest agreeable strangers...
Motivations to punish should depend on a number of factors including the nature interaction (e.g., collective action versus dyadic exchange) and social category interactants. Here we focus investigate whether relationship perpetrator and, separately, victim moral transgression affects magnitude third party punishment, judgment, attribution, emotional response. Participants read scenarios describing violation in which (Experiment 1) or 2) an offense was described as kin, schoolmate,...
In engineering, form follows function. It is therefore difficult to understand an engineered object if one does not examine it in light of its Just as understanding the structure a lock requires desire secure valuables, structures by natural selection, including emotion systems, hypotheses about adaptive Social emotions reliably solved problems human sociality. A central function these appears be recalibration social evaluations minds self and others. For example, anger system functions...
Abstract Kinship is a fundamental component of human sociality influencing range behaviors including altruism, aggression, and mating. Though central focus in psychology's neighboring disciplines, kinship has been largely neglected within psychology. An illustrative example – the here research on social categorization. Researchers investigating categories into which our mind carves world have focused primarily sex, age, race. Here we present evidence that belongs family categories. In series...
Pathogen disgust evolved as a psychological adaptation in response to the recurring selective pressures posed by disease-causing organisms. Recently, social psychologists taking an evolutionary perspective have posited existence of behavioral immune system, which purportedly for same reason. However, researchers using concept system curiously claim it is not identical pathogen disgust. Here, we argue that despite different names, and are indeed functionally computationally same. We provide...
Genetic relatedness is a fundamental determinant of social behavior across species.Over the last few decades, researchers have been investigating proximate psychological mechanisms that enable humans to assess their genetic others.Much this work has focused on identifying cues predicted in ancestral environments and examining how they regulate kin-directed behaviors.Despite progress, many basic questions remain unanswered.Here we address three these questions.First, examine replicability...
One function of disgust is to act as a pathogen-avoidance system preventing contact with substances harbouring disease-causing organisms. Avoiding pathogens, however, requires systems for their detection. Whereas previous research on has focused visual and olfactory detection cues, one largely overlooked modality touch. Here we examine whether tactile cues play role in pathogen activate the response. Participants briefly touched then rated stimuli varying along dimensions predicted correlate...
Why is disgust sensitivity associated with socially conservative political views? Is it because ideologies mitigate the risks of infectious disease, whether by promoting out-group avoidance or reinforcing norms that sustain antipathogenic practices? Or might be promote moral standards advance a long-term, as opposed to short-term, sexual strategy? Recent attempts test these two explanations have yielded differing results and conflicting interpretations. Here, we contribute literature...