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Psychology 371G: Evolutionary Social Psychology |
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Instructor: Dr. 
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Time and Location(s) of Lecture(s): Tuesday,
Office Hours: By
appointment
Course Grades
(your grade for each class component, as well as final grade)
Click here for a
copy of the class syllabus.
Reading List:
Week 1. Introductory
Remarks
Week 2.
Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Buss, D. M. (1995). Evolutionary psychology: A new paradigm for
psychological science. Psychological
Inquiry, 6, 1-30.
Schmitt, D. P.,
& Pilcher, J. J. (2004). Evaluating evidence of psychological
adaptation: How do we know one when we see one?
Psychological Science, 15, 643-649.
Week 3. Emotion
Keltner, D.,
Haidt, J., & Shiota, M. N. (in press).
Social functionalism and the evolution of emotions. In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T.
Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology.
öhman, A., & Mineka, S. (2003). The malicious serpent: Snakes as a
prototypical stimulus for an evolved module of fear. Current Directions in Psychological
Science, 12, 5-9.
öhman, A, & Mineka, S. (2001). Fears, phobias, and preparedness: Toward
an evolved module of fear and fear learning. Psychological Review, 108,
483-522.
Week 4. The
Self
Klein, S. B.,
Cosmides, L., Tooby, J., & Chance, S. (2002). Decisions and the evolution of memory:
Mutliple systems, multiple functions. Psychological
Review, 109, 306-329.
Sedikides,
C., Skowronski, J. J., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (in press). When and why did the human self evolve? In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T.
Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology.
Leary, M. R.
(1999). Making sense of self-esteem.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8, 32-35.
Week 5. Stereotypes
and Prejudice
Kurzban,
R., & Leary, M. R. (2001). Evolutionary origins of stigmatization: The
functions of social exclusion. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 187-208.
Schaller,
M., Park, J. H., & Faulkner, J. (2003). Prehistoric dangers and
contemporary prejudices. European Review of Social Psychology, 14,
105-137.
Week 6. Person
Perception and Impression Formation
Zebrowitz,
L. A., & Montepare, J. (in press).
The ecological approach to person perception: Evolutionary roots and contemporary offshoots. In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T.
Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology.
Haselton, M.
G., & Funder, D. C. (in press).
The evolution of accuracy and bias in social judgment. In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T.
Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology.
Andrews, P. W.
(2001). The psychology of social
chess and the evolution of attribution mechanisms: Explaining the fundamental
attribution error. Evolution and
Human Behavior, 22, 11-29.
Week 7.
Interpersonal Attraction and Relationships
Gangestad,
S. W., & Simpson, J. A. (2000).
The evolution of human mating: Trade-offs and strategic pluralism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23,
573-587.
Thornhill,
R., & Gangestad, S. W. (1999). Facial attractiveness. Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, 3, 452-460.
Thornhill,
R., & Gangestad, S. W. (1999).
The scent of symmetry: A human sex pheromone that signals fitness? Evolution and Human Behavior, 20,
175-201.
Week 8. More
Interpersonal Attraction and Relationships
Miller,
G. F. (1998). How mate choice shaped
human nature: A review of sexual selection and human evolution. In C. Crawford
& D. Krebs (Eds.), Handbook of evolutionary psychology: Ideas, issues,
and applications (pp. 87-130).
Campbell, L.,
& Ellis, B. (2005). Love, commitment, and mate retention. In D. Buss
(Ed.), The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology.
Haselton,
M. G., & Buss, D. M. (2000).
Error management theory: A new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind
reading.
Week 9.
Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior
Van
Vugt, M., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (in press). Psychological adaptations for prosocial
behavior: The altruism puzzle. In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T.
Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social Psychology.
Buss,
D. M., & Shackelford, T. K. (1997).
Human aggression in evolutionary psychological perspective. Clinical Psychology Review, 17,
605-619.
Daly,
M., & Wilson, M. I. (1996).
Violence against stepchildren. Current
Directions in Psychological Science, 5, 77-81.
Week 10. Group
Dynamics and Social Influence
Kameda,
T., & Tindale, R. S. (in press).
Groups as adaptive devices: Human docility and group aggregation
mechanisms in evolutionary context. In
M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social
Psychology.
Sundie,
J. M., Cialdini, R. B., Griskevicius, V., & D. T. Kenrick (in press).
Evolutionary social influence. In M.
Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and Social
Psychology.
Week 11.
Evolution and Culture
Buss, D. M. (2001).
Human nature and culture: An evolutionary psychological perspective. Journal of Personality, 69, 955-978.
Sperber, D.,
& Hirschfeld, L. A. (2004). The
cognitive foundations of cultural stability and diversity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8,
40-46.
Fiske, A.P. (2000).
Complementarity theory: Why human social capacities evolved to require cultural
complements. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4, 76-94.
Week 12.
Evolutionary Social Neuroscience
Panksepp,
J., & Panksepp, J. B. (2000).
The seven sins of evolutionary psychology. Evolution and Cognition, 6, 108-131.
Adolphs,
R. (1999). Social cognition and the human brain. Trends in Cognitive Science, 3,
469-479.
Duchaine,
B., Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (2001). Evolutionary psychology and the
brain. Current Opinion in
Neurobiology, 11, 225-230.
Week 13.
Critical Assessments
Smith,
E. A., Mulder, M. B., & Hill, K. (2001). Controversies in the evolutionary social
sciences: A guide for the perplexed. Trends
in Ecology and Evolution, 16, 128-135.
Conway, L.
G., III, & Schaller, M. (2002).
On the verifiability of evolutionary psychological theories: An analysis of the psychology of scientific
persuasion. Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 6, 152-166.