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POTENTIAL TOPICS/PAPERS:
Unconscious motivation: Buller, D. J. (1999). DeFreuding Evolutionary
Psychology: Adaptation and Human Motivation. In Where Biology Meets
Psychology: Philosophical Essays (pp. 99-114), Ed. V. G. Hardcastle. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books.
Race: Kurzban, R., Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (2001) Can race be erased?
Coalitional computation and social categorization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98,
15387-15392.
Cognitive modules: Gigerenzer, G., & Hug, K. (1992). Domain-specific reasoning:
Social contracts, cheating and perspective change. Cognition, 43, 127-171;
Sperber, D. & Girotto, V. (2002). Use or misuse of the selection task? Rejoinder
to Fiddick, Cosmides, and Tooby, Cognition, 85, 277-290.
Food Selection and Preparation: Sherman, P. W. & Hash, G. A. (2001). Why
vegetable recipes are not very spicy. Evolution and Human Behavior, 22, 147-163.
Suicide: de Catazano, D. (1995). Reproductive Status, Family Interactions, and
Suicidal Ideation: Surveys of the General Public and High-Risk Groups. Evolution
and Human Behavior, 16, 385-394.
Rape: Thornhill, R. & Thornhill, N. W. (1983). Human rape: An evolutionary
analysis. Ethology and Sociobiology, 4, 137-173;
Jones, O. D. (1999). Sex, culture and the biology of rape: Toward explanation and
prevention. California Law Review, 87, 827-942.
Thornhill, R. T. & Palmer, C. T. (2000). A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases
of Sexual Coercion . MIT Press. [new preface to]
Travis, C. B. (ed.) (2003). Evolution, Gender, and Rape. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Palmer, C. T., and Thornhill, R. (2003). A posse of good citizens brings outlaw
evolutionists to justice. A response to Evolution, Gender, and Rape. Edited by
Cheryl Brown Travis. (2003). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Evolutionary Psychology,
1, 10-27.
Post-partum depression: Hagen, E. H. (2002). Depression as bargaining: The case
postpartum. Evolution and Human Behavior, 23, 323-336.
Risk-Taking: Wilson, M. & Daly, M. (1985). Competitiveness, risk taking, and
violence: the young male syndrome, Ethology and Sociobiology, 6, 59-73.
Chuansheng, C., Burton, M., Greenberger, E., & Dmitrieva, J. (1999). Population
migration and the variation of dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) allele frequencies
around the globe, Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 309-324.
Sociopathy: Mealey, L. (1995). The sociobiology of sociopathy. Behavioral and
Brain Sciences, 18, 523-599.
Autism: Frith et al (1991). The cognitive basis of a biological disorder. Trends in
Neurosciences, 14, 433-438.
Battle of the sexes:
Menopause: Hill & Hurtado (1991). The evolution of premature reproductive
senescence and menopause in human females. Human Nature, 2, 313-350;
Peccei, J. S. (1995). The origin and evolution of menopause: The altriciality-lifespan
hypothesis, Evolution and Human Behavior, 16, 425-449;
Hawkes et al (1998). Grandmothering, menopause and the evolution of human life
histories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95, 1336-1339.
Attachment: Chisholm, J. S. (1998). The evolutionary ecology of attachment
organization. Human Nature, 7, 1-38.
Violence/aggression:
Incest: Haig, D. (1999). Asymmetric Relations: Internal Conflicts and the Horror
of Incest, Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 83-98.
Bevec, I. & Silverman, I. (2000). Early separation and sibling incest: A test of the
revised Westermarck theory. Evolution and Human Behavior, 21, 151-161.
Lieberman, D., Tooby, J. & Cosmides, L. (2003). Does morality have a biological
basis? An empirical test of the factors governing moral sentiments relating to
incest. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 270, 819-826.
Kin recognition:
Jealousy: Daly, M., Wilson, M. & Weghorst, S. J. (1982). Male sexual jealousy.
Ethology and Sociobiology, 3, 11-27;
Geary, D. C. (1995). Sexual jealousy as a facultative trait: Evidence from the
pattern of sex differences in adults from China and the United States, Ethology
and Sociobiology, 16, 355-383.
DeSteno, D, Bartlett, M. Y., Braverman, J. & Salovey, P. (2002). Sex Differences
in Jealousy: Evolutionary Mechanism or Artifact of Measurement? Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1103-1116.
Individual differences: Buss & Greiling (1999). Adaptive individual differences.
Journal of Personality.
Language: Pinker, S. & Bloom, P. (1992). Natural language and natural selection.
In Barkow, J. H., Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. (Eds.), The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary
Psychology and the Generation of Culture, Oxford University Press, pp 451-494.
Fernald, A. (1992). Human maternal vocalizations to infants as biologically
relevant signals: An evolutionary perspective. In Barkow, J. H., Cosmides, L. &
Tooby, J. (Eds.), The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation
of Culture, Oxford University Press, pp 391-428.
Dominance and status: Cummins, D. D. (1999). Cheater detection is modified by
social rank: The impact of dominance on the evolution of cognitive functions,
Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 229-248;
Mealey, L. et al (1996). Enhanced memory for the faces of cheaters. Ethology
and Sociobiology, 17, 119-128.
Self deception: Lockard, J. L. & Paulhus, D. L. (1988). Self-deception: An
adaptive mechanism? Prentice Hall: NJ.
Fears and phobias:
Anxiety: Marks, I. M. & Nesse, R. M. (1994). Fear and fitness: An evolutionary
analysis. Ethology and Sociobiology, 15, 247-261.
Reciprocity:
Physical attractiveness: Gangestad, S. et al (1994). Facial attractiveness,
developmental stability and fluctuating asymmetry. Ethology and Sociobiology,
15, 73-85.
Morning sickness: Flaxman, S. M. & Sherman, P. W. (2002). Is morning sickness
maladaptive? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17, 359.
Concealed ovulation: Benshoof, L. & Thornhill, R. (1979). Evolution of monogamy
and concealed ovulation in humans. Journal of Social Biology and Structure, 2,
95-106.
Strassman, B. I. (1981). Sexual selection, parental care and concealed ovulation in
humans. Ethology and Sociobiology, 2, 31-40.
Homosexuality: R. C. Kirkpatrick et al. (2000). The Evolution of human homosexual
behavior. Current Anthropology, 41, 385-413;
Bailey, J. M. et al (2000). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Sexual
Orientation and Its Correlates in an Australian Twin Sample. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 524-536.
Paternal confidence: Gaulin, S. J. C. & Schlegel, A. (1980). Paternity confidence
and paternal investment: a cross-cultural test of a sociobiological hypothesis.
Ethology and Sociobiology, 1, 301-309.
Mate choice:
Emotional Expression: Brown, W. M., Palameta, B. and Moore, C. (2003). Are there
nonverbal cues to commitment? An exploratory study using the zero-acquaintance
video presentation paradigm. Evolutionary Psychology, 1, 42-69.
Homicide: Daly, M. & Wilson, M. (1989). Homicide and cultural evolution.
Ethology and Sociobiology, 10, 99-110.