Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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Evolving Motivations? Cross-Cultural Data Show Links Between Fundamental Social Motives and Fertility

Međedović, Janko

2024 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

Fundamental social motives represent an evolutionary-informed taxonomy of human motivational forces; however, it is still unknown if these motives are currently related to fitness. We used publicly available cross-cultural data to provide an answer to this question. Generalized linear mixed...

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Mens Conspicuous Consumption Is Associated With Reproductive Strategies but Not Physiological Characteristics

Kruger, Daniel J.

2024 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

doi:10.1037/ebs0000346

Evolutionary psychologists have proposed that men’s wealth displays are analogous in function to the costly signaling of a peacock’s tail, the classic example of a male secondary sex characteristic. Various mechanisms have been proposed to underlie the relationship between men’s resource displays...

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Comparing, Competing, and the Good Mum IdeologyMaternal Well-Being in the Context of Social Media

Wagstaff, Danielle; Wolf, Natalie; Smith, Naomi

2024 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

doi:10.1037/ebs0000348

Maternal competitiveness requires that mothers engage in a process of social comparison, and social media may facilitate this competition. However, social media may also perpetuate an unrealistic ideology about motherhood, which can have negative effects on well-being when mothers inevitably fail...

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Expectations of Mens Use of Harsh Parental Discipline Through Formidability Inferences

Brown, Mitch; Sacco, Donald F.; Donahoe, Steele; Snowden, Samuel E.; Masoner, Hannah L.;

2024 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

doi:10.1037/ebs0000347

One modality to estimate men’s formidability and aggressive proclivities is their facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR). Such inferences may further influence perceptions of men as fathers, particularly their preferred disciplinary strategies. Four studies investigated expectations of parental...

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