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One path to balance and order in social psychology: An evolutionary perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

Douglas T. Kenrick  and
Jon K. Maner
Douglas T. Kenrick*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287-1104http://psych.la.asu.edu/people/faculty/dkenrick.html
Jon K. Maner*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL32306-1270http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/maner.dp.html
*
douglas.kenrick@asu.edu
maner@psy.fsu.edu
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Abstract:

Consideration of the adaptive problems faced by our ancestors suggests functional reasons why people exhibit some biases in social judgment more than others. We present a taxonomy consisting of six domains of central social challenges. Each is associated with somewhat different motivations, and consequently different decision-rules. These decision-rules, in turn, make some biases inherently more likely to emerge than others.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , June 2004 , pp. 346 - 347
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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