The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions
The behavioral immune system is a motivational system that helps minimize infection risk by
changing cognition, affect, and behavior in ways that promote pathogen avoidance. In the …
changing cognition, affect, and behavior in ways that promote pathogen avoidance. In the …
Language attitudes: Social determinants and consequences of language variation
H Giles, T Rakić - The Oxford handbook of language and social …, 2014 - books.google.com
This chapter surveys important approaches and findings related to language attitude
studies. It begins by attending to the kinds of evaluations and images people are able to …
studies. It begins by attending to the kinds of evaluations and images people are able to …
The behavioral immune system: Implications for social cognition, social interaction, and social influence
DR Murray, M Schaller - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2016 - Elsevier
The “behavioral immune system” is a motivational system that evolved as a means of
inhibiting contact with disease-causing parasites and that, in contemporary human societies …
inhibiting contact with disease-causing parasites and that, in contemporary human societies …
The behavioral immune system shapes political intuitions: Why and how individual differences in disgust sensitivity underlie opposition to immigration
We present, test, and extend a theoretical framework that connects disgust, a powerful basic
human emotion, to political attitudes through psychological mechanisms designed to protect …
human emotion, to political attitudes through psychological mechanisms designed to protect …
Infectious disease prevalence, not race exposure, predicts both implicit and explicit racial prejudice across the United States
What factors increase racial prejudice? Across the United States, increased exposure to
Black Americans has been hypothesized to increase White Americans' prejudicial attitudes …
Black Americans has been hypothesized to increase White Americans' prejudicial attitudes …
The behavioural immune system and pandemic psychology: The evolved psychology of disease-avoidance and its implications for attitudes, behaviour, and public …
This article provides an overview of the “behavioural immune system”–a suite of
psychological mechanisms that complements immunological defences by motivating pre …
psychological mechanisms that complements immunological defences by motivating pre …
What's in an accent? General spontaneous biases against nonnative accents: An investigation with conceptual and auditory IATs
J Roessel, C Schoel, D Stahlberg - European Journal of Social …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nonnative accents are prevalent in our globalized world and constitute highly salient cues in
social perception. Whereas previous literature has commonly assumed that they cue specific …
social perception. Whereas previous literature has commonly assumed that they cue specific …
The evolution of disgust for pathogen detection and avoidance
The behavioral immune system posits that disgust functions to protect animals from
pathogen exposure. Therefore, cues of pathogen risk should be a primary driver influencing …
pathogen exposure. Therefore, cues of pathogen risk should be a primary driver influencing …
Infection threat shapes our social instincts
We social animals must balance the need to avoid infections with the need to interact with
conspecifics. To that end we have evolved, alongside our physiological immune system, a …
conspecifics. To that end we have evolved, alongside our physiological immune system, a …
PsychoBehavioroimmunology: connecting the behavioral immune system to its physiological foundations
Although infectious disease has posed a significant and persistent threat to human survival
and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral …
and welfare throughout history, only recently have the psychological and behavioral …