The meaning maintenance model: On the coherence of social motivations
The meaning maintenance model (MMM) proposes that people have a needfor meaning;
that is, a need to perceive events through a prism of mental representations of expected …
that is, a need to perceive events through a prism of mental representations of expected …
Predicting behavior during interracial interactions: A stress and coping approach
S Trawalter, JA Richeson… - Personality and Social …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The social psychological literature maintains unequivocally that interracial contact is
stressful. Yet research and theory have rarely considered how stress may shape behavior …
stressful. Yet research and theory have rarely considered how stress may shape behavior …
The ties that bind us: Ritual, fusion, and identification
H Whitehouse, JA Lanman - Current Anthropology, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Most social scientists endorse some version of the claim that participating in collective rituals
promotes social cohesion. The systematic testing and evaluation of this claim, however, has …
promotes social cohesion. The systematic testing and evaluation of this claim, however, has …
Threat and defense: From anxiety to approach
The social psychological literature on threat and defense is fragmented. Groups of
researchers have focused on distinct threats, such as mortality, uncertainty, uncontrollability …
researchers have focused on distinct threats, such as mortality, uncertainty, uncontrollability …
Nobody's watching?: Subtle cues affect generosity in an anonymous economic game
KJ Haley, DMT Fessler - Evolution and Human behavior, 2005 - Elsevier
Models indicate that opportunities for reputation formation can play an important role in
sustaining cooperation and prosocial behavior. Results from experimental economic games …
sustaining cooperation and prosocial behavior. Results from experimental economic games …
Environmental contingency in life history strategies: the influence of mortality and socioeconomic status on reproductive timing.
Why do some people have children early, whereas others delay reproduction? By
considering the trade-offs between using one's resources for reproduction versus other …
considering the trade-offs between using one's resources for reproduction versus other …
Are needs to manage uncertainty and threat associated with political conservatism or ideological extremity?
Three studies are conducted to assess the uncertainty—threat model of political
conservatism, which posits that psychological needs to manage uncertainty and threat are …
conservatism, which posits that psychological needs to manage uncertainty and threat are …
The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences
Willingness to lay down one's life for a group of non-kin, well documented historically and
ethnographically, represents an evolutionary puzzle. Building on research in social …
ethnographically, represents an evolutionary puzzle. Building on research in social …
Disease avoidance and ethnocentrism: The effects of disease vulnerability and disgust sensitivity on intergroup attitudes
CD Navarrete, DMT Fessler - Evolution and Human Behavior, 2006 - Elsevier
Extending a model relating xenophobia to disease avoidance [Faulkner, J., Schaller, M.,
Park, JH, & Duncan, LA (2004). Evolved disease-avoidance mechanisms and contemporary …
Park, JH, & Duncan, LA (2004). Evolved disease-avoidance mechanisms and contemporary …
War's enduring effects on the development of egalitarian motivations and in-group biases
In suggesting that new nations often coalesce in the decades following war, historians have
posed an important psychological question: Does the experience of war generate an …
posed an important psychological question: Does the experience of war generate an …