Evolution and the Social Mind_ Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition-2007
Contents
About the Editors xiii
Contributors xv
Preface xvii
1 Evolutionary Psychology and Social Thinking: 1
History, Issues, and Prospects
William von Hippel, Martie G. Haselton, and Joseph P. Forgas
Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition / 2
A Natural Affinity / 3
Different “Why” Questions / 5
Content-Specificity and Adaptive Design / 6
Refining the Metaphor for Social Cognition / 7
Interface with Modern Evolutionary Biology / 8
What can Social Cognition Bring to the Table? / 9
Overview of the Book / 14
I. FOUNDATIONS
2 The Social Brain Hypothesis and its Relevance to Social
Psychology 21
R. I. M. Dunbar
The Social Brain Hypothesis / 25
The Structure of Human Social Networks / 26
Two Specializations of Social Cognition / 28
3 The Evolution of Social Inference Processes: 33
The Importance of Signaling Theory
Steven W. Gangestad and Randy Thornhill
Signaling Systems / 34
Processing Incidental Effects / 41
Deception / 43
Conclusion / 45
4 How the Mind Warps: 49
A Social Evolutionary Perspective on Cognitive Processing Disjunctions
Douglas T. Kenrick, Andrew W. Delton, Theresa E. Robertson, D. Vaughn Becker, and
Steven L. Neuberg
Our Basic Model of How Fundamental Motives Influence Cognitive
Processes / 51
An Unexpected Disjunction between Visual Attention, Frequency Estimation, and
Memory / 51
An Opposite Disjunction for Outgroup Males / 57
Suppression and Amplification / 58
Disjunctions’ Functions / 60
A General Model of the Biases Underlying Disjunctions / 62
Some Empirical Implications of Considering Disjunctions in Evolutionary/Ecological
Terms / 63
Conclusion / 66
II. THE EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF AFFECT AND COGNITION
5 Appraisals, Emotions, and Adaptation 71
Phoebe C. Ellsworth
Theories of Emotion / 73
Implications of Appraisal Theories / 81
Ambiguous Situations and Incomplete Emotions / 83
How Different are Modular and Appraisal Theories, Really? / 85
6 The Evolutionary Bases of Social and Moral Emotions: 89
Dominance, Submission, and True Love
Ross Buck
Motivation, Emotion, and Communication: The Developmental-Interactionist
View / 89
Altruism / 95
Attachment and Higher-Level Social and Moral Emotions / 99
Conclusions / 102
7 The Strange Cognitive Benefits of Mild Dysphoria: 107
On the Evolutionary Advantages of Not Being Too Happy
Joseph P. Forgas
Introduction / 107
The Evolutionary Functions of Affect / 108
Contemporary Cognitive Approaches / 110
The Empirical Evidence / 111
The Interpersonal Benefits of Negative Affect / 118
Conclusions / 121
8 Evolution, Social Cognition, and Depressed Mood: 125
Exploring the Relationship Between Depression and
Social Risk Taking
Paul B. T. Badcock and Nicholas B. Allen
Introduction / 125
Darwinian Models of Depressed Mood / 126
Theories of Resource/Energy Conservation / 126
Social Theories of the Evolution of Depression / 127
The Social Risk Hypothesis: An Integrative View / 130
Depression and Cognition About Social Risk / 133
Depression and Reduced Social Risk Taking / 133
Recent Studies on Depression and Risk Propensity / 134
Discussion and Conclusions / 137
III. THE EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF MATE SELECTION
9 Coevolved Cognitive Mechanisms in Mate Search: 145
Making Decisions in a Decision-shaped World
Peter M. Todd
Searching for a Space / 145
The Big Picture: Ecological Rationality / 146
Sequential Decision Making in Mate Choice / 148
Strategies for Mutual Mate Search / 152
Summary and Connections / 156
10 An Evolutionary Account of Strategic Pluralism in Human Mating: 161
Changes in Mate Preferences Across the Ovulatory Cycle
Jeffry A. Simpson and Jonathon LaPaglia
Strategic Pluralism and Human Mating: Patterned Changes in Women’s Mate
Preferences Across the Ovulatory Cycle / 161
Basic Evolutionary Concepts / 162
Mating Strategies in Humans / 164
Study 1 / 166
Study 2 / 169
Broader Theoretical Considerations / 173
11 Aligning Evolutionary Psychology and Social Cognition: 179
Inbreeding Avoidance as an Example of Investigations into
Categorization, Decision Rules, and Emotions
Debra Lieberman
Introduction / 179
What is a Computational Theory of Mind and Why Should Social-Cognitive Scientists
Care? / 181
Selection Pressures Guiding the Evolution of Inbreeding Avoidance
Mechanisms / 182
An Information-Processing View of Inbreeding Avoidance: What Would a
Well-Engineered System for Inbreeding Avoidance Look Like? / 184
Empirical Investigation of Systems for Inbreeding Avoidance / 190
Conclusion / 191
12 The Self in Intimate Relationships: 195
A Social Evolutionary Account
Garth J. O. Fletcher and Nickola C. Overall
A Conceptual and Methodological Backdrop / 196
The Role of the Self in Mate Selection / 197
The Self Never Sleeps / 205
Conclusions / 207
IV. THE EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES
13 A Social Cognitive Evolutionary Approach to Jealousy: 213
The Automatic Evaluation of One’ s Romantic Rivals
Abraham P. Buunk, Karlijn Massar, and Pieternel Dijkstra
The Importance of Jealousy / 213
Inventory of Relevant Rival Characteristics / 214
Experimentally Manipulating Rival Characteristics / 216
Body Build / 219
Sexual Versus Emotional Infidelity / 222
Conclusion / 225
14 Cognitive and Social Adaptations for Leadership and
Followership: 229
Evolutionary Game Theory and Group Dynamics
Mark van Vugt and Rob Kurzban
Leadership and Followership in an Evolutionary Framework / 230
An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Leadership / 231
Non-human Evidence for Leadership / 235
Leadership in Humans / 236
Discussion / 238
15 Proximate and Ultimate Origins of a Bias for Prototypical Faces: 245
An Evolutionary Social Cognitive Account
Jamin Halberstadt
The Prototypicality Bias as an Adaptation / 247
Domain Specificity of the Prototypicality Bias / 248
The Prototypicality Bias as a Side-Effect / 250
Conclusion / 258
16 The Social Prediction Dynamic: 263
A Legacy of Cognition and Mixed Motives
Oscar Ybarra, Matthew C. Keller, Emily Chan, Andrew S. Baron, Jeffrey Hutsler,
Stephen M. Garcia, Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, and Kimberly Rios Morrison
Social Pressures on Cognitive Evolution / 264
On Social Scientists Trying to Predict People / 265
The Averseness of Being the Target of Prediction / 268
The Social Prediction Dynamic: Delineating the Theoretical Framework / 270
Situational Factors Moderate the Need to be Unpredictable / 272
Conclusion / 275
17 The Evolution of an Ostracism Detection System 279
Jennifer R. Spoor and Kipling D. Williams
Introduction / 279
The Evolutionary Importance of Inclusion in Groups / 280
Model of Ostracism Detection / 281
Experimental Tests of the Ostracism Detection System / 283
The Indiscriminate Ostracism Detection System / 286
Implications and Conclusions / 288
18 The Behavioral Immune System: 293
Its Evolution and Social Psychological Implications
Mark Schaller and Lesley A. Duncan
The Past / 295
The Present / 299
The Future / 305
Author Index 308
Subject Index 320