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Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life

Exploring the simple selfish biases that make us caring, creative, and complex.
by Douglas Kenrick
Douglas T. Kenrick is professor of social psychology at Arizona State University. See full bio
November 12, 2009

Deep Rationality

Radical changes are in store when Charles Darwin and Daniel Kahneman are properly introduced to one another. On the evolutionary view, what seems irrational at the surface level may be, on closer examination, deeply rational. Read More

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Books by Douglas Kenrick

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Social Psychology (5th Edition)
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Evolution and Social Psychology (Frontiers of Social Psychology)

Evolutionary Psychology Basics

Our bodies evolved over eons, slowly calibrating to the African savanna on which 98 percent of our ancestors lived and died. So, too, did our brains. Evolutionary psychology postulates that the mind is shaped by pressure to survive and reproduce. We jealously guard romantic partners and cherish our closest relatives above all others, lest we fail to pass on our genes.

Go to the Evolutionary Psychology Basics page for more on Evolutionary Psychology including:
  • EP Is Not Always PC
  • Mate Appeal
  • Who We Are
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