Is this behavior impressive or repulsive? The influence of our ecology on our social evaluations

• Main Author: TAN, Kai Lin Lynn
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: life history strategy; prejudice; ecology; mortality threats; affordance management theory; Demography, Population, and Ecology; Social Psychology and Interaction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/563; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1561/viewcontent/PhD_Dissertation_GPPS_AY2019_PhD_Tan_Kai_Lin_Lynn.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Sexual unrestrictedness, impulsivity, and seeking immediate gratification—these traits generally carry negative connotations and tend to be frowned upon. However, are they necessarily maladaptive? Evolutionary psychologists map these traits onto a behavioural cluster known as a fast life strategy. W...