Nudging evolutionary mismatched behaviors: Implications for social psychology and public policy

• Main Authors: Van Vugt, Mark, De Vries, Lianne P., LI, Norman P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Social Psychology; Theory and Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3229; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4486/viewcontent/vanVugtSSSP2019.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Evolutionary mismatch is an important concept in evolutionary social psychology and may play a significant role in accounting for numerous maladaptive choice preferences of humans living in evolutionary novel environments. Here we review evidence in support of mismatched preferences in the context o...