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May 2020
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S1E6 - Personality in Evolution Pt. 1

SARA
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This is the first episode of a series called “personality in evolution” in which we will discuss evolution-based traits and behaviors in human personality.

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation (Baumeister and Leary, 1995) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1995-29052-001

Anxiety and social exclusion (Baumeister and Tice, 1990) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1990-30884-001

The Emotional Construction of Morals (Prinz, 2007) https://books.google.ca/books?id=ELMUDAAAQBAJ&lpg=PR11&ots=gSNVHBw0Lj&dq=Prinz%2C%20J.%20(2007).%20The%20emotional%20construction%20of%20morals.%20New%20York%3A%20Oxford%20University%20Press.&lr&pg=PR11#v=onepage&q&f=false

"ALTRUISTIC" BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS (Masserman et al., 1964) https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03342783

Some neo-Darwinian decision rules for altruism: Weighing cues for inclusive fitness as a function of the biological importance of the decision (Bernstein et al., 1994) https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1995-09360-001

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