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Direct linkBevilacqua, Andy – Educational Psychology Review, 2017
Recent upgrades to cognitive load theory suggest that evolutionary processes have shaped the way that working memory processes cultural and social information. According to evolutionarily educational psychologists, some forms of information are processed with lower working memory loads than other forms. The former are evolutionarily salient and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Gender Differences, Evolution
Ellis, Bruce J.; Del Giudice, Marco; Dishion, Thomas J.; Figueredo, Aurelio Jose; Gray, Peter; Griskevicius, Vladas; Hawley, Patricia H.; Jacobs, W. Jake; James, Jenee; Volk, Anthony A.; Wilson, David Sloan – Developmental Psychology, 2012
This article proposes an evolutionary model of risky behavior in adolescence and contrasts it with the prevailing developmental psychopathology model. The evolutionary model contends that understanding the evolutionary functions of adolescence is critical to explaining why adolescents engage in risky behavior and that successful intervention…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Social Status, Evolution
Balliet, Daniel; Li, Norman P.; Macfarlan, Shane J.; Van Vugt, Mark – Psychological Bulletin, 2011
Although it is commonly believed that women are kinder and more cooperative than men, there is conflicting evidence for this assertion. Current theories of sex differences in social behavior suggest that it may be useful to examine in what situations men and women are likely to differ in cooperation. Here, we derive predictions from both…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Social Behavior, Effect Size, Social Environment
Petersen, Jennifer L.; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
In 1993 Oliver and Hyde conducted a meta-analysis on gender differences in sexuality. The current study updated that analysis with current research and methods. Evolutionary psychology, cognitive social learning theory, social structural theory, and the gender similarities hypothesis provided predictions about gender differences in sexuality. We…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Ethnic Groups, Effect Size
Download full textQuessada, Marie-Pierre; Clement, Pierre; Oerke, Britta; Valente, Adriana – Science Education International, 2008
What kinds of images of human beings illustrate human evolution in school textbooks? A comparison between the textbooks of eighteen different countries (twelve European countries and six non-European countries) was attempted. In six countries (Algeria, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, and Tunisia), we did not find any chapter on the topic of…
Descriptors: Evolution, Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Textbook Content
Ecuyer-Dab, Isabelle; Robert, Michele – Cognition, 2004
Drawing on the theoretical and empirical foundations of two evolutionary models, we argue that, among humans and other mammals, a twofold selection process would parsimoniously account for sex-linked advantages in spatial contexts. In males, a superiority for both solving navigation-related spatial problems and understanding physical principles…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Cues, Competition, Evolution
