Glenn E Weisfeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 161433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glenn E Weisfeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glenn E |
| FAMILY NAME | Weisfeld |
| SIGNATURE | WEISFELD G E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3841-8483 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Aggression and Dominance in the Social World of Boys
Aggression and Dominance in the Social World of Boys - 1
Comparative, Developmental, and Physiological Evidence for Discrete Emotions Theory
Article Comparative, Developmental, and Physiological Evidence for Discrete Emotions Theory was published on April 1, 2022 in the journal Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture (volume 6, issue 1)
Frequency of Infidelity
Marriage
When the cat’s away, the spouse will play: A cross-cultural examination of mate guarding in married couples
In this post hoc analysis of mate retention behavior, over 3000 married couples from five cultures completed the Marriage and Relationship Questionnaire (MARQ). The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to test relationships for selected variables. For all countries and both sexes, the spouse being attracted to other people was linked to worry about spousal infidelity. For all cases except the Russians, being attracted to one’s spou…
Does a humorous element characterize embarrassment
Evidence is mixed on the question of the distinctiveness of embarrassment as a negative self-conscious emotion. Embarrassment is particularly likely to feature blushing, smiling and laughter, and to follow some minor and surprising social gaffe. Perhaps embarrassment can be distinguished from similar emotions by these observable expressive elements, rather than just in terms of contextual factors. Although slumped posture and averted gaze accompa…
Applying the dominance hierarchy model to pride and shame, and related behaviors
This paper offers a functional, comparative view of a relatively neglected emotion: pride and shame. Parallels between the nonverbal expression of pride and shame in humans, on the one hand, and of dominance and submission in other species on the other, have long been noted. However, many other parallels exist between competitive behavior in humans (prompted by the affect of pride and shame) and dominance behavior in other primates. These additio…
Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test
Miller has suggested that people seek humorousness in a mate because humor connotes intelligence, which would be valuable in a spouse. Since males tend to be the competing sex, men have been more strongly selected to be humorous. To test this notion, we explored the role of humor in marriage cross-culturally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, and Russia. In the first four societies, husbands were perceived to make wives lau…
Sex Differences and Similarities in Married Couples: Patterns Across and Within Cultures
Marital Satisfaction Across Three Cultures: Does the Number of Children Have an Impact After Accounting for Other Marital Demographics
U.S. studies indicate that children tend to stabilize marriage but, paradoxically, to reduce marital satisfaction. To explore whether this finding exists in a similar fashion in other cultures, the authors studied the impact of number of children on spousal love in the United States, United Kingdom, and Turkey, while accounting for other marital demographics (such as duration of marriage and the ages of wives and husbands). The number of children…
Some Features of Human Adolescence Viewed in Evolutionary Perspective
This theoretical essay focuses on some of the apparently evolved features of human adolescence and their possible functions. These include the pubertal growth spurt, sexual size dimorphism and bimaturism, the greater aggressiveness of males, heightened concern with one’s social standing and the factors affecting it, intergenerational friction, same-sex aggregations and solidarity, conformity, and interest in infants especially by girls. Evidence …
Cultural and Evolutionary Components of Marital Satisfaction: A Multidimensional Assessment of Measurement Invariance
Couples assess their satisfaction with one another according to numerous culturally determined criteria. However, evolutionary perspectives on marriage emphasize that husbands and wives are also concerned with their adaptive fitness, and this suggests that some aspects of marital satisfaction may be cross-culturally homogenous. We examined whether marital satisfaction reflects both `culturally unique' and `adaptively universal' concerns of husban…
Humor appreciation as an adaptive esthetic emotion
This article describes ethological analyses of the arts, and notes parallels between the arts and humor. Artists create novel, mentally challenging, informative stimulus arrays that exploit our evolved stimulus preferences. We appreciate these artistic offerings, and reward the artist. Similarly, jokes are informative, elegant, and appreciated. As in the arts and in primate social play, the humorist signals an intention to entertain and then prov…
Evolutionary Principles of Human Adolescence
Puberty Rites as Clues to the Nature of Human Adolescence
Puberty rites are widespread in traditional cultures and hence probably offer some general adaptive advantages. Elucidating the general features and functions of puberty rites may shed light on the basic nature of human adolescence itself. It is suggested that puberty rites function generally to provide intensive instruction in adult sex roles, instill cultural loyalty, regulate and publicize the attainment of adult status, and enhance the mate v…
Correlates of Social Status among Chinese Adolescents
In previous U.S. research, adolescents' social status was found to reflect physical traits but not intelligence. Therefore, a culture in which schoolwork is emphasized, China, was studied using a similar method. A total of 111 Beijing students were ranked by 300 classmates on various measures of social status and their correlates. In China, social status was correlated mainly with intelligence but also with physical attractiveness. Chinese boys' …
Biosocial Models of Human Social Stratification
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Sources of Information and Adolescent Sexual Knowledge and Behavior
Sexual knowledge and behavior and response to peer sex educators were investigated in relation to adolescents' sources of sex information and the quality of communication with parents about sex. Subjects were 113 urban high school students. Although response to the peer educators was not found to be related to prior source of information, most adolescents indicated an adult as their preferred source of information and this trend was particularly …
Teaching about Sex Differences in Human Behavior and the Biological Approach in General
Teaching about the biological perspective on human behavior offers numerous benefits to the instructor. Students, however, are often plagued by numerous common misconceptions concerning genetic influences on behavior, political implications of sociobiology, and evolved sex differences. These are discussed in that order. Lastly, some books are recommended as texts and references
Peer and Self Perceptions in Hopi and Afro-American Third- and Sixth-Graders
Marital Satisfaction Across Three Cultures: Does the Number of Children Have an Impact After Accounting for Other Marital Demographics
U.S. studies indicate that children tend to stabilize marriage but, paradoxically, to reduce marital satisfaction. To explore whether this finding exists in a similar fashion in other cultures, the authors studied the impact of number of children on spousal love in the United States, United Kingdom, and Turkey, while accounting for other marital demographics (such as duration of marriage and the ages of wives and husbands). The number of children…
Cultural and Evolutionary Components of Marital Satisfaction: A Multidimensional Assessment of Measurement Invariance
Couples assess their satisfaction with one another according to numerous culturally determined criteria. However, evolutionary perspectives on marriage emphasize that husbands and wives are also concerned with their adaptive fitness, and this suggests that some aspects of marital satisfaction may be cross-culturally homogenous. We examined whether marital satisfaction reflects both `culturally unique' and `adaptively universal' concerns of husban…
Applying the dominance hierarchy model to pride and shame, and related behaviors
This paper offers a functional, comparative view of a relatively neglected emotion: pride and shame. Parallels between the nonverbal expression of pride and shame in humans, on the one hand, and of dominance and submission in other species on the other, have long been noted. However, many other parallels exist between competitive behavior in humans (prompted by the affect of pride and shame) and dominance behavior in other primates. These additio…
Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test
Miller has suggested that people seek humorousness in a mate because humor connotes intelligence, which would be valuable in a spouse. Since males tend to be the competing sex, men have been more strongly selected to be humorous. To test this notion, we explored the role of humor in marriage cross-culturally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, and Russia. In the first four societies, husbands were perceived to make wives lau…
Peer and Self Perceptions in Hopi and Afro-American Third- and Sixth-Graders
Sex Differences and Similarities in Married Couples: Patterns Across and Within Cultures
Puberty Rites as Clues to the Nature of Human Adolescence
Puberty rites are widespread in traditional cultures and hence probably offer some general adaptive advantages. Elucidating the general features and functions of puberty rites may shed light on the basic nature of human adolescence itself. It is suggested that puberty rites function generally to provide intensive instruction in adult sex roles, instill cultural loyalty, regulate and publicize the attainment of adult status, and enhance the mate v…
Sources of Information and Adolescent Sexual Knowledge and Behavior
Sexual knowledge and behavior and response to peer sex educators were investigated in relation to adolescents' sources of sex information and the quality of communication with parents about sex. Subjects were 113 urban high school students. Although response to the peer educators was not found to be related to prior source of information, most adolescents indicated an adult as their preferred source of information and this trend was particularly …
Does a humorous element characterize embarrassment
Evidence is mixed on the question of the distinctiveness of embarrassment as a negative self-conscious emotion. Embarrassment is particularly likely to feature blushing, smiling and laughter, and to follow some minor and surprising social gaffe. Perhaps embarrassment can be distinguished from similar emotions by these observable expressive elements, rather than just in terms of contextual factors. Although slumped posture and averted gaze accompa…
Correlates of Social Status among Chinese Adolescents
In previous U.S. research, adolescents' social status was found to reflect physical traits but not intelligence. Therefore, a culture in which schoolwork is emphasized, China, was studied using a similar method. A total of 111 Beijing students were ranked by 300 classmates on various measures of social status and their correlates. In China, social status was correlated mainly with intelligence but also with physical attractiveness. Chinese boys' …
When the cat’s away, the spouse will play: A cross-cultural examination of mate guarding in married couples
In this post hoc analysis of mate retention behavior, over 3000 married couples from five cultures completed the Marriage and Relationship Questionnaire (MARQ). The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to test relationships for selected variables. For all countries and both sexes, the spouse being attracted to other people was linked to worry about spousal infidelity. For all cases except the Russians, being attracted to one’s spou…
Humor appreciation as an adaptive esthetic emotion
This article describes ethological analyses of the arts, and notes parallels between the arts and humor. Artists create novel, mentally challenging, informative stimulus arrays that exploit our evolved stimulus preferences. We appreciate these artistic offerings, and reward the artist. Similarly, jokes are informative, elegant, and appreciated. As in the arts and in primate social play, the humorist signals an intention to entertain and then prov…
Teaching about Sex Differences in Human Behavior and the Biological Approach in General
Teaching about the biological perspective on human behavior offers numerous benefits to the instructor. Students, however, are often plagued by numerous common misconceptions concerning genetic influences on behavior, political implications of sociobiology, and evolved sex differences. These are discussed in that order. Lastly, some books are recommended as texts and references
Peer and Self Perceptions in Hopi and Afro-American Third- and Sixth-Graders
Teaching about Sex Differences in Human Behavior and the Biological Approach in General
Teaching about the biological perspective on human behavior offers numerous benefits to the instructor. Students, however, are often plagued by numerous common misconceptions concerning genetic influences on behavior, political implications of sociobiology, and evolved sex differences. These are discussed in that order. Lastly, some books are recommended as texts and references
Sources of Information and Adolescent Sexual Knowledge and Behavior
Sexual knowledge and behavior and response to peer sex educators were investigated in relation to adolescents' sources of sex information and the quality of communication with parents about sex. Subjects were 113 urban high school students. Although response to the peer educators was not found to be related to prior source of information, most adolescents indicated an adult as their preferred source of information and this trend was particularly …
Biosocial Models of Human Social Stratification
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Correlates of Social Status among Chinese Adolescents
In previous U.S. research, adolescents' social status was found to reflect physical traits but not intelligence. Therefore, a culture in which schoolwork is emphasized, China, was studied using a similar method. A total of 111 Beijing students were ranked by 300 classmates on various measures of social status and their correlates. In China, social status was correlated mainly with intelligence but also with physical attractiveness. Chinese boys' …
Puberty Rites as Clues to the Nature of Human Adolescence
Puberty rites are widespread in traditional cultures and hence probably offer some general adaptive advantages. Elucidating the general features and functions of puberty rites may shed light on the basic nature of human adolescence itself. It is suggested that puberty rites function generally to provide intensive instruction in adult sex roles, instill cultural loyalty, regulate and publicize the attainment of adult status, and enhance the mate v…
Evolutionary Principles of Human Adolescence
Humor appreciation as an adaptive esthetic emotion
This article describes ethological analyses of the arts, and notes parallels between the arts and humor. Artists create novel, mentally challenging, informative stimulus arrays that exploit our evolved stimulus preferences. We appreciate these artistic offerings, and reward the artist. Similarly, jokes are informative, elegant, and appreciated. As in the arts and in primate social play, the humorist signals an intention to entertain and then prov…
Cultural and Evolutionary Components of Marital Satisfaction: A Multidimensional Assessment of Measurement Invariance
Couples assess their satisfaction with one another according to numerous culturally determined criteria. However, evolutionary perspectives on marriage emphasize that husbands and wives are also concerned with their adaptive fitness, and this suggests that some aspects of marital satisfaction may be cross-culturally homogenous. We examined whether marital satisfaction reflects both `culturally unique' and `adaptively universal' concerns of husban…
Some Features of Human Adolescence Viewed in Evolutionary Perspective
This theoretical essay focuses on some of the apparently evolved features of human adolescence and their possible functions. These include the pubertal growth spurt, sexual size dimorphism and bimaturism, the greater aggressiveness of males, heightened concern with one’s social standing and the factors affecting it, intergenerational friction, same-sex aggregations and solidarity, conformity, and interest in infants especially by girls. Evidence …
Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence? A cross-cultural test
Miller has suggested that people seek humorousness in a mate because humor connotes intelligence, which would be valuable in a spouse. Since males tend to be the competing sex, men have been more strongly selected to be humorous. To test this notion, we explored the role of humor in marriage cross-culturally, in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, and Russia. In the first four societies, husbands were perceived to make wives lau…
Sex Differences and Similarities in Married Couples: Patterns Across and Within Cultures
Marital Satisfaction Across Three Cultures: Does the Number of Children Have an Impact After Accounting for Other Marital Demographics
U.S. studies indicate that children tend to stabilize marriage but, paradoxically, to reduce marital satisfaction. To explore whether this finding exists in a similar fashion in other cultures, the authors studied the impact of number of children on spousal love in the United States, United Kingdom, and Turkey, while accounting for other marital demographics (such as duration of marriage and the ages of wives and husbands). The number of children…
Applying the dominance hierarchy model to pride and shame, and related behaviors
This paper offers a functional, comparative view of a relatively neglected emotion: pride and shame. Parallels between the nonverbal expression of pride and shame in humans, on the one hand, and of dominance and submission in other species on the other, have long been noted. However, many other parallels exist between competitive behavior in humans (prompted by the affect of pride and shame) and dominance behavior in other primates. These additio…
When the cat’s away, the spouse will play: A cross-cultural examination of mate guarding in married couples
In this post hoc analysis of mate retention behavior, over 3000 married couples from five cultures completed the Marriage and Relationship Questionnaire (MARQ). The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to test relationships for selected variables. For all countries and both sexes, the spouse being attracted to other people was linked to worry about spousal infidelity. For all cases except the Russians, being attracted to one’s spou…
Does a humorous element characterize embarrassment
Evidence is mixed on the question of the distinctiveness of embarrassment as a negative self-conscious emotion. Embarrassment is particularly likely to feature blushing, smiling and laughter, and to follow some minor and surprising social gaffe. Perhaps embarrassment can be distinguished from similar emotions by these observable expressive elements, rather than just in terms of contextual factors. Although slumped posture and averted gaze accompa…
Marriage
Frequency of Infidelity
Aggression and Dominance in the Social World of Boys
Aggression and Dominance in the Social World of Boys - 1
Comparative, Developmental, and Physiological Evidence for Discrete Emotions Theory
Article Comparative, Developmental, and Physiological Evidence for Discrete Emotions Theory was published on April 1, 2022 in the journal Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture (volume 6, issue 1)
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