Carlos Hernández Blasi
Biographic Data
| ID | 189459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carlos Hernández Blasi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carlos Hernández |
| FAMILY NAME | Blasi |
| SIGNATURE | BLASI C H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Jaume I |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0737-1061 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Children's evolved cues to promote caregiving
Children have evolved “psychological weapons” to endear them to adults, enhancing their chances of surviving. Earlier research has shown that, during early childhood, caregivers feel positively attracted by children's vocal and cognitive cues of immaturity, which in turn provide adults with information about children's attributes and needs. The purpose of this study was to disentangle which of these two cues (vocal or cognitive), if either, might…
Whose Life Do You Save? Factors Associated With Gender Differences in Altruism Toward Romantic Partners Versus Genetic Relatives
This study explored potential gender differences in altruism in three hypothetical life-or-death situations in which a romantic partner and a relative (an offspring, a sibling, and a cousin) were involved. Specifically, 200 college students (93 men) responded to a 24-item questionnaire: 12 items focused on the three romantic partner versus relative life-or-death dilemmas; 12 items served as control items and focused on three relative versus relat…
Voices as Cues to Children's Needs for Caregiving
The aim of this study was to explore the role of voices as cues to adults of children's needs for potential caregiving during early childhood. To this purpose, 74 college students listened to pairs of 5-year-old versus 10-year-old children verbalizing neutral-content sentences and indicated which voice was better associated with each of 14 traits, potentially meaningful in interactions between young children and adults. Results indicated that chi…
Agentic traits, even when perceived as low value, still hold sway in management
Role congruity theory postulates that traditionally there is a mismatch between the communal qualities associated with women and the masculine or agentic qualities considered necessary in a good leader. Thus, female candidates are presumed to be less suitable for leadership roles. The purpose of this study is to discover the conditions under which this (in)congruity may fluctuate. In a hypothetical manager recruitment process done in Spain, two p…
Ontogenetic Versus Deferred Adaptations
Children's supernatural thinking as a signalling behaviour in early childhood
In this study, we analysed the reaction times of 137 college students when making decisions on pairs of hypothetical children verbalizing different types of vignettes and/or exhibiting different physical appearance (photographs of faces). Vignettes depicted immature and mature versions of both supernatural (e.g., 'The sun's not out today because it's mad' vs. 'The sun's not out today because the clouds are blocking it') and natural ('I can rememb…
Cognitive “babyness”
Perceptions of maturational status may play an important role in facilitating caretaking and resources toward children expressing them. Previous work has revealed evidence that cues of cognitive immaturity foster positive perceptions in adults toward young children at a time during their lives when they are most dependent on adult care. In the current series of studies, the authors investigated when during development these biases emerge. They te…
Lorenz Revisited
Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
Evolutionary developmental psychology (EDP) is described and contrasted with previous (e.g., sociobiology) and other contemporary (e.g., mainstream evolutionary psychology) approaches to applying evolutionary theory to human behavior. We argue that understanding the ‘whys’ of development will help us acquire a better understanding of the ‘hows’ and ‘whats’ of development, and that in addressing the ‘whys’ an EDP perspective has the potential to p…
Cognitive “babyness”
Perceptions of maturational status may play an important role in facilitating caretaking and resources toward children expressing them. Previous work has revealed evidence that cues of cognitive immaturity foster positive perceptions in adults toward young children at a time during their lives when they are most dependent on adult care. In the current series of studies, the authors investigated when during development these biases emerge. They te…
Children's supernatural thinking as a signalling behaviour in early childhood
In this study, we analysed the reaction times of 137 college students when making decisions on pairs of hypothetical children verbalizing different types of vignettes and/or exhibiting different physical appearance (photographs of faces). Vignettes depicted immature and mature versions of both supernatural (e.g., 'The sun's not out today because it's mad' vs. 'The sun's not out today because the clouds are blocking it') and natural ('I can rememb…
Lorenz Revisited
Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
Evolutionary developmental psychology (EDP) is described and contrasted with previous (e.g., sociobiology) and other contemporary (e.g., mainstream evolutionary psychology) approaches to applying evolutionary theory to human behavior. We argue that understanding the ‘whys’ of development will help us acquire a better understanding of the ‘hows’ and ‘whats’ of development, and that in addressing the ‘whys’ an EDP perspective has the potential to p…
Lorenz Revisited
Cognitive “babyness”
Perceptions of maturational status may play an important role in facilitating caretaking and resources toward children expressing them. Previous work has revealed evidence that cues of cognitive immaturity foster positive perceptions in adults toward young children at a time during their lives when they are most dependent on adult care. In the current series of studies, the authors investigated when during development these biases emerge. They te…
Children's supernatural thinking as a signalling behaviour in early childhood
In this study, we analysed the reaction times of 137 college students when making decisions on pairs of hypothetical children verbalizing different types of vignettes and/or exhibiting different physical appearance (photographs of faces). Vignettes depicted immature and mature versions of both supernatural (e.g., 'The sun's not out today because it's mad' vs. 'The sun's not out today because the clouds are blocking it') and natural ('I can rememb…
Ontogenetic Versus Deferred Adaptations
Whose Life Do You Save? Factors Associated With Gender Differences in Altruism Toward Romantic Partners Versus Genetic Relatives
This study explored potential gender differences in altruism in three hypothetical life-or-death situations in which a romantic partner and a relative (an offspring, a sibling, and a cousin) were involved. Specifically, 200 college students (93 men) responded to a 24-item questionnaire: 12 items focused on the three romantic partner versus relative life-or-death dilemmas; 12 items served as control items and focused on three relative versus relat…
Voices as Cues to Children's Needs for Caregiving
The aim of this study was to explore the role of voices as cues to adults of children's needs for potential caregiving during early childhood. To this purpose, 74 college students listened to pairs of 5-year-old versus 10-year-old children verbalizing neutral-content sentences and indicated which voice was better associated with each of 14 traits, potentially meaningful in interactions between young children and adults. Results indicated that chi…
Agentic traits, even when perceived as low value, still hold sway in management
Role congruity theory postulates that traditionally there is a mismatch between the communal qualities associated with women and the masculine or agentic qualities considered necessary in a good leader. Thus, female candidates are presumed to be less suitable for leadership roles. The purpose of this study is to discover the conditions under which this (in)congruity may fluctuate. In a hypothetical manager recruitment process done in Spain, two p…
Children's evolved cues to promote caregiving
Children have evolved “psychological weapons” to endear them to adults, enhancing their chances of surviving. Earlier research has shown that, during early childhood, caregivers feel positively attracted by children's vocal and cognitive cues of immaturity, which in turn provide adults with information about children's attributes and needs. The purpose of this study was to disentangle which of these two cues (vocal or cognitive), if either, might…
Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Affect (linguistics (2 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Cognitive development (2 works)