Patrick K Durkee
Biographic Data
| ID | 4046772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick K Durkee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick K |
| FAMILY NAME | Durkee |
| SIGNATURE | DURKEE P K |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fresno |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6159-4277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond falsifiability: Evolutionary psychology’s many theoretical strengths—Reply to Geary (2026) and Moore (2026)
We thank Moore (2026) and Geary (2026) for their thoughtful commentaries on Costello et al. (2026). Both agree on our core premise: that evolutionary psychology's hypotheses are falsifiable. We hope this shared recognition can help finally dispel the mistaken claim that evolutionary psychology is inherently unfalsifiable. Moore rightly notes that "falsifiability is a necessary but insufficient quality of a good scientific theory" (Moore, 2026, p.…
Evolutionary psychology hypotheses are testable and falsifiable
The field of evolutionary psychology has often been the target of allegations that its hypotheses are unfalsifiable. This article revisits this decades-old critique by examining the logic of falsifiability and the specific criteria required for a hypothesis to be considered falsified. We evaluate the multiple levels of analysis in the heuristic framework from which evolutionary psychology hypotheses are derived. We then present evidence of severa…
Self-assessment biases and motivations: An error management approach
Toward a mechanistic account of personality: A case study of competitor derogation accuracy and the dark triad
Measuring personality Traits: Simulations Exploring (Mis)Alignment between methods and measurands
Hierarchy Navigation: Individual Differences in Tactics, Strategies, and Traits
Status in Himba pastoralists: Are causal claims warranted
Deconstructing “dominance” to refine leadership research
Are self-conscious emotions about the self? Testing competing theories of shame and guilt across two disparate cultures
The emotions of guilt and shame play major roles in forgiveness, social exclusion, face-saving ploys, suicide, and honor killings. Understanding these emotions is thus of vital importance. The outputs of guilt and shame are already well understood: Guilt motivates amends; shame motivates evasion. However, the elicitors and functions of these emotions are disputed. According to attributional theory, guilt and shame are intrapersonal emotions elici…
Calibration and fitness-linked correlates of personality in Conambo, Ecuador
Sex Differences in Fearful Personality Traits Are Mediated by Physical Strength
Across cultures, women reliably exhibit higher levels of Neuroticism than men. Recent work shows that this sex difference, particularly in Neuroticism’s anxiety facet, is partly mediated by the sex difference in physical strength. We build on this finding by testing pre-registered predictions of mediation by physical strength of the sex differences in HEXACO Emotionality and its Anxiety and Fearfulness facets (HEXACO stands for the factors of hon…
Status-impact assessment: Is Accuracy Linked With Status Motivations
Status hierarchies are ubiquitous across cultures and have been over deep time. Position in hierarchies shows important links with fitness outcomes. Consequently, humans should possess psychological adaptations for navigating the adaptive challenges posed by living in hierarchically organised groups. One hypothesised adaptation functions to assess, track, and store the status impacts of different acts, characteristics and events in order to guide…
Self-Regulation Versus Self-Discipline in Predicting Achievement: A Replication Study With Secondary Data
Self-regulation is one of multiple noncognitive measures that have been found to relate to academic achievement. Zimmerman and Kitsantas (2014) have distinguished self-regulation from the construct of self-discipline and provided evidence that only the former is predictive of high-school GPA, while controlling for the latter. In this brief report we present a preregistered replication study of their finding using secondary data obtained from a pu…
Is facial width-to-height ratio reliably associated with social inferences
Human status criteria: Sex differences and similarities across 14 nations
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on Sep 7 2020 (see record 2020-68801-001). In the original article, the third sentence in the Content level subsection in the Status Criteria More Central to Women section of the Results should appear instead as Fidelity, chastity/purity , and long-term mating success increase women's status more than men's. A coding error in Figure…
Pride and shame: Key components of a culturally universal status management system
Formidability assessment mechanisms: Examining their speed and automaticity
Human status criteria: Sex differences and similarities across 14 nations
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on Sep 7 2020 (see record 2020-68801-001). In the original article, the third sentence in the Content level subsection in the Status Criteria More Central to Women section of the Results should appear instead as Fidelity, chastity/purity , and long-term mating success increase women's status more than men's. A coding error in Figure…
Evolutionary psychology hypotheses are testable and falsifiable
The field of evolutionary psychology has often been the target of allegations that its hypotheses are unfalsifiable. This article revisits this decades-old critique by examining the logic of falsifiability and the specific criteria required for a hypothesis to be considered falsified. We evaluate the multiple levels of analysis in the heuristic framework from which evolutionary psychology hypotheses are derived. We then present evidence of severa…
Measuring personality Traits: Simulations Exploring (Mis)Alignment between methods and measurands
Status-impact assessment: Is Accuracy Linked With Status Motivations
Status hierarchies are ubiquitous across cultures and have been over deep time. Position in hierarchies shows important links with fitness outcomes. Consequently, humans should possess psychological adaptations for navigating the adaptive challenges posed by living in hierarchically organised groups. One hypothesised adaptation functions to assess, track, and store the status impacts of different acts, characteristics and events in order to guide…
Formidability assessment mechanisms: Examining their speed and automaticity
Pride and shame: Key components of a culturally universal status management system
Human status criteria: Sex differences and similarities across 14 nations
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology on Sep 7 2020 (see record 2020-68801-001). In the original article, the third sentence in the Content level subsection in the Status Criteria More Central to Women section of the Results should appear instead as Fidelity, chastity/purity , and long-term mating success increase women's status more than men's. A coding error in Figure…
Self-Regulation Versus Self-Discipline in Predicting Achievement: A Replication Study With Secondary Data
Self-regulation is one of multiple noncognitive measures that have been found to relate to academic achievement. Zimmerman and Kitsantas (2014) have distinguished self-regulation from the construct of self-discipline and provided evidence that only the former is predictive of high-school GPA, while controlling for the latter. In this brief report we present a preregistered replication study of their finding using secondary data obtained from a pu…
Is facial width-to-height ratio reliably associated with social inferences
Calibration and fitness-linked correlates of personality in Conambo, Ecuador
Sex Differences in Fearful Personality Traits Are Mediated by Physical Strength
Across cultures, women reliably exhibit higher levels of Neuroticism than men. Recent work shows that this sex difference, particularly in Neuroticism’s anxiety facet, is partly mediated by the sex difference in physical strength. We build on this finding by testing pre-registered predictions of mediation by physical strength of the sex differences in HEXACO Emotionality and its Anxiety and Fearfulness facets (HEXACO stands for the factors of hon…
Status-impact assessment: Is Accuracy Linked With Status Motivations
Status hierarchies are ubiquitous across cultures and have been over deep time. Position in hierarchies shows important links with fitness outcomes. Consequently, humans should possess psychological adaptations for navigating the adaptive challenges posed by living in hierarchically organised groups. One hypothesised adaptation functions to assess, track, and store the status impacts of different acts, characteristics and events in order to guide…
Status in Himba pastoralists: Are causal claims warranted
Deconstructing “dominance” to refine leadership research
Are self-conscious emotions about the self? Testing competing theories of shame and guilt across two disparate cultures
The emotions of guilt and shame play major roles in forgiveness, social exclusion, face-saving ploys, suicide, and honor killings. Understanding these emotions is thus of vital importance. The outputs of guilt and shame are already well understood: Guilt motivates amends; shame motivates evasion. However, the elicitors and functions of these emotions are disputed. According to attributional theory, guilt and shame are intrapersonal emotions elici…
Measuring personality Traits: Simulations Exploring (Mis)Alignment between methods and measurands
Hierarchy Navigation: Individual Differences in Tactics, Strategies, and Traits
Beyond falsifiability: Evolutionary psychology’s many theoretical strengths—Reply to Geary (2026) and Moore (2026)
We thank Moore (2026) and Geary (2026) for their thoughtful commentaries on Costello et al. (2026). Both agree on our core premise: that evolutionary psychology's hypotheses are falsifiable. We hope this shared recognition can help finally dispel the mistaken claim that evolutionary psychology is inherently unfalsifiable. Moore rightly notes that "falsifiability is a necessary but insufficient quality of a good scientific theory" (Moore, 2026, p.…
Evolutionary psychology hypotheses are testable and falsifiable
The field of evolutionary psychology has often been the target of allegations that its hypotheses are unfalsifiable. This article revisits this decades-old critique by examining the logic of falsifiability and the specific criteria required for a hypothesis to be considered falsified. We evaluate the multiple levels of analysis in the heuristic framework from which evolutionary psychology hypotheses are derived. We then present evidence of severa…
Self-assessment biases and motivations: An error management approach
Toward a mechanistic account of personality: A case study of competitor derogation accuracy and the dark triad
Psychology (12 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Big Five personality traits (6 works) · Personality (6 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (3 works)