Values and Evolutionary Psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2264776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Horne (0000-0001-5318-6978, Washington State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 477-503 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-2751 • E-ISSN: 1467-9558 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0735-2751.2004.00230.x |
| OpenAlex | W2000830711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 65 |
Scholars suggest that evolutionary psychology may provide a foundation for assumptions regarding human values. I explore this suggestion by developing two arguments regarding the permissiveness of norms regulating male and female sexual activity. The first relies on the standard rational choice assumption that people value resources, and the second relies on an assumption suggested by evolutionary psychology that actors value seeing their children successfully reach adulthood. These two assumptions produce contrasting predictions regarding sex norms. I describe the implications of these predictions for explaining cross-cultural variation and present evidence that supports the evolutionary psychology-based predictions in this context. I also suggest implications of the two approaches for explaining norms cross-nationally and within the United States. The article provides support for the utility of evolutionary psychology in developing assumptions about values
Epistemology · Evolutionary psychology · Positive economics · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
Iq and the Values of Nations
Evolutionary Sociology
Synthesizing Proximate and Distal Levels of Explanation
Classification of Professional Values Based on Motivational Content
Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent
An evolutionary psychological perspective on social capital
Caveman Politics
Evolutionary Psychological Foundations of Civil Wars
The intergenerational transmission of sexual frequency
The status of women in preindustrial societies
Husbands and wives
The Hosken report
Human family systems
Gender and work
Too many women?
Organizational Ecology
The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
Sex differences in human mate preferences
Understanding the gender gap
Female Power and Male Dominance
Sociological theories in progress
A handbook of method in cultural anthropology.
Class and conformity
Welfare States and Working Mothers
Power-Dependence Relations
Crisis in Sociology
Attachment and Loss. Vol. 1. Attachment
Male sexual jealousy
The Truly Disadvantaged
The past explains the present
A Methodological Review of the Sex Ratio
A cross-national look at married women’s earnings dependency
Parental Investment as a Game of Chicken
The Evolution of Human Sociality
Sex in Society
Income Transfers and Mother-Only Families in Eight Countries
The Effects of Demographic Change and Political Structure on Family Allowance Expenditures
Sexual strategies theory
Swedish or American heterosexual college youth
Chisungu
The Social Cage
The evolution of desire
Exchange Theory and Sexual Permissiveness
The Role of Values in Rational Choice Theory
Marriage and Women's Occupational Attainment in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Ending Footbinding and Infibulation
The Evolution of Trust and Cooperation between Strangers
Probing the Character of Norms
Cross-Cultural Codes on Twenty Sexual Attitudes and Practices
Standard Cross-Cultural Sample
The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
Human Family Systems
Changing Sex Norms in America and Scandinavia
Gender, Lineage and Ethnicity in Southern Africa
Should Values Be Written out of the Social Scientist's Lexicon
De Gustibus Est Disputandum
Dependence and Independence
Class and conformity
Do Values Matter
The Evolution of Norms
Local Marriage Markets and the Marital Behavior of Black and White Women
A Cross-National Comparison of the Gender Gap in Income
A Theory of Marriage Timing
Sex Ratios and Women's Roles
Sex and Earnings in Industrial Society
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |