Can Evolutionary Psychology Explain Reproductive Behavior in the Contemporary United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2277115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kanazawa (0000-0003-3786-8797, University of Canterbury, corresponding author), Satoshi Kanazawa |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-302 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/tsq.2003.44.2.291 |
| OpenAlex | W4242064462 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 21 |
Can evolutionary psychology explain human behavior in postindustrial societies? Critics point out that, contrary to its prediction, wealthy men in contemporary societies do not have more children than poor men. I replicate Pérusse's (1993) finding with a large, representative sample and demonstrate that, while they do not have more children, wealthy men nonetheless have more sex partners and copulate more frequently than poor men. They would therefore have achieved greater reproductive success in the ancestral environment without effective means of contraception
Economics · Evolutionary psychology · Family planning · Political science · Population · Positive economics · Post-industrial society · Reproductive behavior · Research methodology · Sample (material) · Sociology · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Demography · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
Low fertility in contemporary humans and the mate value of their children
The relative importance of intra- and intersexual selection on human male sexually dimorphic traits
The effects of sex and childlessness on the association between status and reproductive output in modern society
Childlessness drives the sex difference in the association between income and reproductive success of modern Europeans
Biological, environmental and socioeconomic determinants of the human birth sex ratio in the Czech Republic
Parental Status and Differential Investment in Sons and Daughters
Personality and having children
Men’s Short-Term Mating Behaviors
Controversies in Evolutionary Psychology
The dark triad
Sex, status, and reproductive success in the contemporary United States
Natural Selection on Male Wealth in Humans
Social sciences are branches of biology
High income men have high value as long-term mates in the U.S
Socioeconomic status, education, and reproduction in modern women
Adolescent Leadership and Adulthood Fertility
Are evolutionary psychology assumptions about sex and mating behaviors valid? A historical and cross-cultural exploration
Is “discrimination” necessary to explain the sex gap in earnings
An evolutionary psychological perspective on social capital
Disentangling within-person changes and individual differences among fundamental need satisfaction, attainment of acquisitive desires, and psychological health
Do high-status people really have fewer children
Optimizing Modern Family Size
Biological Basics and the Economics of the Family
Fertility trends by social status
Money and Sex, The Illusory Universal Sex Difference
Despotism, Social Evolution, and Differential Reproduction
A Mind Of Her Own
Cultural and reproductive success in industrial societies
Social versus reproductive success
The evolution of human mating
Evolutionary Psychology
Sex differences in human mate preferences
Race Differences in Sexual Behavior and Their Demographic Implications
A social contagion model of adolescent sexual behavior
Race Differences in Sexual Activity Among Adolescent Women
Sexual abstinence at age 21 in New Zealand
The Changing Impact of Religion on the Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior of Adolescent Women in the United States
De Gustibus Est Disputandum
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2021 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |