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HBES 98
Program
for the Tenth Annual Meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
July 8-12, 1998
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Photos from the meeting
On left, David Buss
Elizabeth Cashdan on left, John Tooby and Leda Cosmides on right
Donald Symons
Margo Wilson, HBES President 1998
HBES 98
Program for the Tenth Annual Meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
July 8-12, 1998
HBES ’98 . . . Table of Contents
Welcome
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HBES
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Daily
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Program
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First
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UC
Davis Campus Map |
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Welcome to HBES 1998
Happy Birthday HBES, and welcome to the 10th meeting of the Human
Behavior and Evolution Society. This year’s meeting is being hosted by the University
of California at Davis. The program planning committee consists of Monique Borgerhoff
Mulder, Denise Dellarosa Cummins (California State University, Sacramento), Jane Lancaster
(University of New Mexico) and Joanna Scheib. The conference hosts are Debra Judge, Peter
Richerson and Lore Ruttan.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank this year’s judges for the New
Investigator, Post Doctoral and Poster Competitions: Ted Bergstrom, Robert Burgess, David
Buss, Denise Cummins, AJ Figueredo, Bill Irons, Debra Judge, Tim Ketelaar, and Lew
Petrinovich. Special thanks go to Margo Wilson, Bill Irons and Aurelio Jose Figueredo for
kindly sharing with us their wisdom and experience in conference planning, to Kevin Mac
Donald for many kinds of help, and to Lina Layiktez and the Conference and Events Services
at UC Davis for making it all happen. We owe our gratitude to two UCD colleges (Letters
and Science, and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) for their generous financial
contributions to the hosting of our conference at Davis.
HBES OFFICERS
Margo Wilson
President |
John Tooby
President-Elect |
Richard Alexander
Past President |
Patrick McKim
Treasurer |
Kevin MacDonald
Secretary / Archivist |
Ruth Bennett
Student Representative |
William Zimmerman
Kevin McDonald (‘97-’98)
Editor, Human Behavior and
Evolution Society Newsletter |
MarkFlinn (current)
Gene Fesher (past)
Email List Server Manager
Randolph
Nesse
Chair, Publications Committee |
Martin Daly
Margo Wilson
Editors, Evolution & Human
Behavior |
Executive Council
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Sarah Hrdy |
Lee Cronk
William Irons |
Steve Gangestad
Linda Mealey |
HBES ‘98 . . .
At A Glance!
Wednesday, July 8 |
| 7:00 PM to10:00
PM |
Conference
Registration, Residence Halls Check-In, and Welcome Reception |
Castilian Hall
Pool Side |
| 8:00 PM to
10:00 PM |
Executive
Council |
Castilian Hall
Dining Commons |
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Uniform Daily Schedule
Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 12 |
7:30
AM to 8:45 AM |
Registration |
Freeborn Hall |
8:45
AM – 10:00 AM |
Morning
Plenary Session |
Freeborn Hall |
10:00
AM – 10:30 AM |
Morning
Break |
Freeborn Hall |
10:30
AM – 11:50 AM |
Session 1 |
Wellman Hall (2,
6, 26, 106) |
11:50
AM – 1:15 PM |
Lunch |
UCD Campus /
Downtown Davis |
1:15
PM – 2:25 PM |
Afternoon
Plenary Session |
Freeborn Hall |
2:25
PM – 3:45 PM |
Session 2 |
Wellman Hall (2,
6, 26, 106) |
3:45
PM – 4:15 PM |
Afternoon
Break |
Wellman Courtyard |
4:15
PM – 5:35 PM |
Session 3 |
Wellman Hall (2,
6, 26, 106) |
HBES ’98 . . . Special Events
Wednesday, July 8 |
7:00
PM – 10:00 PM |
Registration |
Castilian Hall
Pool Side |
7:00
PM – 10:00 PM |
Welcome
Reception |
Castilian Hall
Pool Side |
8:00
PM – 10:00 PM |
Executive
Council Meeting |
Castilian Hall
Dining Commons |
Thursday, July 9 |
5:35
PM |
Student
Dinner |
Meet in Wellman
Courtyard |
7:00
P.M. – 9:00 P.M. |
Poster
Session |
Freeborn Hall |
Friday, July 10 |
12:00
PM – 1:15 PM |
Student
Workshop |
6 Wellman
Hall |
12:00
PM – 1:15 PM |
Round Table
Discussion |
26 Wellman Hall |
12:00
PM – 1:15 PM |
Publications
Committee Meeting |
2120J Wickson Hall |
7:00
PM – 9:00 PM |
Banquet |
Freeborn Hall |
8:30
PM |
Keynote
Address |
Freeborn Hall |
Saturday, July 11 |
12:00
PM – 2:25 PM |
Business
Meeting |
Freeborn Hall |
7:00
PM – 9:00 PM |
Barbecue and
Competition Announcements |
Silo Complex |
Daily Program . . . Thursday, July 9
Thursday, July 9 |
8:45
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Welcome: Michael
S. Reid, Associate Dean, Environmental & Resource Sciences & Policy
Plenary Session: Alan Rogers, The Molecular Record of Human Population History |
10:00
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Break |
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Session
1A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 18-19 |
Session
1B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 20-21 |
Session
1C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 22-23 |
Session
1D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 24-25 |
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Symposium How
Evolution Selects Between Multiple Equilibria: The Crucial New Ideas from Evolutionary
Game Theory
(Chair: G. Miller) |
Mating &
Parental Effort (Chair: F. Marlowe) |
Evolutionary
Philosophy (Chair: S.K. Sanderson) |
Darwinian Politics
& Morality (Chair: D. Lieberman) |
10:30
AM |
Skyrms,
B. Evolutionary Equilibrium Selection
Miller, G.
The Evolution of Equilibrium-Selection Heuristics
Bergstrom, C. & Lachman, M.
Playing Goldilocks: Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Games
Boyd, R. & Richerson, P.
Population Structure, Equilibrium Selection, and the Evolution of Group Beneficial
Norms |
Anderson, K.G.,
Kaplan, H., & Lam, D. Parental Care as Mating Effort Among Urban Xhosa in Cape
Town, South Africa |
Ketelaar, T. &
Ellis, B.J. Evolutionary Psychology and the Philosophy of Science: Are Evolutionary
Hypotheses Unfalsifiable? |
Burgess, R.L. Beyond
the Cinderella Effect: Social and Ecological Issues in Child Maltreatment |
10:50
AM |
Zvoch, K. Parental
Investment and Academic Achievement: A Closer Look |
Beahrs, J.O. The
Nature, Evolution and Efficacy of Mathematics |
Johnson, S. &
Malamuth, N.M. Support for Affirmative Action and Self-Interest: Testing the
Predictions of Symbolic Politics Theory |
11:10
AM |
(PD) Marlowe, F. Showoffs
or Providers?: The Parenting Effort of Hadza Men |
Rutherford, J.H. An
Ecological Organic Paradigm: A Framework of Analysis for Moral and Political Philosophy |
Wiebe, R.P. &
Figueredo, A.J. Politics, Reproductive Analysis Strategy, and the Definition of
Child Maltreatment |
11:30
AM |
Mazur, A. &
Mueller, U. Reproductive Constraints on Dominance Competition in Male Homo sapiens |
Sanderson, S.K. Extending
Sociobiology's Explanatory Power: Synthetic Materialism - A Unified Theory of Human
Society |
Lieberman, D.,
Cosmides, L. & Tooby, J. The Psychological Mechanisms Mediating Incest
Avoidance |
Daily Program . . . Thursday, July 9
Thursday,
July 9 |
11:50
AM |
Lunch |
1:15
PM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Plenary Session : Peter Ellison, The Physiology of
Human Reproductive Effort |
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Session
2A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 26-27 |
Session
2B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 28-29 |
Session
2C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 30-31 |
Session
2D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 32-33 |
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Symposium
Traditions: Non-Reproductive but Descendant-Leaving Strategies
(Chair: K. Coe) |
Evolution of
Cognitive Adaptations (Chair: D.D. Cummins) |
Life History (Chair:
E.M. Hill) |
Cooperation &
Game Theory (Chair: L.M. Ruttan) |
2:25
PM |
Palmer,
C.T., Wright, J., Wright, S.A. & Fredrickson, B.E. Parental Encouragement of
Altruism Through Children's Stories
Steadman, L.
Social-not Natural, Not Sexual-selection
Wright, S.A., Palmer, C.T. & Wright, J.
Gender Differences in Altruism: Establishing a Gender-Based Emic Scale for the
Self-Report Altruism Test
Coe, K.
Going Against the Groin: Traditional Restraints in Leadership |
Tooby, J. &
Cosmides, L. The Evolution of Cognitive Adaptations for Metarepresentation, Part I |
Gurven, M. &
Kaplan, H. Determinants of Time Allocation to Production Across the Lifespan Among
the Machiguenga and Piro Indians of Peru |
Watanabe, Y. &
Yamagishi, T. Emergence of Strategies in a Selective-Play Environment with
Geographic Mobility II: A Computer Simulation |
2:45
PM |
Cosmides, L.
& Tooby, J. The Evolution of Cognitive Adaptations for Metarepresentation, Part
II |
(NI) Brown, S.L. An
Evolutionary Theory of Human Social Bonds |
Lorberbaum, J.P. Consistent
and Intermittent Reinforcement as Candidate Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Iterated
Prisoner's Dilemma |
3:05
PM |
Geary, D.C. The
Motivation to Control and the Evolution of Mind |
McCown, W.,
Palmer, J. & Thornburgh, P. Impulsivity as an Evolved Conditional Strategy |
(NI) Kurzban, R. Cooperation,
Coordination and Contingency in Cognition |
3:25
PM |
Cummins, D.D. Biological
Preparedness and Evolutionary Explanation |
Hill, E.M.,
Stoltenberg, S.F. & Weisfeld, C. Parental Investment: Its Relevance to
"The Environment" |
Ruttan, L.M. Cooperation
& Information Sharing Among US Commercial Fishermen |
Daily Program . . . Thursday, July 9
Thursday, July 9 |
3:45
PM |
(Wellman
Courtyard) Break |
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Session
3A
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 34-35 |
Session
3B
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 36-37 |
Session
3C
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 38-39 |
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Mindreading:
Theory of Mind Mechanisms (Chair: C. Uller) |
Fluctuating
Asymmetry & Perceptions of Attractiveness (Chair: S.W. Gangestad) |
Exchange of
Information & Labour (Chair: C. Holden) |
4:15
PM |
Haselton, M.G.,
Buss, D.M. & DeKay, W. T. A Theory of Errors in Cross-Sex Mind Reading |
Penton-Volk, I.S.
& Perrett, D. I. Effects of Exaggerated Femininity and Masculinity on Facial
Attractiveness |
(NI) van de
Wetering, S. Attributions as Social Actions |
4:35
PM |
Kite, K., Stokes,
K.F. & Pharmer, J. Cooperative Teamwork, Language, and the Theory-of-Mind
Mechanism |
Cousins, A.J.,
Gangestad, S.W., Simpson, J.A. & Christensen, P.N. Fluctuating Asymmetry,
Sociosexuality and Women's Context-Dependent Mate Preferences |
Shellberg, T. Must
Intelligence Extinguish Itself? |
4:55
PM |
Fleschner, M. The
Biology of Belief |
(NI) Waynforth, D.
Fluctuating Asymmetry and Human Male Life-History Traits in Rural Belize |
McIntyre, M. &
Boone, J. Hierarchical Organization and Collective Action: A Reassessment of
Johnson's Scalar Stress Model |
5:15
PM |
Uller, C. Objects
in the Primate Mind: New Directions in the Study of Object Representation |
Gangestad, S.W.
& Thornhill, R. The Scent of Symmetry: Evidence for a Human Sex Pheromone |
Holden, C. &
Mace, R. Sexual Dimorphism of Stature and the Sexual Division of Labor |
5:35
PM |
Student
Dinner – (meet at the Wellman Courtyard) |
7:00
PM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Poster Session
abstracts p. 94-108 |
Daily Program . . . Friday, July 10
Friday, July 10 |
8:50
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Plenary Session: Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, An Evolutionary Study of Homicide -
Universal Patterns and Cultural Differences |
10:00
AM |
(Freeborn Hall) Break |
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Session
1A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 40-41 |
Session
1B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 42-43 |
Session
1C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 44-45 |
Session
1D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 46-47 |
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Symposium: Biopoetics (Chair: B. Cooke) |
Homicide &
Violence (Chair: A.J. Figueredo) |
Reproductive
Strategies (Chair: D.H. MacDonald) |
Religion (Chair:
L. Petrinovich) |
10:30
AM |
Easterlin,
N. What is the Potential of Biopoetic Research?
Carroll, J.
The Emotional Functions of Narrative
Zunshine, L.
Cognitive Studies and the Ontology of Literacy Text
Cooke, B.
Reductionism Redivivus? Bionarratological Simplicity in Puccini's Madame Butterfly |
Buss, D. M. &
Duntley, J.D. Evolved Homicide Modules |
Oda, R. Lonely
Hearts Advertisements in Japan |
Hinde, R.A. The
Bases of Religious Systems |
10:50
AM |
Duntley, J.D.
& Buss, D.M. Evolved Anti-Homicide Modules |
Scheib, J.E.,
Shaver, P.R. & Raboy, B.L. Relationships and Reproduction: A Role for Social
Support |
Irons, W. What
is the Function of Religion? |
11:10
AM |
Fessler, D.M.T. Subjective
Determinants of the Salience of Risk |
Haddix, K. Rich
and Monogamous, Poor and Polyandrous: Unraveling Marriage Decisions in a Polyandrous
Tibetan Community |
McClenon, J. Content
Analysis of Anomalous Experience Memorates: Testing Hypotheses Regarding the Origin of
Religion |
11:30
AM |
Figueredo, A.J.
& McNeil, P.L. The Spear of Odin: Reciprocity, Revenge, and Honor |
MacDonald, D.H.
& Hewlitt, B.S. Reproductive interests and forager mobility |
Petrinovich, L.
& O’Neill, P. E. Moral Intuitions and Evolved Universals |
11:50
AM |
Lunch |
12:00
PM |
Student
Workshop: Models of Human Behavior and
Physiological Research in Nonhuman Primates (M.T. McGuire) – (6 Wellman) Round Table Discussion: Evolution,
Controversy and the Media (F. Miele, M. Shermer & J.P. Rushton) – (26 Wellman)
Publications Committee Meeting – (2120J Wickson) |
Daily Program . . . Friday, July 10
Friday, July 10 |
1:15
PM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Plenary Session : Nancy Burley, Mate Choice and "Monogamy:" A Bird's Eye View |
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Session
2A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 48-51 |
Session
2B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 52-53 |
Session
2C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 54-55 |
Session
2D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 56-57 |
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Symposium: Cultural Evolution: Empirical Approaches (Chair:R.
Aunger) |
Competition (Chair:
S.M. Colarelli) |
Emotion I (Chair:
L.A. Kirkpatrick) |
Constraints on
Mate Choice (Chair: P.C.Regan) |
2:25
PM |
Aunger,
R. A Life History of Culture Learning Hewlett, B.
Cultural Transmission Theory, Evolutionary Psychology and the Conservative Nature
of Vertical Transmission
Bettinger, R.L. & Eerkens, J.
Metrical Variation in Great Basin Projectile Points
Power, C.
Cosmetics Use & Deceptive Signaling in African Initiation Contexts
Constable, J. Metrical Form & Prophetic Utterance
Pocklington, R. Incest Avoidance, Cheater Detection and Cultural Transmission
Theory
Guglielmino, C.R. An Attempt to Dissect, on the Basis of Synchronic Spatial
Variation of Cultural traits, the Action of Different Forced Affecting Cultural
Transmission |
Bleske, A.L. &
Shackelford, T.K. Rivarly in Same-Sex Friendships |
Kleyman, E.,
Chaudhary, N. & Hass, R.G. Gender Differences in Emotion |
Singh, D. &
Dyjkstra, P. Sexual Behavior Stereotype and Reality of Women Differing in the Size
of their Waist-to-Hip Ratio |
2:45
PM |
Elworthy, C. H. The
"Agentic Shift" as a Cognitive Algorithm Underlying Coalition Formation |
Dyjkstra, P. &
Buunk, B.P. Jealousy as a Function of Rival Characteristics Among Homosexuals: A
Test of the Modularity Hypothesis |
Wetsman, A. Within-Sex
Differences in Human Mate Choice:The Effects of Subject Self-Perceived Mating Success and
Attractiveness |
3:05
PM |
Antes, S.E. Brown-Nosing,
Passing the Buck, and Stealing Credit: Human Adaptations to Corporate Culture |
Barone, M. Individual
Differences in Attachment Styles: A Case for Continuity |
(NI) Li, N. The
Necessities and Luxuries of Mate Preferences |
3:25
PM |
Colarelli, S.M.,
Alampay, N.R.H. & Canali, K.L. Gender and Status Effects on Strategic
Facilitation and Interference |
Kirkpatrick, L.A.,
Glenn, J.G. & Williams, T.E. Self-Esteem, Social Exclusion, and
Domain-Specificity: An Extension of the Sociometer Model |
Regan, P.C. Sometimes
You Can't Get What You Want: Willingness to Compromise Mate Preferences as a Function of
Sex, Mating Context, and Mate Value |
Daily Program . . . Friday, July 10
Friday, July 10 |
3:45
PM |
(Wellman
Courtyard) Break |
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Session
3A
(6 Wellman)
abstracts. p. 58-59 |
Session
3B
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 60-61 |
Session
3C
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 62-63 |
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Kin Conflict (Chair:
F.J. Sulloway) |
Land Use and
Property Rights (Chair: D. Nettle) |
Emotion II (Chair:
J. Archer) |
4:15
PM |
Shannon, D.T. The
Link Between Interbirth Interval (IBI) and Breastfeeding Among the Aka |
Thompson, B. Spatial
Identity in Humans |
Watson, P.J. &
Andrews, P.W. An Evolutionary Theory of Major Depression |
4:35
PM |
Addison, T. Evolutionary
Theory and Social Categorization: The Importance of Genetic Relatedness on Judgements of
Equity and Perceived Entitlement in Social Relationships |
Ziker, J.P. Land
Tenure and Kinship Among the Dolgan and Nganasan of Northern Siberia |
Hagen, E.H. The
Functions of Postpartum Depression and the Implications for General Depression |
4:55
PM |
Brase, G.L. The
Effects of Helping Cost and Life History on Kin and Non-Kin Directed Altruism |
(NI) Hanley, J. Human
Evolution and the Origin of Property Rights |
Dahl, R.E. Pubertal
Timing, Self-Control, and Adolescent Psychopathology: An Evolutionary View of Potential
Maturational Discrepancies |
5:15
PM |
Sulloway, F.J. Birth-Order
Differences in Personality: Direct Sibling Comparisons |
(PD) Nettle, D. The
Influence of Ecology on Scale of Economy |
Archer, J. Grief
From an Evolutionary Perspective |
7:00
PM |
Banquet – (Freeborn Hall) |
8:30
PM |
Keynote – (Freeborn Hall
– everyone welcome)
Introduction: Steven M. Sheffrin, Associate Dean, Division of
Social Sciences
Keynote Address: Richard Nisbett, Everyman His Own Sheriff:
Violence and the Culture of Honor in the South |
Daily Program . . . Saturday, July 11
Saturday, July 11 |
8:50
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Plenary Session: Catherine Eckels, Seeing is Believing: Social Signaling in
Economic Games |
10:00
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Break |
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Session
1A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 64-65 |
Session
1B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 66-67 |
Session
1C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 68-69 |
Session
1D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 70-71 |
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Symposium: Evolutionary Economics and Biology (Chair: T. Bergstrom) |
Gifts, Creativity
& Cognitive Development (Chair: I. Mysterud) |
Socialization (Chair:
P. Simonet) |
Group Selection (Chair:
K. Kniffin) |
10:30
AM |
Bergstrom,
T. Storage for Good Times and Bad: A Tale of Rats and Men
Robson, A.
Do People Prefer Individual to Aggregate Risk?
Lachman, M. & Bergstrom, C. Joseph, Benjamin, and Sir Philip Sidney: Costly
Signaling and Interdependent Utility
Tuljaparka, S.
The How and Why of Aging Gracefully |
(NI) Barrett, H.C.
Children's Early Understanding of Death: An Evolutionary Approach |
Gojenola, K.K.,
Gardner, B.T. & Gardner, R.A. Patterns of Socialization in Human Infants and
Cross-Fostered Chimpanzees |
Mueller, U. The
Closed Marriage Market of the Royal Houses in Europe 1800-1939: Selection But No Group
Selection |
10:50
AM |
Greenberg, N. The
Physiological Ethology of Creativity |
Ramsey, L.I.,
Gardner, B.T. & Gardner, R.A. The Development of Tool Use by Infant
Crossfostered Chimpanzees |
(NI) Coultas, J. When
In Rome…Two Tests of Boyd and Richerson's Conformist Transmission Model |
11:10
AM |
(NI) Janicki,
M.G. Are We Selfish Givers?: A Comparison of Giver and Receiver Perspectives in
Social Exchange |
Collard, D.,
Simonet, P., Ferrand, W., Rosenbaum, E., Woodburn, R., Fishman, S. & Canton, J. Affinitive
Social Behaviors of Chimpanzees and Humans |
Thompson, N.S. The
Confusion at the Core of Evolutionary Psychology's Resistance to Multi-level Selection
Theory |
11:30
AM |
Mysterud, I.,
Drevon, T. & Slagsvold, T. To Give or Not To Give: That's The Question |
Simonet, P.,
Gardner, R.A. & Gardner, B.T. Development of Reconciliation in Cross-Fostered
Chimpanzees |
Kniffin, K. &
Wilson, D.S. Gossiping for the Good of the Group |
Daily Program . . . Saturday, July 11
Saturday, July 11 |
12:00
PM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Business Meeting (lunch available at the meeting) |
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Session
2A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 72-73 |
Session
2B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 74-75 |
Session
2C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 76-77 |
Session
2D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 78-79 |
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Evolution of Art (Chair:
G. Cox) |
Altruism &
Other Issues (Chair: C. Boehm) |
Perception &
Evolutionary Thinking in the Social Sciences (Chair: A. Maloney) |
Sexuality (Chair:
T.K. Shackelford) |
2:25
PM |
Stern, A. Poetry
of Evolution of Poetry |
Parish, A. &
Roland, E. Reciprocal Altruism in Bonobos (Pan paniscus)? Evidence from Food Sharing
and Affiliative Interactions |
(NI) Waldron, D. Status
and Height in Organizational Groups |
Salmon, C. &
Symons, D. Pornography for Women? What "Slash" Can Tell Us About Female
Sexual Psychology |
2:45
PM |
Hansen, B. Height-To-Head
Ratio as a Marker of Status in Idealized Representations of Adult Humans |
Holland, B. &
Rice, W. R.Experimentally
Enforced monogamy reverses Antagonistic Coevolution Between the Sexes |
Khurana, B. Human
Faces: Gender Differences in Processing and Memory |
Squires, A.M. Fitness
of Gay Males |
3:05
PM |
DePryck, K. &
Boullart, C. Of Cuckoos and Trojan Horses: An Evolutionary Interpretation of the
Homeric Burial of Philippos II |
Andrews, P.W. A
Novel Signaling Mechanism for Obligating Behavior |
Corning, P.A. Holistic
Darwinism "As a Post-Neo Darwinian Paradigm" |
(NI) Pound, N. Polyandry
in Contemporary Pornography |
3:25
PM |
Cox, G. Critical
Developmental Periods in Neurocultural Evolution: Neoteny as Enabler of Culture |
Boehm, C. A
Complex Approach to Explaining Human Altruism |
Maloney, A.,
Sickler, C. & Cortez, D. Archetypes and Evolutionary Psychology: An Empirical
Inquiry |
Shackelford, T.
K., Bleske, A. L., LeBlanc, G. J., Grable, R. J., Weekes, V., & Nuñéz, D. The
Psychological Architecture of Sperm Competition in Humans |
Daily Program . . . Saturday, July 11
Saturday, July 11 |
3:45
PM |
(Wellman
Courtyard) Break |
|
Session
3A
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 80-81 |
Session
3B
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 82-83 |
Session
3C
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 84-85 |
|
|
Evolutionary
Aesthetics (Chair: M.S. Sugiyama) |
Culture &
Communication (Chair: B. Kaldor) |
Environment,
Evolution & Behavior (Chair: R. Masters) |
4:15
PM |
Dutton, D. Universal
Art is Not Such a Mystery |
(NI) Fedeli, C. Cultural
Evoution |
McAndrew, F.T.,
Turner, S., Fiedeldey, A.C. & Sharma, Y. Are Human Environmental Preferences
Universal? Evidence from a Cross-Cultural Study of Preferences for Visual and Non-Visual
Features of Outdoor Environments |
4:35
PM |
Aiken, N.E. Aesthetics
and an Evolutionary View of Art: How Do They Compare? |
Miller, G.F, Todd,
P. & Werner, G. Sexual Selection and the Lexicon: The Evolution of Vocabulary
Size Through Mutual Mate Choice |
Coss, R.G. &
Moore, M. Preschool Girls Differ from Preschool Boys in Recognizing the Utility of
an Arboreal Refuge Site |
4:55
PM |
Dissanayake, E. Is
"Darwinian Aesthetics" Relevant to Understanding Human Art-Making and
-Experience? |
Zimmerman, D.H. Language,
Interactional Mechanism and Evolution |
Brody, J. &
Pearce, J.K. Evolutionary Morals and Supernormal Stimuli |
5:15
PM |
(PD) Sugiyama,
M.S. Style as Status Competition Between Skill Specialists |
Silk, J. &
Kaldor, E. Is All Communication About Conflict? |
Masters, R. &
Coplan, M. Linking Neuroscience and Behavior: The Strange Case of Water Treatment,
Neurotoxicity and Crime |
7:00
PM |
Barbecue – (Silo Complex) Competition results will be announced. |
Daily Program . . . Sunday, July 12
Sunday, July 12 |
8:50
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Plenary Session: Gerd Gigerenzer, Ecological Intelligence: An Adaptation for
Frequencies |
10:00
AM |
(Freeborn
Hall) Break |
|
Session
1A
(2 Wellman)
abstracts p. 86-87 |
Session
1B
(6 Wellman)
abstracts p. 88-89 |
Session
1C
(26 Wellman)
abstracts p. 90-91 |
Session
1D
(106 Wellman)
abstracts p. 92-93 |
|
Symposium: Minding Your P's and Cues: Information Gathering in the Social
Environment (Chair: J.N. Davis) |
Expression &
Theory of Mind (Chair: N. Humphrey) |
Attraction (Chair:
P.M. Bronstad) |
Parental
Investment (Chair: S.C. Josephson) |
10:30
AM |
Wang,
X.T What Sir Charles Darwin Might Say to the Reverend Thomas Bayes
Bullock, S.
Human Handicap Signaling: Crippled by Informality?
Davis, J.N., Bullock, S., & Todd, P.M.
Feed Me Now: Parental Attention to Offspring Signals of Need
Todd, P.M. & Miller, G.F.
Learning to Value Oneself: Adjusting Aspiration Levels in Mutual Mate Choice |
Gardner, R. Did
Evolution of Story-Telling and Audienceship Feature Drama Prior to Verbal Language? |
Chaudhary, N.K.,
Hass, R.G. & Kleyman, E. Females' Cognitive Processing of Mate Preferences:
Using the Stroop Technique to Study Cognitive Interference |
Friedman, B.
& Duntley, J.D. Parent-Guarding: Offspring Reactions to Parental Infidelity |
10:50
AM |
Foster, J. The
Genes of Noah Cross: The Sociobiology of Chinatown |
Schowengerdt,
B.T. & Coss, R.G. Aesthetic and Attributive Judgments of Female Profiles with
Paedomorphic and Archaic Features |
Sear, R. &
Mace, R. A Comparison of Parental Investment in a Matrilineal Population and a
Patrilineal Population in Sub-Saharan Africa |
11:10
AM |
Fetzer, J.H. Kanzi:
Why the Chimp is not a Chump |
Schmitt, D.P. Sexual
Strategies Theory: Experimentally Testing Attraction Specificity |
Jankowiak, W.
& Woodman, C. Naming Practices in an American Polygamous Community: A Critique
of Paternal Investment Theory |
11:30
AM |
Humphrey, N. Cave
Art, Autism, and the Evolution of the Human Mind |
Bronstad, P.M.
& Singh, D. Male Preference for Female Waist-To-Hip Ratio and Body Height |
Josephson, S.C. Polygyny
and Paternal Investment |
11:50
AM |
Conference
Ends |
Thursday, July 9: Session 1A
Skyrms, Brian
Evolutionary Equilibrium Selection
Humanities and Social Science 228-77; Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA;
Office: 001-(626) 395-4569; email: bskyrms@hss.caltech.edu
In this tutorial introduction, I will discuss how evolutionary dynamics
can select an equilibrium in interactions where there are many possible equilibria. I will
draw some examples from my book "Evolution of the Social Contract". One example
that will be of special interest will be the model of bargaining due to John Nash.
Miller, Geoffrey F.
The evolution of equilibrium-selection heuristics
Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE), University
College London, WC1E 6BT, England; FAX: 0044-(171)-916-2774, email:
geoffrey.miller@ucl.ac.uk
Most realistic social situations are non-zero-sum games with very large
numbers of possible Nash equilibria. Traditional game theory, even with its powerful
rationality assumptions, is incapable of selecting between these equilibria, even when
some equilibria are obviously better ('payoff-dominant') for everyone, and even when there
are no conflicts of interest (as in 'pure coordination games'). Evolutionary game theory
tries to solve this equilibrium selection problem by positing that strategies can slowly
evolve to payoff-dominant equilibria. This neglects the possibility that evolution could
directly select for equilibrium-selection heuristics, i.e. psychological adaptations that
encode good principles like payoff-dominance, symmetry, salience, focal points, evidential
reasoning, and fairness. This talk reviews recent experimental evidence for the existence
of such equilibrium-selection heuristics in humans, and offers evolutionary arguments for
their importance in human social life. While most evolutionary psychology has focused on
equilibrium-maintenance adaptations such as cheater-detection and reciprocity, these
equilibrium-selection adaptations are a major overlooked component of social psychology,
theory of mind, and human morality. Evolutionary psychology's obsession with the
prisoner's dilemma, a rather uninteresting one-equilibrium game, has kept us from noticing
the importance of these equilibrium-selection adaptations for coordinating our social
behavior in many-equilibrium games.
Thursday, July 9: Session 1A
Bergstrom Carl T. & Lachmann Michael
Playing Goldilocks: Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Games
Department of Biological Sciences; Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305, USA; FAX: 001-(650) 725-0180; email:carl@charles.stanford.edu
Game-theoretic models of Zahavi's handicap principle have demonstrated
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