Semirario de Psicología Evolucionista

El curso comprende dos etapas diferentes:

• Una fase inicial de charlas teóricas sobre las principales propuestas teóricas y metodológicas de la Psicología Evolucionista.
  • Sánchez López, S. (Ed.). (2014). Aproximación evolucionista al estudio del comportamiento humano. En Etología: La ciencia del comportamiento animal (pp. 517–552). Barcelona: Editorial UOC.
  • Buss, D. (2007). The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology. En Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (3rd edition., pp. 36-70). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• Una fase de exposición y discusión en profundidad de artículos, haciendo hincapié en los diseños metodológicos y los análisis utilizados.
  • Competencia intrasexual
    • Bjrkqvist, K., Lagerspetz, K. M. J., & Kaukiainen, A. (1992). Do Girls Manipulate and Boys Fight ? Developmental Trends in Regard to Direct and Indirect Aggression. Aggressive Behaviour, 18, 117–127.
    • Fisher, M., & Cox, A. (2009). The influence of female attractiveness on competitor derogation. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7(2), 141–155.
    • Vaillancourt, T., & Sharma, A. (2011). Intolerance of sexy peers: Intrasexual competition among women. Aggressive Behavior, 37(May), 569–577.
  • Andrógenos prenatales
    • Bailey, A. A., & Hurd, P. L. (2005a). Depression in men is associated with more feminine finger length ratios. Personality and Individual Differences, 39(4), 829–836.
    • Bailey, A. A., & Hurd, P. L. (2005b). Finger length ratio (2D:4D) correlates with physical aggression in men but not in women. Biological Psychology, 68(3), 215–222.
    • Roney, J. R., & Maestripieri, D. (2004). Relative digit lengths predict men’s behavior and attractiveness during social interactions with women. Human Nature, 15(3), 271–282.
  • Altura y status
    • Duguid, M. M., & Goncalo, J. A. (2012). Living Large: The Powerful Overestimate Their Own Height. Psychological Science, 23(1), 36–40.
    • Stulp, G., Buunk, A. P., & Pollet, T. V. (2013). Women want taller men more than men want shorter women. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(8), 877–883.
    • Stulp, G., Buunk, A. P., Verhulst, S., & Pollet, T. V. (2012). High and mighty: Height increases authority in professional refereeing. Evolutionary Psychology, 10(3), 588–601.
  •  Preferencias románticas y de emparejamiento
    • De Sousa Campos, L., Otta, E., & De Oliveira Siqueira, J. (2002). Sex differences in mate selection strategies: Content analyses and responses to personal advertisements in Brazil. Evolution and Human Behavior, 23(5), 395–406.
    • Guéguen, N. (2014). High Heels Increase Women’s Attractiveness. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(8), 2227–2235.
    • Singh, D., Dixson, B. J., Jessop, T. S., Morgan, B., & Dixson, A. F. (2010). Cross-cultural consensus for waist-hip ratio and women’s attractiveness. Evolution and Human Behavior, 31(3), 176–181.
  • Cronobiología
    • Cohen, S., Doyle, W. J., Alper, C. M., Janicki-Deverts, D., & Turner, R. B. (2009). Sleep habits and susceptibility to the common cold. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(1), 62–67.
    • Randler, C. (2008). Morningness-eveningness, sleep-wake variables and big five personality factors. Personality and Individual Differences, 45(2), 191–196.
    • Wolfson, A. R., & Carskadon, M. A. (1998). Sleep schedules and daytime functioning in adolescents. Child Development, 69(4), 875–887.

(*) Esta bibliografía podrá ajustarse de acuerdo a los intereses de los estudiantes.