Blar i Fakultet for samfunns- og utdanningsvitenskap (SU) på tidsskrift "Evolutionary Psychology"
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Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic Effects of Thrilling Experiences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This theoretical article views children’s risky play from an evolutionary perspective, addressing specific evolutionary functions and especially the anti-phobic effects of risky play. According to the non-associative theory, ... -
Evidence of systematic bias in sexual over- and underperception of naturally occurring events: A direct replication of Haselton (2003) in a more gender-equal culture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Error Management Theory (Haselton and Buss, 2000; Haselton and Nettle, 2006) maintains that natural selection has engineered adaptations for judgment under uncertainty to minimize the overall cost of making errors, leading ... -
Examining the Sexual Double Standards and Hypocrisy in Partner Suitability Appraisals Within a Norwegian Sample
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Sexual double standards are social norms that impose greater social opprobrium on women versus men or that permit one sex greater sexual freedom than the other. This study examined sexual double standards when choosing a ... -
The Function of Casual Sex Action and Inaction Regret: A Longitudinal Investigation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In several recent papers the sex difference in regret predicted by sexual strategies theory has been supported: men more than women report regret passing up short-term sexual opportunities (inaction regret), while women ... -
I Want Our Relationship to Last: Strategies That People Employ in Order to Improve Their Intimate Relationships
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Intimate relationships are not always easy to keep. Accordingly, the current research has attempted to identify the strategies that people employ in order to improve their relationships with their partners. In particular, ... -
Mating Performance and Singlehood Across 14 Nations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Adult individuals frequently face difficulties in attracting and keeping mates, which is an important driver of singlehood. In the current research, we investigated the mating performance (i.e., how well people do in ... -
No Support for Two Hypotheses About the Communicative Functions of Displaying Disgust: Evidence From Turkey, Norway, Germany, and Croatia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In recent years, researchers have discovered much about how disgust works, its neural basis, its relationship with immune function, its connection with mating, and some of its antecedents and consequents. Despite these ... -
Norwegian Men and Women Value Similar Mate Traits in Short-Term Relationships
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Previous research has provided evidence that females are generally the more selective sex in humans. Moreover, both sexes have been found to be more selective in long-term mating compared to short-term mating. In this ... -
Perceived Effectiveness of Flirtation Tactics: The Effects of sex, Mating Context and Individual Differences in US and Norwegian Samples
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Sexual Regret: Tests of Competing Explanations of Sex Differences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)he current study sought to answer three key questions about explaining the emotion of regret in the domain of casual sex: Are sex differences in sexual regret robust or attenuated in a highly egalitarian culture? What ... -
What are Romantic Relationships Good for? An Explorative Analysis of the Perceived Benefits of Being in a Relationship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Forming long-term intimate relationships is a human universal, with most people across different times and cultures doing so. Such relationships should be associated with important benefits otherwise individuals would not ...