Life History Theory and Social Psychology

Donald F Sacco,Karol Osipowicz

doi:10.3389/fnevo.2012.00013

Abstract

Life History Theory and Social Psychology

Highlights

While occupying a relatively brief space in the history of scientific inquiry, many social psychologists have recognized the need to integrate the field’s myriad findings into a coherent, meta-theoretical framework
Chester et al (2012), consistent with the spirit of this movement, have answered this call by utilizing a Life History Theory (LHT) framework to understand the relationship between attachment bonds formed during early critical developmental periods and later reactions to social rejection experiences in adulthood
Children’s early attachment experiences calibrate their social pain system response, which partially determines the intensity of reactions to rejection experiences in adulthood

Summary

Introduction

While occupying a relatively brief space in the history of scientific inquiry, many social psychologists have recognized the need to integrate the field’s myriad findings into a coherent, meta-theoretical framework. The optimal calibration hypothesis: how life history modulates the brain’s social pain network by Chester, D. Chester et al (2012), consistent with the spirit of this movement, have answered this call by utilizing a Life History Theory (LHT) framework to understand the relationship between attachment bonds formed during early critical developmental periods and later reactions to social rejection experiences in adulthood.

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