Application Of Evolutionary Psychology Research Articles

Leveraging Evolutionary Psychology for Tourism Research: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges

Evolutionary psychology has led to an increasing number of important and novel findings on tourist and resident attitudes and behaviors. However, in parallel with such advances, several challenges hinder the further application of evolutionary psychology in tourism studies. In this letter to the editor, we therefore identify and address six key challenges to the use of evolutionary psychology in tourism. These challenges are: (1) a difficulty in distinguishing proximate from ultimate explanations, (2) a belief that evolutionary psychology focuses on nature, and ignores nurture, (3) a belief in human exceptionalism, (4) an impression that evolutionary psychology overemphasizes gender differences, (5) a view of evolutionary psychology as a single, unified theory, and (6) a belief that evolutionary psychology can be used to justify genetic determinism, sexism, and racism. In identifying and responding to these challenges, we hope to inspire scholars to consider adopting an evolutionary psychology lens in their future research.

Understanding the application of evolutionary psychology in consumer behavior: A review and future research agenda

AbstractThis paper is the first to offer a comprehensive literature review of the role of evolutionary psychology (EP) in marketing and consumer behavior. This study takes a holistic approach, combining techniques of a systematic review with bibliometric analysis, to provide a performance analysis and identify theories and methodologies used in the literature. Most importantly, by studying the current state of EP, we elucidate six major themes: the role of gender in families, the role of affect in consumer behavior, food preferences and shopping behavior, motivations for and consequences of status signaling, the impact of ovulation on consumer motives and behaviors, and contributions to the greater good. The findings enable researchers to understand the current state of the literature. Further, to advance the application of EP in consumer behavior, we identify gaps related to each theme and offer research questions that can serve as catalysts for future research. Thus, we offer two primary contributions: a comprehensive overview of the literature as it relates to methods, theories, and themes and detailed guidance that can be used to invigorate research on EP.

Pattern and Form

This article explores the role of evolved pattern recognition in the development and divergence of mental frameworks underlying creative and metaphysical thought in Hominid species. It examines the emergence of figurative artistic expression through the lenses of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Gaboran honing theory, testing the limits and overlap of these methodologies when applied to humanity’s archaic relatives. This is contrasted with complex philosophical and artistic traditions of a relatively recent human society, Early Modern Persia. There is something of a taboo around the application of evolutionary psychology in some sociological circles due to its frequent misuse in pop science to dismiss societal change: an appeal to antiquity rebranded as biological determinism. This article will expand the use of evolutionary psychological methodologies in moderation as an additional tool in the study of archaic humanity and its relatives. It finds there is an evolutionary substratum to the development of creative thought, but that its recognisable features for a modern human were unlikely to have initially been selected traits themselves: this evolutionary substratum is a basis of sensory and conceptual pattern recognition traits, generating a mental atmosphere conducive to the development of collective strata of conceptual association, and is traceable to prehistory.

Understanding the COVID-19 tourist psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm

Studies across the social sciences are making increasing use of an evolutionary perspective. Yet, despite its potential, the application of evolutionary psychology in tourism research is scant. Evolutionary psychology is arguably one of the most useful approaches to understanding the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the tourist’s psyche. This research highlights, explains, and empirically demonstrates the vast untapped potential of this perspective for COVID-19 tourism research. The authors develop an Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm, which is based on biological epistemology and theory to address questions in post-COVID-19 tourism research. This paradigm is brought to life through a developed ocean and islands model, and its utility for future research endeavors on the Coronavirus pandemic is empirically demonstrated in two studies.

Characteristics of Green Hotels’ Potential Customers: A Case of Vietnamese Domestic Tourists

Characteristics of Green Hotels’ Potential Customers: A Case of Vietnamese Domestic Tourists

TeachingMiddlemarchwith a Focus on Theory of Mind

AbstractRecent critical insights related to the application of evolutionary psychology and cognitive studies to the study of literature are incorporated into lesson plans for a particular undergraduate English novels course. I focus on George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871–72) and outline plans for employing the concept of theory of mind.

“Our Modern Skulls House a Stone Age Brain”: An Overview and Annotated Bibliography of Evolutionary Psychology, Part I

In the first of this two-part series, some of the major tenets and current applications of evolutionary psychology are briefly outlined for behavioral and social science librarians. Special note is taken of its controversial beliefs in the evolutionarily hard-wired nature of human sexual attraction and mate choice, its description of the relative role of gender over the course of evolution, and, in particular, its notion that rape may have had a basis in an evolutionary adaptation. Three annotated lists of recommended works are included. The first lists works in favor of the theory; the second, works that take a more critical view but are generally supportive; and the third of works that take serious exception to the field in whole or in part. Reviews of recommended books are summarized and citation counts of some articles regarded as classic in the field are provided. The second part of this series will focus on specific physical traits and courtship behaviors that have been closely studied by evolutiona...

Applications of evolutionary psychology in marketing

Applications of evolutionary psychology in marketing