Evolutionary Psychology and Intelligence Research

Autor/in	Kanazawa, Satoshi
Titel	Evolutionary Psychology and Intelligence Research
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 65 (2010) 4, S.279-289 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/a0019378
Schlagwörter	Psychometrics; Personality Traits; Evolution; Biology; Individual Differences; Adjustment (to Environment); Intelligence; Social Science Research; Friendship; Political Attitudes; Time Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Biologie; Individueller Unterschied; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Freundschaft; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Zeitmanagement
Abstract	This article seeks to unify two subfields of psychology that have hitherto stood separately: evolutionary psychology and intelligence research/differential psychology. I suggest that general intelligence may simultaneously be an evolved adaptation and an individual-difference variable. Tooby and Cosmides's (1990a) notion of random quantitative variation on a monomorphic design allows us to incorporate heritable individual differences in evolved adaptations. The Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, which is one consequence of the integration of evolutionary psychology and intelligence research, can potentially explain why less intelligent individuals enjoy TV more, why liberals are more intelligent than conservatives, and why night owls are more intelligent than morning larks, among many other findings. The general approach proposed here will allow us to integrate evolutionary psychology with any other aspect of differential psychology. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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