Is prospective altruist-detection an evolved solution to the adaptive problem of subtle cheating in cooperative ventures? Supportive evidence using the Wason selection task

By William M. Brown, C. Moore. 2000

84 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Francis T. McAndrew
2. C. Moore
3. William M. Brown
4. H. Lu
5. Lei Chang

In Safety Research

1. Francis T. McAndrew
2. C. Moore
3. William M. Brown

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Francis T. McAndrew
2. C. Moore
3. William M. Brown
4. H. Lu
5. Lei Chang

Citations in the corpus

• Cultural Adaptations to Environmental Variability: An Evolutionary Account of East–West Differences (2011, background): “" This result has subsequently been replicated (e.g., Cosmides and Tooby 1992; Brown and Moore 2000).”
• Smile asymmetries and reputation as reliable indicators of likelihood to cooperate: An evolutionary analysis (2002, background): “Previous empirical findings (i.e. Brown & Moore, 2000) using a different research paradigm (i.e. the Wason selection task) found that subjects could detect genuine altruism.”
• New Evolutionary Perspectives on Altruism: Multilevel-Selection and Costly-Signaling Theories (2002, background): “Just as we are primed to detect cheaters, we also seem to be primed to quickly recognize true altruists who will be trustworthy partners in social exchange (Brown & Moore, 2000).”
• TARGET ARTICLE: Selective Investment Theory: Recasting the Functional Significance of Close Relationships (2006, unknown): “Fitness interdependence processing mechanisms might include, or depend on input from, “modules” thought to be necessary for social exchange (Brown & Moore, 2000; Cosmides, 1989; Cosmides & Tooby, 1992) and friendship (Cosmides & Tooby, 1992; Tooby & Cosmides, 1996).”