Psychological adaptation to human sperm competition

By T. Shackelford, Gregory J. LeBlanc, V. A. Weekes-Shackelford, April Bleske-Rechek, Harald A. Euler, S. Hoier. 2002

122 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Reproductive Medicine, Sociology and Political Science

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. T. Shackelford
2. Aaron T. Goetz
3. William F. McKibbin
4. Valerie G. Starratt
5. Farnaz Kaighobadi
6. David M. Buss

In Sociology and Political Science

1. T. Shackelford
2. William F. McKibbin
3. Aaron T. Goetz
4. Valerie G. Starratt
5. Farnaz Kaighobadi
6. David M. Buss

Citations in the corpus

• From Mate Retention to Murder: Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Men's Partner-Directed Violence (2009, background): “Recent evidence has suggested that sperm competition has been a recurrent feature of human evolutionary history and that men have physiological and psychological mechanisms that may have evolved to solve related adaptive problems (Baker & Bellis, 1993; Gallup et al., 2003; Goetz et al., 2005; Kilgal”
• Why Do Men Rape? An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective (2008, background): “…face a higher risk of sperm competition) report that they find their partner more attractive, are more interested in copulating with their partner, and believe that their partner is more interested in copulating with them (Shackelford, Goetz, McKibbin, & Starratt, 2007; Shackelford et al., 2002).”