Parasites, Behavioral Defenses, and the Social Psychological Mechanisms Through Which Cultures Are Evoked

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The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic Declaration on Psychological Consequences: A Study on Active Weibo Users (2020, methodology): “According to Behavioral Immune System (BIS) theory [2] , people are likely to develop negative emotions (e.g., aversion, anxiety, etc.) [3, 4] and negative cognitive assessment [5, 6] for self-protection.”
Disgust: A predictor of social conservatism and prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuals (2010, background): “Schaller (2006) has suggested that disgust is a component of the ‘‘behavioral immune system” which motivates individuals to avoid situations that may lead to contamination.”
Pathogens, personality, and culture: disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality, extraversion, and openness to experience. (2008, background): “Thus, regional differences in personality traits may constitute a form of “evoked culture”––wherein cultural differences reflect the phenotypic plasticity of the human genome and emerge through mechanisms in which universal human capacities are differentially evoked under different ecological circum”
The behavioral immune system and social conservatism: a meta-analysis (2013, methodology): “For the purposes of this study, the BIS was defined as a cluster of psychological mechanisms that are designed to promote disease-avoidance (Schaller, 2006).”