The behavioral immune system: Its evolution and social psychological implications.

By Mark Schaller, L. Duncan. 2007

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Perceived vulnerability to disease: Development and validation of a 15-item self-report instrument (2009, background): “Many phenomena in the realm of social cognition are influenced by the temporary salience of disease and by individual differences in chronic concerns about disease transmission (Schaller & Duncan, 2007).”
Practical Work at School Reduces Disgust and Fear of Unpopular Animals (2012, background): “Although there is apparent intercultural as well as interpersonal sensitivity to disgust (e.g., Schaller & Duncan, 2007; Davey et al., 1998), this emotion is easily conditioned.”
When Do We Ostracize? (2013, background): “Schaller and Duncan (2007) theorize that humans possess a behavioral immune system that protects against contact with parasites.”
Disgust: evolved function and structure. (2013, background): “…humans have elaborate defensive physiological, cognitive, and behavioral adaptations that evolved because of the selection pressures posed by pathogens (Curtis, 2007; Curtis et al., 2011; Kluger, Ringler, & Anver, 1975; Schaller & Duncan, 2007; Schaller & Park, 2011; Zhang, Lu, & Bargmann, 2005).”
Pathogen-avoidance mechanisms and the stigmatization of obese people (2007, background): “All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.05.008 thoughts, which, in turn, compel negative attitudes and aversive behavioral responses (Schaller & Duncan, 2007).”
The Behavioral Immune System (2015, background): “Results from one study revealed that the semantic concept “disease” was implicitly activated into working memory by the perception of a facially disfigured man even when perceivers knew that the disfigurement was merely a superficial birthmark and that the man was healthy (Schaller & Duncan, 2007).”
Implicit Attitudes and Discrimination Against People with Physical Disabilities (2011, unknown): “These cognitive and affective responses motivate avoidance (Kurzban & Leary, 2001; Schaller & Duncan, 2007).”
Disgust: A predictor of social conservatism and prejudicial attitudes toward homosexuals (2010, background): “According to Schaller and Duncan (2007), the behavioral immune system should encourage individuals to prefer ingroup members over outgroup members.”
Danger, Disease, and the Nature of Prejudice(s) (2012, background): “For these reasons, it appears that there also evolved a complementary form of defense: A "behavioral immune system" that provides proactive defense against disease-causing pathogens (Neuberg et al., 2011; Schaller, 2011; Schaller & Duncan, 2007; Schaller & Park, 2011).”
The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Political Intuitions: Why and How Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity Underlie Opposition to Immigration (2017, background): “Although all humans possess a behavioral immune system, the sensitivity of this system varies across individuals (e.g., Schaller and Duncan 2007, 299).”
Disgust as a disease-avoidance mechanism. (2009, methodology): “However, for some researchers (e.g., Case, Repacholi, & Stevenson, 2006; Curtis & Biran, 2001; Davey, 1994; Fessler & Navarrete, 2003; Royzman & Sabini, 2001; Schaller & Duncan, 2007; Toronchuk & Ellis, 2007), this relationship is central to their functional conception of disgust.”
Disgust Sensitivity, Political Conservatism, and Voting (2012, background): “…those belonging to groups with unfamiliar customs in the domains of food, cleanliness, or sexuality) would have posed the risk of exposure to novel pathogens, the disgust response may have developed as a form of protection against this exposure (Rozin et al., 2008; Schaller & Duncan, 2007).”
Toward an evolutionary social neuroscience of religion (2011, background): “Disease threat is associated with out-group derogation, leading to increased religious diversity (Schaller & Duncan, 2007).”