Zusammenfassung: Aggression wird biologisch als eine soziale Interaktion definiert, die auf einen Artgenossen zielt und dessen Fitness herabsetzt. An Hand von Modellrechnungen und Simulationen wird die Evolution von Sozialverhalten nachgezeichnet, um die ...
In a double sense, the ovine gamma herpesvirus type 2 (OvHV-2) is a virus in sheep's skin. Not only is it present world wide in all sheep breeds but also it causes malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in cattle, pigs, elk, and bison. OvHV-2 cannot be ...
Abstract: When testators or testatrixes are distributing their resources to potential heirs what are the criteria they are basing their decision on? Kinship and equity as crucial allocation principles and the inevitability of conflicts were discussed ...
Zusammenfassung. Beziehungsorientierung (BZO) ist ein neues zweidimensionales Konstrukt zur Operationalisierung von Beziehungspräferenzen. Demnach können Menschen sowohl kurzzeitorientiert als auch langzeitorientiert sein. In einer Querschnitt-...
Die Frage, wie der Mensch zur Sprache kam, findet seit jeher das Interesse interdisziplinärer Forschung. Die vorliegende Arbeit liefert einen zusammenfassenden Überblick über jüngste Entwicklungen aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Feldern (z. B. ...
An online questionnaire-based survey investigated which action heuristics are activated for social coping in everyday life and in biologically relevant crisis situations. A total of 187 participants (86% women, mean age 35) from all parts of German-...
Zusammenfassung. Die psychologische Theorienbildung und Forschung des vergangenen Jahrhunderts war in erster Linie geprägt von Versuchen, die Psychologie zu ent-biologisieren. Aktuell werden jedoch neuere evolutionstheoretische Konzepte und Darwinsche ...
Economic theory has evolved without paying proper attention to behavioral approaches, especially to social, economic, and cognitive psychology. This has recently been addressed by including behavioral economics courses in many doctoral study programs. ...
We introduce a new questionnaire that measures interindividual differences in five motivational systems (security, arousal, power, prestige, and achievement) with six items per scale. As a theoretical base for our work we referred to the Zurich model of ...
Abstract. Sensitive periods in development are widespread in nature. Many psychologists and biologists regard sensitive periods as byproducts of developmental processes. Although this view may be correct in some cases, it is unlikely to be ...
Abstract. Interspecific communication provides good opportunity for studying signal evolution. In this theoretical paper, we hypothesized that vocal signaling in dogs may show specific changes that made it more suitable for interspecific ...
Abstract: In response to calls for a “cultural transformation” that aims to bring about a sustainable relationship with nature, this review considers the evolution of human cooperation and its implications for cultural change. The link ...
Abstract. The behavioral approach system (BAS) has been shown to be important in everyday life. However, its putative evolutionary origins have not been extensively studied. The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between BAS processes and ...
It is adaptive to remember animates, particularly animate agents, because they play an important role in survival and reproduction. Yet, surprisingly, the role of animacy in mnemonic processing has received little direct attention in the literature. In ...
Research on visual attention triggered by face gender is still relatively sparse. In the present study, three experiments are reported in which male and female participants were required to estimate the midpoint of a line (i.e., the “line bisection task”):...