Parental investment theory and gender differences in the evolution of inhibition mechanisms

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-188

  Bjorklund, David F ^a   Kipp, Katherine ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Florida Atlantic University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROL; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PARENTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030239740     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.120.2.163     Document Type: Article

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