An adaptive cognitive dissociation between willingness to help kin and nonkin in samoan fa'afafine

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-297

  Vasey, Paul L ^a   Vanderlaan, Doug P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avuncularity; Kin selection; Male androphilia; Samoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMOA; STATISTICS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 77951281632     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609359623     Document Type: Article

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