Who Deserves Help? Evolutionary Psychology, Social Emotions, and Public Opinion about Welfare

Political Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-418

  Petersen, Michael Bang ^a   Sznycer, Daniel ^b   Cosmides, Leda ^b   Tooby, John ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Public opinion; Social emotions; Social exchange; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855950504     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2012.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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