Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket: Life-History Strategies, Bet Hedging, and Diversification

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 715-722

  White, Andrew Edward ^a   Li, Yexin Jessica ^b   Griskevicius, Vladas ^c   Neuberg, Steven L ^a   Kenrick, Douglas T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary psychology; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877314650     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612461919     Document Type: Article

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