Evolutionary consumer psychology: Ask not what you can do for biology, but...

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 404-409

  Kenrick, Douglas T ^a   Saad, Gad ^b   Griskevicius, Vladas ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Consumer psychology; Domain specificity; Evolutionary psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878925584     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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