This paper uses an evolutionary perspective to explain features of food learning
in human children. Data from Western parents indicate that (1) children are
least picky about foods when they are between one and two years of age, (2)
vegetables are frequently refused by children, and (3) children have a tendency
to eat foods one at a time rather than mixed together. Adaptive explanations for
these ... hiện toàn bộ
According to narrative theory, human beings are natural story-tellers, and
investigating the character of the stories people tell can help us better
understand not only the particular events described but also the character of
the story-teller and of the social context within which the stories are
constructed. Much of the research on the character of narratives has focussed on
their internal struc... hiện toàn bộ
Our intention in this article is to show that ethnic prejudice, as evaluated by
questions on social distance, is at least partly grounded in the physical
appearance of the target groups mentioned, as well as in the greater or lesser
difference in phenotype of a child that the individual might have with a member
of the target group. Appreciation of these target groups would then depend on
the natur... hiện toàn bộ