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Psychology
President's Professor and Area Head, Social Psychology
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1104
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Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1104
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Biosocial Complexity Initiative
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Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1104
Biography: 

Douglas Kenrick is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. His research interests include integrating models from evolutionary biology and cognitive science to study the effects of fundamental social motivations (e.g., self-protection, status, mate search) on basic cognitive processes (e.g., attention to, encoding of, memory for different people in a rapidly presented crowd). He has recently applied the same approach to economic decision-making, creativity, conformity, aggression, and religious behavior. Kenrick co-directs the Kenrick-Neuberg Social Cognition Laboratory. 

Among Kenrick's many publications are the books "Sex, Murder and the Meaning of Life" and "Social Psychology," a textbook coauthored with Foundation Professor Steven Neuberg and Regents Professor Robert Cialdini. 

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Education: 

Ph.D. Arizona State University 1976

Research Interests: 

Integrating models from evolutionary biology and cognitive science to study the effects of fundamental social motivations (e.g., self-protection, status, mate search) on basic cognitive processes (e.g., attention to, encoding of, memory for different people in a rapidly presented crowd). Recently applying our model to economic decision-making and various downstream social behaviors (including aggression, conformity, creative displays, prosocial behavior).

Selected recent publications:

Kenrick, D.T., Griskevicius, V., Neuberg, S.L., & Schaller, M. (2010). Renovating the pyramid of needs: Contemporary extensions built upon ancient foundations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 292–314.

Kenrick, D.T., Neuberg, S.L., Griskevicius, V., Becker, D.V., Schaller, M. (2010). Goal-Driven Cognition and Functional Behavior: The Fundamental Motives Framework. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 63-67.

Kenrick, D.T., Nieuweboer, S., & Buunk, A.P. (2010). Universal mechanisms and cultural diversity: Replacing the blank slate with a coloring book. Pp. 257-271 in M. Schaller, A. Norenzayan, S. Heine, T. Yamagishi, & T. Kameda (eds.) Evolution, culture, and the human mind. New York: Psychology Press.

Kenrick, D.T., Griskevicius, V., Sundie, J.M., Li, N.P., Li, Y.J. & Neuberg, S.L. (2009). Deep rationality: The evolutionary economics of decision-making. Social cognition, 27, 764-785. 

Griskevicius, V., Goldstein, N.J., Mortensen, C.R., Sundie, J.M., & Cialdini, R.B., Kenrick, D.T. (2009).  Fear and loving in Las Vegas: Evolution, emotion, and persuasion. Journal of Marketing Research, 46, 384-395.

Ackerman, J.M., & Kenrick, D.T. (2008). The costs of benefits: Help-refusals highlight key trade-offs of social life. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 12, 118-140.

Kenrick, D.T., Delton, A.W., Robertson, T., Becker, D.V. & Neuberg, S.L. (2007). How the mind warps: Processing disjunctions may elucidate ultimate functions. Pp. 49-68 in J. P. Forgas, M. G. Haselton & W. Von Hippel (Eds.). The Evolution of the Social Mind: Evolution and Social Cognition. New York: Psychology Press.

Becker, D.V., Kenrick, D.T., Neuberg, S.L., Blackwell, K.C., & Smith, D.M. (2007). The confounded nature of angry men and happy women. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 92, 179-190

Li, N.P., & Kenrick, D.T. (2006). Sex similarities and differences in preferences for short-term mates: What, whether, and why. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 90, 468-489.

Griskevicius, V., Goldstein, N., Mortensen, C., Cialdini, R.B., & Kenrick, D.T. (2006). Going along versus going alone: When fundamental motives facilitate strategic (non)conformity. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 91, 281-294.

Ackerman, J., Shapiro, J.R., Neuberg, S.L., Kenrick, D.T., Schaller, M., Becker, D.V., Griskevicius, V., & Maner, J.K. (2006). They all look the same to me (unless they're angry): From out-group homogeneity to out-group heterogeneity. Psychological Science, 17, 836-840.

Maner, J.K., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D.V., Robertson, T.E., Hofer, B., Neuberg, S.L., Delton, A.W., Butner, J., & Schaller, M. (2005). Functional Projection: How Fundamental Social Motives Can Bias Interpersonal Perception. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 88, 63-78.

Kenrick, D.T., & Luce, C.L. (2004). The functional mind: Readings in evolutionary psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon

Kenrick, D.T., Li, N.P., & Butner, J. (2003). Dynamical evolutionary psychology: Individual decision-rules and emergent social norms. Psychological Review, 110, 3-28.

Publications: 
  • *Ackerman, J. M., *Becker, D.V., *Mortensen, C.R., *Sasaki, T., Neuberg, S.L., & Kenrick, D.T. A pox on the mind: Disjunction of attention and memory in the processing of physical disfigurement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2009).
  • *Griskevicius, V., *Goldstein, N.J., *Mortensen, C.R., *Sundie, J.M., & Cialdini, R.B., Kenrick, D.T. Fear and loving in Las Vegas: Evolution, emotion, and persuasion. Journal of Marketing Research (2009).
  • *Shapiro, J.R., *Ackerman, J.M., Neuberg, S.L., *Maner, J.K., *Becker, D.V., & Kenrick, D.T. Following in the wake of anger: When not discriminating is discriminating. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, (2009).
  • Ackerman, J., & Kenrick, D.T. Cooperative courtship: Helping friends raise and raze relationship barriers. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin (2009).
  • Ackerman, J., & Kenrick, D.T. (2009). Selfishness and sex or cooperation and family values?. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (2009).
  • Griskevicius, V., *Tybur, J.M., Gangestad, S.W., *Perea, E.F., *Shapiro, J.R., & Kenrick, D.T. Aggress to impress: Hostility as an evolved context-dependent strategy. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2009).
  • Kenrick, D.T., & *Griskevicius, V. More holes in social roles. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (2009).
  • Kenrick, D.T., *Griskevicius, V., *Sundie, J.M., *Li, N.P., *Li, Y.J. & Neuberg, S.L. Deep rationality: The evolutionary economics of decision-making. Social cognition (2009).
  • Shiota, M.L., & Kenrick, D.T. Music, lyrics, and dangerous things. European Journal of Social Psychology (2009).
  • *Ackerman, J.M., & Kenrick, D.T. The costs of benefits: Help-refusals highlight key trade-offs of social life. Personality & Social Psychology Review (Impact 4.7) (2008).
  • *Weeden, J., Cohen, A.B., & Kenrick, D.T. (2008). Religious attendance as reproductive support. Evolution & Human Behavior (Impact 2.52) (2008).
  • Kenrick, D.T., & Shiota, M.N. Approach and Avoidance Motivation(s): An Evolutionary Perspective. Handbook of Approach and Avoidance Motivation (2008).
  • Kenrick, D.T., Sundie, J. M. & Kurzban, R. Cooperation and conflict between kith, kin, and strangers: Game theory by domains. Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology (2008).
  • A Cohen, Douglas Kenrick, X Li. Ecological Variability and Religious Beliefs. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (2007).
  • Cialdini, R.B., *Griskevicius, V., Sundie, J.M., & Kenrick, D.T. Persuasion paralysis: When unrelated motives immobilize influence. Social Influence (2007).
  • D Becker, Douglas Kenrick, S Neuberg, K Blackwell, D Smith. The confounded nature of angry men and happy women. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2007).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T, Neuberg, S L, Cialdini, R B. Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction. (2007).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Delton, A W (Author) ,Robertson, T (Author) ,Becker, D V (Author) ,Neuberg, S L (Author) . How the mind warps: Processing disjunctions may elucidate ultimate functions. The Evolution of the Social Mind: Evolution and Social Cognition (2007).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Sundie, J M (Author) . Dynamical evolutionary psychology and mathematical modeling: Quantifying the implications of qualitative biases. The evolution of mind: Fundamental questions and controversies (2007).
  • Schaller, M (Author) ,Park, J H (Author) ,Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) . Human evolution and social cognition. Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (2007).
  • A Delton, T Robertson, Douglas Kenrick. The Mating Game Isn't Over: A Reply to Buller's Critique of the Evolutionary Psychology of Mating. Evolutionary Psychology (2006).
  • Douglas Kenrick. Evolutionary psychology: Resistance is futile. Psychological Inquiry (2006).
  • J Ackerman, J Shapiro, S Neuberg, Douglas Kenrick, M Schaller, D Becker, V Griskevicius, J Maner. They all look the same to me (unless they're angry): From out-group homogeneity to out-group heterogeneity. Psychological Science (2006).
  • J Sundie, Douglas Kenrick. Modular economics: Different bonds = different investments. Psychological Inquiry (2006).
  • N Li, Douglas Kenrick. Sex similarities and differences in preferences for short-term mates: What, whether, and why. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2006).
  • N Roese, G Pennington, J Coleman, M Janicki, N Li, Douglas Kenrick. Sex differences in regret: All for love or some for lust?. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin (2006).
  • V Griskevicius, N Goldstein, C Mortensen, R Cialdini, Douglas Kenrick. Going along versus going alone: When fundamental motives facilitate strategic (non)conformity. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2006).
  • V Griskevicius, R Cialdini, Douglas Kenrick. Peacocks, Picasso, and parental investment: The effects of romantic motives on creativity. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2006).
  • . . Evolution and social psychology (2006).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) . A dynamical evolutionary view of love. Psychology of Love (2006).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Schaller, M (Author) ,Simpson, J (Author) . Evolution is the new cognition. Evolution and social psychology (2006).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Sundie, J M (Author) . Dynamical evolutionary psychology: How social norms emerge from evolved decision-rules. Bridging Social Psychology: Benefits of transdisciplinary approaches (2006).
  • Sundie, J (Author) ,Cialdini, Robert B (Author) ,Griskevicius, V (Author) ,Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) . Evolutionary social influence. Evolution and social psychology (2006).
  • D Becker, Douglas Kenrick, S Guerin, J Maner. Concentrating on beauty: Sexual selection and sociospatial memory. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin (2005).
  • Douglas Kenrick, J Sundie. How do cultural variations emerge from universal mechanisms?. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (2005).
  • J Maner, Douglas Kenrick, D Becker, T Robertson, B Hofer, S Neuberg, A Delton, J Butner, M Schaller. Functional Projection: How Fundamental Social Motives Can Bias Interpersonal Perception. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2005).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Maner, J (Author) ,Li, N P (Author) . Evolutionary social psychology. Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (2005).
  • Douglas Kenrick, J Maner. One path to balance and order in social psychology: An evolutionary perspective. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (2004).
  • M Schaller, J Faulkner, J Park, Steven Neuberg, Douglas Kenrick. Impressions of danger influence impressions of people: An evolutionary perspective on individual and collective cognition. Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology (2004).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T, Luce, C L. The functional mind: Readings in evolutionary psychology. (2004).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Neuberg, S L (Author) ,Maner, J (Author) ,Schaller, M (Author) . From evolved motives to everyday mentation: Evolution, goals, and cognition. Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes (2004).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Trost, M R (Author) . Evolutionary approaches to relationships. Close relationships: Key readings (2004).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Trost, M R (Author) ,Sundie, J M (student author) . Sex-roles as adaptations: An evolutionary perspective on gender differences and similarities. Psychology of Gender (2004).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T, Ledlow, S, Ackerman, J. Mate selection. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family (2003).
  • Douglas Kenrick, N Li, J Butner. Dynamical evolutionary psychology: Individual decision-rules and emergent social norms. Psychological Review (2003).
  • J Maner, Douglas Kenrick, D Becker, A Delton, B Hofer, C Wilbur, Steven Neuberg. Sexually selective cognition: Beauty captures the mind of the beholder. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2003).
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  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Ackerman, J (Author) ,Ledlow, S (Author) . Evolutionary social psychology: Adaptive predispositions and human culture. Handbook of Social Psychology (2003).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Becker, D V (Author) ,Butner, J (Author) ,Li, N P (Author) ,Maner, J K (Author) . Evolutionary Cognitive Science: Adding What and Why to How the Mind Works. From Mating to Mentality: Evaluating Evolutionary Psychology (2003).
  • A Barr, A Bryan, Douglas Kenrick. Socially shared cognitions about sexual peak: Perceived desire, frequency, and satisfaction in men and women. Personal Relationships (2002).
  • B Buunk, P Dijkstra, D Fetchenhauer, Douglas Kenrick. Age and gender differences in mate selection criteria for various involvement levels. Personal Relationships (2002).
  • Douglas Kenrick, J Maner, J Butner, N Li, D Becker, M Schaller. Dynamic Evolutionary Psychology: Mapping the domains of the new interactionist paradigm. Personality and Social Psychology Review (2002).
  • F Chen, Douglas Kenrick. Repulsion or attraction: Group membership and assumed attitude similarity. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2002).
  • N Li, J Bailey, Douglas Kenrick, J Linsenmeier. The necessities and luxuries of mate preferences: Testing the trade-offs. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2002).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T, Neuberg, S L, Cialdini, R B. Social psychology: Unraveling the mystery. (2002).
  • . . Review of: Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Perspective (2002).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T. Evolutionary social psychology. International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral and sciences (2001).
  • B Buunk, P Dijstra, Douglas Kenrick, A Warntjes. Age Differences in Preferences for Mates are related to gender, own age, and involvement level. Evolution and Human Behavior (2001).
  • Douglas Kenrick. Evolution, cognitive science, and dynamical systems: An emerging integrative paradigm. Current Directions in Psychological Science (2001).
  • Douglas Kenrick, J Sundie, L Nicastle, G Stone. Can One Ever Be Too Wealthy or Too Chaste? Searching for Nonlinearities in Mate Judgment. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (2001).
  • Douglas Kenrick. The role of sexual choice in shaping human intellectual creativity. International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships Bulletin (2000).
  • Douglas Kenrick. The war is over: We all won. Contemporary Psychology (2000).
  • Douglas Kenrick, N Li. The Darwin is in the details. American Psychologist (2000).
  • Douglas Kenrick, N Li, J Butner. Dynamical systems and the mating game. Behavioral & Brain Sciences (2000).
  • . . Review of: The mating mind (2000).
  • Kenrick, Douglas T (Author) ,Luce, C L (Author) . An evolutionary life-history model of gender differences and similarities. The Developmental Social Psychology of Gender (2000).
  • *Vladas Griskevicius, J. *Tybur, J. Sundie, Robert Cialdini, G. Miller, Douglas Kenrick. Blatant benevolence and conspicuous consumption: When romantic motives elicit strategic costly signals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Impact 4.5) (0).
Research Activity: 
Spring 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 350Social Psychology
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 599Thesis
PSY 792Research
Fall 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 592Research
PSY 599Thesis
PSY 792Research
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 592Research
PSY 792Research
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 350Social Psychology
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 550Advanced Social Psychology
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 399Supervised Research
HON 494Special Topics
PSY 498Pro-Seminar
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 591Seminar
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 350Social Psychology
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 550Advanced Social Psychology
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
PSY 350Social Psychology
PSY 399Supervised Research
PSY 499Individualized Instruction
PSY 591Seminar
Presentations: 
  • *Li, Y.J., Kenrick, D.T., *Griskevicius, V., & Neuberg, S.L. (2010, June). The Evolutionary Roots of Decision Biases: Erasing and Exacerbating Loss Aversion. Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Eugene, Oregon (Jun 2010).
  • Rzucidlo J., Li, Y. J., & Kenrick, D.T. Examining the Effects of Socio-Economic Status on Economic Decision-Making under the Fundamental Social Motive of Mating. ASU’s honor’s thesis colloquium, Tempe, Arizona (Apr 2010).
  • Li, Y. J., Cohen, A. B., Weeden, J. & Kenrick, D. T. Mating competitors increase religious beliefs. Society of Personality and Social Psychology conference, Las Vegas, Nevada (Jan 2010).
  • *Ackerman, J., & Kenrick, D.T. Cooperative courtship: Helping friends raise and raze relationship barriers. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV (Jan 2010).
  • *Li, Y.J., & Kenrick, D.T.. Neuberg, S.L. & Griskevicius, V. Mating motives make men loss averse. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV (Jan 2010).
  • Kenrick, D.T., Sanabria, F., Sundie, J.M., & Killeen, P.R. Game theory and social domains: How fitness interdependencies transform strategic decisions. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV (Jan 2010).
  • *Li, Y.J., Kenrick, D.T., *Griskevicius, V., & Neuberg, S.L. The Evolutionary Roots of Decision Biases: Erasing and Exacerbating Loss Aversion. Association for Consumer Behavior, Jacksonville, Florida (Jan 2010).
  • Kenrick, D.T., Li, Y.J., & Sundie, J.M. Deep rationality and behavioral economics. Human Behavior & Evolution Society, Fullerton, CA (Jun 2009).
  • *Li, Y.J., Cohen, A.B., & Kenrick, D.T. (2009, June). Religiosity as a Context Dependent Mating Strategy: Sexual Competitors Increase Belief in God. Human Behavior & Evolution Society, Fullerton, CA (Jun 2009).
  • *Neel, R., Becker, D. V., Neuberg, S.L, & Kenrick, D.T. Illusory conjunctions of angry facial expressions follow intergroup biases. Human Behavior & Evolution Society, Fullerton, CA (Jun 2009).
  • *Mortensen, C.R., Becker, D.V.,* Ackerman, J.M., & Kenrick, D.T. (2009, February). Concerns regarding disease promote functionally adaptive biases in judgments and behaviors. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Tampa, Fla (Feb 2009).
  • Li, Y.J., Cohen, A.B., & Kenrick, D.T. Religiosity as a context dependent mating strategy: Sexual competitors increase belief in God. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Tampa, Fla. (Poster) (Feb 2009).
  • *Griskevicius, V., *Tybur, J., Gangestad, S., *Perea, E., *Shapiro, J., & Kenrick, D.T. Aggress to impress: Status seeking primes and hostility. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Tampa, Fla. (Poster) (Feb 2009).
  • Kenrick, D.T., Ackerman, J., & Becker, D.V. Do cognitive biases favor men or women?. Society for Personality & Social Psychology, Tampa, Fla (Feb 2009).
  • Kenrick, D.T. How the Mind Warps: Evolution and Social Cognition. colloquium University of Michigan (Mar 2008).
  • Kenrick, D.T. How the Mind Warps: Evolution and Social Cognition. colloquium University of Western Ontario (Mar 2008).
  • Kenrick, D.T. (2008). Evolutionary Social Cognition: How the Mind Warps. Society of Interpersonal Theory and Research (Mar 2008).
  • Kenrick, D.T. How the Mind Warps: Evolution and Social Cognition. colloquium University of Arizona (Nov 2007).
  • Perea, E, Anderson, U, Kenrick, Douglas, Neuberg, S. Women's Attention-Memory Disjunction for Attractive Male Faces. Human Behavior & Evolution Society (Jun 2006).
  • Ackerman, J, Shapiro, J, Kenrick, Douglas, Griskevicius, V, Maner, J, Schaller, M. They All Look the Same to Me (Unless They're Angry): From Out-Group Homogeneity to Out-Group Heterogeneity. Human Behavior & Evolution Society (Jun 2006).
  • Becker, D, Neuberg, Steven, Kenrick, Douglas. Disjunction-Junction, What's your Function? Picking up information relevant to fundamental motivations. Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY (Jun 2006).
  • Griskevicius, V, Cialdini, R, Kenrick, Douglas. Peacocks, Picasso, and Parental Investment: The effects of romantic motives on creativity. Human Behavior & Evolution Society (Jun 2006).
  • Kenrick, Douglas, Delton, A, Robertson, T, Becker, D, Neuberg, S. How the mind warps: Processing disjunctions may elucidate ultimate functions. The Evolution of the Social Mind: Sydney Symposium on Social Psychol (Apr 2006).
  • Sundie, J, Kenrick, Douglas. Peacocks, Porsches and Thorstein Veblen: Conspicuous Consumption as a Mating Strategy. Society for Consumer Psychology (Feb 2006).
  • Li, N, Kenrick, Douglas. Mating goals and humor: Why you had to be there. Paper presented annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Jan 2006).
  • Shapiro, J, Ackerman, J, Neuberg, S, Kenrick, Douglas. We all look harmless and they all look threatening: Contrast and assimilation effects for in-group and out-group threat perceptions. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Jan 2006).
  • Griskevicius, V, Goldstein, N, Mortensen, C, Cialdini, R, Kenrick, Douglas. Motivated Conformity: Strategically going along and against the group. Society for Personality & Social Psychology (Jan 2006).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Motivation, Cognition, & Social Domains: New Theory & Research In Evolutionary Social Psychology. Society for Personality & Social Psychology (Jan 2006).
  • Duncan, L, Park, J, Faulkner, J, Schaller, M, Neuberg, S, Kenrick, Douglas. Sociosexual Orientation and Visual Attention to Attractive Men and Women. Society for Personality & Social Psychology (Jan 2006).
  • Ackerman, J, Shapiro, J, Neuberg, S, Kenrick, Douglas, Becker, D, Griskevicius, V. They all look the same to me unless they're angry. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Jan 2006).
  • Robertson, T, Maner, J, Kenrick, Douglas. Self-protective motivation selectively increases perceptions of anger in outgroup members. Human Behavior & Evolution Society (Jun 2005).
  • Ackerman, J, Kenrick, Douglas. Cooperative courtship: Facilitating flirtation with friends. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society (Jun 2005).
  • Becker, D, Kenrick, Douglas, Neuberg, S, Blackwell, K, Smith, D. The confounded nature of angry men and happy women. American Psychological Society (Jun 2005).
  • Robertson, T, Maner, J, Kenrick, Douglas. Activation of self-protection motivation selectively increases perceptions of anger in outgroup targets. American Psychological Society (Jun 2005).
  • Robertson, T, Maner, J, Kenrick, Douglas. Self-protection and functional projection: How motivation and threat association influence emotional perception. Poster presented at Society for Personality & Social Psychology - Evolutionary Social Psychology Preconference (Jan 2005).
  • Ackerman, J, Shapiro, J, Becker, D, Hofer, B, Neuberg, S, Kenrick, Douglas. Safety or romance? The asymmetry of fundamental motivations on memory for faces. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Jan 2005).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Universal mechanisms and cultural diversity: The mind as a coloring book. Culture & Evolution. Mind, Culture & Evolution Conference: First UBC Summer Symposium (Jul 2004).
  • Ackerman, Joshua, Ledlow, Susan, Kenrick, Douglas. Friends are to Breakfast as Strangers are to Dinner: Implicit Associations in Three Social Relationships. Society for Personality & Social Psychology (Feb 2004).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. How the mind warps: Evolution and social cognition. Invited colloquia (Mar 2003).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. From universal mechanisms to cultural diversity: What trophy wives tell us about the emergence of human society. Invited colloquia (Jun 2002).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. MTV or DNA? Evolved mechanisms and the mass media. Invited colloquia (Jun 2002).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Sex, evolution, and the emergence of culture: Standing in the gutter looking up at the stars. Western Psychological Association (Apr 2002).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Dynamical evolutionary psychology. Invited colloquia (Nov 2001).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Trophy wives, MTV, and evolved life history strategies. Invited colloquia (Nov 2001).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Sex, evolution, and dynamical systems. Invited colloquia (Aug 2000).
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Can one ever be too wealthy or too chaste? Nonlinearities and the search for psychological mechanisms. Human Behavior & Evolution Society (Jun 2000).
  • Kenrick, Douglas, Maner, J, Schaller, M. Dynamical Evolutionary Psychology: Mapping the Domains of the new interactionist paradigm. Society of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Kenrick, Douglas. Dynamical evolutionary psychology and the emergence of culture: The mind as a coloring book. Opening address at 6th annual Social Psychology conference
Service: 
  • Evolution & Human Behavior, Occasional reviewer (2003 - 2013)
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science, Occasional reviewer (2008 - 2012)
  • Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, Consulting Editor (IRPG section) (1996 - 2012)
  • Psychological Science, Occasional reviewer (2006 - 2012)
  • Undergraduate Studies Committee, Member (2009 - 2010)
  • Social Psychology Research Organizational Group, Member (2004 - 2010)
  • Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, Occasional reviewer (1996 - 2010)
  • American Psychologist, Occasional reviewer (2008 - 2010)
  • National Science Foundation, Occasional reviewer (2009 - 2009)
  • Evolutionary Psychology, Consulting editor (2006 - 2009)
  • Human Behavior & Evolution Society, Board of directors (2004 - 2008)
  • Human Behavior & Evolution, Occasional reviewer (2003 - 2008)
  • Personality & Social Psychology Review, Consulting editor (2003 - 2008)
  • Journal of Personality & Social Psychology (IRGP), Consulting editor (1996 - 2008)
  • Faculty Evaluation, Member (2005 - 2007)
  • Evolutionary psychology interest group, Director (2003 - 2007)
  • Science and Religion Study Group, Lead occasional discussions, helped host Leda Cosmides (2006 - 2007)
  • Human Behavior & Evolution Society, Elected member of board of directors (2004 - 2007)
  • Psychological Science, Occasional reviewer (2006 - 2007)
  • Psychological Review, Occasional reviewer (1980 - 2007)
  • Biology Letters, Occasional reviewer (2005 - 2006)
  • Emotion, Occasional reviewer (2003 - 2006)
  • Trends In Cognitive Science, Occasional reviewer (2003 - 2006)
  • Journal of Personality & Social Psych (IRGP), Consulting editor (1996 - 2006)
  • Search Committee - Social Psychology, Member (2005 - 2006)
  • Psychology Tech Committee, Member (2003 - 2004)
  • Evolutionary biology, Visiting semester in biology department (2004)
  • JPSP - Attitudes & Social Cognition, Occasional reviewer (2004)
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Occasional reviewer (2004)
  • National Science Foundation, Occasional reviewer (2004)
  • Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, Guest editor (2004)
  • Undergraduate studies, Member (2003)
Expertise Areas: 
Evolution and Developmental Biology
Social Psychology