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.
Ph.D. Arizona State University 1976
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.
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 591 | Seminar |
PSY 792 | Research |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
PSY 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 592 | Research |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
PSY 792 | Research |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 599 | Thesis |
PSY 792 | Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 592 | Research |
PSY 792 | Research |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 550 | Advanced Social Psychology |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
PSY 498 | Pro-Seminar |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
PSY 350 | Social Psychology |
PSY 399 | Supervised Research |
PSY 499 | Individualized Instruction |
PSY 550 | Advanced Social Psychology |