Models of decision-making and the coevolution of social preferences

Joseph Henrich; Robert Boyd; Samuel Bowles; Colin Camerer; Ernst Fehr; Herbert Gintis; Richard McElreath; Michael Alvard; Abigail Barr; Jean Ensminger; Natalie Smith Henrich; Kim Hill; Francisco Gil-White; Michael Gurven; Frank W. Marlowe; John Q. Patton; David Tracer

doi:10.1017/S0140525X05460148

Models of decision-making and the coevolution of social preferences

Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Samuel Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis, Richard McElreath, Michael Alvard, Abigail Barr, Jean Ensminger, Natalie Smith Henrich, Kim Hill, Francisco Gil-White, Michael Gurven, Frank W. Marlowe, John Q. Patton, David Tracer

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Abstract

We would like to thank the commentators for their generous comments, valuable insights and helpful suggestions. We begin this response by discussing the selfishness axiom and the importance of the preferences, beliefs, and constraints framework as a way of modeling some of the proximate influences on human behavior. Next, we broaden the discussion to ultimate-level (that is evolutionary) explanations, where we review and clarify gene-culture coevolutionary theory, and then tackle the possibility that evolutionary approaches that exclude culture might be sufficient to explain the data. Finally, we consider various methodological and epistemological concerns expressed by our commentators.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	838-855
Number of pages	18
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	28
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05460148
State	Published - Dec 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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Henrich, J., Boyd, R., Bowles, S., Camerer, C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H., McElreath, R., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Henrich, N. S., Hill, K., Gil-White, F., Gurven, M., Marlowe, F. W., Patton, J. Q., & Tracer, D. (2005). Models of decision-making and the coevolution of social preferences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(6), 838-855. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05460148

Henrich, J, Boyd, R, Bowles, S, Camerer, C, Fehr, E, Gintis, H, McElreath, R, Alvard, M, Barr, A, Ensminger, J, Henrich, NS, Hill, K, Gil-White, F, Gurven, M, Marlowe, FW, Patton, JQ & Tracer, D 2005, 'Models of decision-making and the coevolution of social preferences', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 838-855. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05460148

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