Selfish goals serve more fundamental social and biological goals

David Becker; Douglas Kenrick

doi:10.1017/S0140525X13001957

Selfish goals serve more fundamental social and biological goals

David Becker, Douglas Kenrick

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Abstract

Proximate selfish goals reflect the machinations of more fundamental goals such as self-protection and reproduction. Evolutionary life history theory allows us to make predictions about which goals are prioritized over others, which stimuli release which goals, and how the stages of cognitive processing are selectively influenced to better achieve the aims of those goals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	137-138
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001957
State	Published - Apr 2014

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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