Evolutionarily relevant aggressive functions: Differentiating competitive, impression management, sadistic and reactive motives.
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DOI: 10.1002/ab.22020
Abstract: This study investigated early adolescents' (ages 9-14; M = 11.91) self-reported, evolutionarily relevant motives for using aggression, including competitive, impression management, sadistic, and reactive functions, and examined differential relations with a range of psychosocial characteristics. As expected,… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionarily relevant; sadistic reactive; competitive impression; management sadistic ... See more keywords
An Evolutionary Approach to Motivation and Learning: Differentiating Biologically Primary and Secondary Knowledge
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DOI: 10.1007/s10648-024-09880-3
Abstract: The ubiquity of formal education in modern nations is often accompanied by an assumption that students’ motivation for learning is innate and self-sustaining. The latter is true for most children in domains (e.g., language) that… read more here.
Keywords: growth mindset; motivation learning; motivation; learning evolutionarily ... See more keywords