PUBLICATIONS
Podstawska,
N., & McAndrew, F. T. (IN PROGRESS). Gender differences in the
perception of sexual interest in text messages. (In preparation for
publication and for presentation at the 2022(July) meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society,
Detroit.)
McAndrew, F. T. (IN PRESS). The namesaking of children as a strategy for managing kin relations and bonding fathers to their children. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences,
McAndrew, F. T. (2022, January 13). Does having expensive things make someone more attractive? In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2021, November 9). Why intelligent men may not be as appealing as we thought. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F., T. (2019). Costly Signaling Theory. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. (pp. 1525-1532), New York: SpringerMeteor.
McAndrew, F. T. (2020). The Psychology, Geography and Architecture Horror: How Places Creep Us Out. Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture, 4(2), 47-61). (Available online, October 7, 2019)
McAndrew, F. T. (2020, September 11). Psychology explains why war heroes are not "losers or "suckers." In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2020, July 2). COVID Parties? The Reckless Psychology of Being Young. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2020, June 8). The Eternal Challenge of Conformity Pressure. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2019, October 28).
Why we
love big, blood-curdling screams. Appears in dozens of media
outlets, including The Conversation,
Time Magazine, Discover Magazine, The Big Think, LiveScience, &
Medical Xpress.
McAndrew, F. T. (2019, October 21).
Houses
of Horror. Aeon Magazine
McAndrew, F. T. (2018, July 26). Are heroism, philanthropy, and religion about showing off? In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2018, July 23). Is polygamy a better deal for men or for women? In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F., T. (2018). War. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: SpringerMeteor.
McAndrew, F. T. (2018, April 22). Why Pretty Girls Get Bullied. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind, Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2018, January 9). Why men will always be more disgusting than women. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2017). Competition. In P. I. Joseph (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives (pp. 367-368). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2017, November/December). Beauty
Cues: Four traits men unknowingly
seek in women. Psychology
Today Magazine, Vol. 50, #6, pp. 42-43. (Also appears in Your
Tango)
McAndrew, F. T. (2016). Heroic rescue in humans. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: SpringerMeteor.
McAndrew, F., T. (2016). Mail Order Brides. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: SpringerMeteor.
McAndrew, F. T. (2016). On the nature of creepiness. New Ideas in Psychology, 43, 10-15.
De Backer, C. J.
S., Larson, C., Fisher, M. L., McAndrew, F. T., & Rudnicki,
K. (2016). When
strangers start to gossip: Investigating the
effects of gossip on cooperation in a prisoner's dilemma game.
Evolutionary Psychological Science,
2, 266-277.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2016, August). Why You Shouldn't want to Be Happy All of the Time. Article appeared in
numerous online outlets under different titles, including Time,
Business
Insider, ,
Salon.com,
CNN,
The
Guardian, & The
Conversation
McAndrew, F. T.
(2016, June 1-6). The evolutionary psychology of nostalgia.
[Published by invitation; not peer-reviewed. This appeared in
several outlets under different titles, including The
Washington Post, Business
Insider, The
Guardian, & The
Conversation. It also appeared in the program for a play at
London's Vaudeville Theatre in 2019]
McAndrew, F. T.
(2015, December 4). If you give a man a gun: The evolutionary
psychology
of mass shootings. [Published by invitation; not
peer-reviewed. This appeared several outlets, including The
Huffington
Post, CNN,
IFLScience, & The Conversation]
McAndrew, F. T.
(2015). What
men endure to be men. A review of Jonathan
Gottschall, The Professor in the
Cage: Why Men Fight, and Why We Like to Watch. New
York:
Penguin Press. Evolutionary
Psychology, September, 1-2.
McAndrew, F. T. (2015, August). Mama's Baby, Papa's, MAYBE: Baby Names & Fathers' Anxieties. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2015, May). How We Decide Who's Creepy. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T. (2015, March). The "Crazy Bastard" Hypothesis. In Out of the Ooze: Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2015, February). The
"Precarious Manhood" of the Santa Barbara
Shooter. In Out of the
Ooze:
Navigating the 21st Century with a Stone-Age Mind. Psychology Today
Magazine Blog.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2014). On
civilizing the unwashed masses. A review of Amy
Alkon, Good Manners for Nice People
Who Sometimes Say F*CK. New York: St. Martin’s
Griffin. Evolutionary
Psychology, in press.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2014). The
"Sword of a Woman:" Gossip and Female Aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19, 196-199.
McAndrew, F. T., & Perilloux, C. (2012). Is Self-Sacrificial Competitive Altruism Primarily a Male Activity? Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 50-65.
McAndrew, F. T., & Perilloux, C. (2012). The Selfish Hero: Study of the Individual Benefits of Self-Sacrificial Prosocial Behavior. Psychological Reports, 111, 27-43.
McAndrew, F. T. (2009). The interacting roles of testosterone and challenges to status in human male aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 14, 330-335.
McAndrew, F. T. (2008). Can gossip be good? Scientific American Mind Magazine, October/November, 26-33. (Cover Story)
King, R. A. (2008). Evolutionary fairy tales: Human mating in the Grimm fairy tales. Journal of Psychological Inquiry, 13, 23-24.
Templeton, J. J., & Christensen-Dykema, J. M. (2008). A behavioral analysis of prey detection lateralization and unilateral transfer in European starlings (Sturnis vulgaris). Behavioural Processes, 79, 125-131.
De Backer, C., Nelissen, M., Vyncke, P., Braeckman, J., & McAndrew, F. T. (2007). Celebrities: From teachers to friends. A test of two hypotheses on the adaptiveness of celebrity gossip. Human Nature, 18, 334-354.
Miller, S.S., Hoffmann, H., & Mustanski, B. (2007). Fluctuating Asymmetry and Sexual Orientation in Men and Women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36 (6),
McAndrew,
F. T., Bell, E. K., & Garcia, C. M. (2007).
Who do
we tell, and whom do we tell on? Gossip as a strategy for status
enhancement. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology,
37, 1562-1577.
[This research, with a slightly different title, was also
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Human Behavior
and
Evolution Society, Austin, Texas (June, 2005).]
McAndrew, F. T. (2006). Female infidelity and paternal uncertainty: Evolutionary perspectives on male anti-cuckoldry tactics. A review of a book by the same title by S. M. Platek & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Cambridge University Press. The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 27, 367-371.
Turner,
S. L., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). A
Laboratory Simulation of Parental Investment Decisions: The Role of
Future Reproductive Opportunity and Offspring Quality in Determining
Levels of Parental Investment. Evolutionary Psychology,
4,
197-207.
[This research, with a slightly
different title, was also
presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Human
Behavior
and
Evolution Society, Berlin,
Germany (July, 2004).]
Klinesmith, J., Kasser, T., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006). Guns, testosterone, and aggression: An experimental test of a mediational model. Psychological Science, 17, 568-571.
Minervini,
B. P., & McAndrew, F. T.
(2006).
The mating strategies and mate preferences of mail order brides. Cross-Cultural
Research, 40,
111-129.
(Also a paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution
Society, Berlin, Germany, July, 2004).
McAndrew,
F. T. (2003). Evolution
and the problem of altruism: Current and historical perspectives.
In S. Shohov (Ed.), Advances
in Psychology Research,
Volume 27
(pp.
277-288) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers
McAndrew, F. T. (2002). New evolutionary perspectives on altruism: Multilevel selection and costly signaling theories. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 79-82.
McAndrew, F.T., King, J.C., & Honoroff, L.R. (2002). A Sociobiological Analysis of Namesaking Patterns in 322 American Families. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 851-864.
McAndrew, F.T., & Milenkovic, M.A. (2002). Of tabloids and family secrets: The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1064-1082.
Mountjoy, D. J., & Leger, D. W. (2001). Vireo song repertoires and migratory distance: three sexual selection hypotheses fail to explain the correlation. Behavioral Ecology 12:98-102.
Kasser,
T., & Sharma, Y. S. (1999). Reproductive freedom, educational
equality, and females' preference for resource-acquisition
characteristics in mates. Psychological
Science,
10, 374-377.
Johnson, J.L., McAndrew, F.T., & Harris, P.B.(1991). Sociobiology and the naming of adopted and natural children. Evolution and Human Behavior, 12, 365-375. (Formerly Ethology and Sociobiology)
PRESENTATIONS
Thomas, I., Dorsey, M., Epstein, K., Maina, I., Rodriguez, Y., & McAndrew, F. T. (2020, February). Males' alcohol consumption signals traits to female mates. Poster presented at the annual meeting of The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), New Orleans.
McAndrew, F. T. (2018, October 30). Creeped-Out: The psychology of Creepiness and Horror. Invited talk at Western Illinois University (Quad City Campus), Moline, Illinois.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2016, October). The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip. Invited address
to the Department of Organization
Science, Vrije University (VU), Amsterdam.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2016, September). Alpha
Male or Omega Male? Precarious Manhood and the Violence
of Young Men. Invited lecture and workshop at the C. G. Jung
Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Klimaj, V. A., Lawrence, Z. E., Knutson, J. A., King, E. A., & McAndrew, F. T. (2016, January). Does hormonal birth control disrupt the assessment of mate quality through kissing? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2015, September). The unavoidable awkwardness of family life.
Invited Lecture at The Peoria
Riverfront Museum in conjunction with a photography exhibit of
“Awkward Family Photos,” Peoria, IL.
McAndrew,
F. T. , & Koehnke, S. S. (2015, May). Can "Getting the Creeps" be
an Evolutionary Adaptation? Poster presented at the annual
meeting of the Human Behavior and
Evolution Society, Columbia, Missouri.
McAndrew, F. T.
(2014, October). The Evolution of Human Environmental
Preferences. Guest lecture to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM)
program on “Ecology and Human Origins,” Tanzania.
Klimaj, V. A., Lawrence, Z. E., Knutson, J. A., King, E. A., Schaefer, D. C., & McAndrew, F. T. (2013, July). Does hormonal birth control disrupt the assessment of mate quality through kissing? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Miami, FL.
McAndrew, F. T., & Koehnke, S. S. (2013, January). Creepiness. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), New Orleans, LA.
McAndrew, F. T., & Jeong, H. S. (2012, June). The Evolutionary Psychology of Facebook: mate seeking, status signaling, and the maintenance of kinship networks. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Albuquerque, NM.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2011, September). The Selfish Hero? An invited address
at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
McAndrew, F. T. (2011, October). The Evolutionary Psychology
of
Gossip. Invited talk in the Department of Psychological
Sciences,
University of Missouri – Columbia.
McAndrew, F. T. (2011, October). The Selfish hero?.
Invited
talk in the Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri
–
Columbia.
McAndrew, F. T., & Perilloux, C. (2011, June). The Gender and personality Dynamics of Self-Sacrificial "Heroic" Behavior in Mixed-Sex Groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Montpellier, France.
McAndrew, F. T. (2011, April). The Science of Gossip: Why You Can't Stop Yourself. Keynote address at the annual ILLOWA Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Monmouth, IL
McAndrew, F. T. (2011, March). The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip. Invited Presentation at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN
McAndrew, F. T., & Perilloux, C. (2010, June). Who becomes a Hero and what happens to them? A Study of Self-Sacrificial Behavior in Small Female Groups. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Eugene, OR.
McAndrew, F. T. (2010, April). The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip. Invited Presentation at the University of Missouri at St. Louis.
McAndrew, F. T. (2010, September). The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip. Invited Presentation at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.
McAndrew, F. T. (2009, May). The Selfish Hero? A Study of the Individual Benefits of Self-Sacrificial Behavior in Small Groups. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Fullerton, CA.
Kelahan, L., Hoffmann, H., & Kohl, J. (2008, November). Olfactory pheromonal input and human female proceptive sexual behavior/preferences. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
McAndrew, F. T. (2008, July). Evolutionary perspectives on popular culture. Invited lecture at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
McAndrew, F. T. (2008, March). The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip. Invited presentation at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.
Kelahan, L., Hoffmann, H., & Kohl, J. V (November, 2007). Androstenol/androsterone may condition a human female hormonal effect/behavioral affect. Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Indianapolis, IN. (This research was also presented at the meeting of The Association for Chemoreception Sciences in Sarasota Florida, April, 2007).
McAndrew, F. T. (2007, September). Information Age Media and Stone Age Minds: How the Entertainment Industry Succeeds by Pressing the Right Buttons in Our Hunter-Gatherer Brains. Invited Keynote Address at the first annual IDeoGRAMS Conference 2007: Contemporary Media. Leicester, England.
Templeton, J.J.,
Christensen, J.M., & Fink, S (2006). Searching for
the search image in the avian brain. International
Society for
Behavioral Ecology
(ISBE) meetings, Tours, France.
McAndrew, F. T. (2006, October). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited presentation at the University of Texas at Austin.
McAndrew, F. T. (2006, October). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited presentation at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Franciskovich,S., J., & McAndrew, F. T. (2006, June). Birth order, personality, and conformity to parental expectations in the choice of a long-term mate. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Phildelphia.
McAndrew, F. T. (2005, February). Gossip as entertainment: Why does bad news feel so good? Invited Presentation at a conference on Media and Universals 2005 – Focus on Film and Print, Universitat Siegen, Siegen, Germany.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2005, October). The Evolutionary Psychology of
Gossip.
Invited Presentation at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2004, November). The Evolutionary Psychology of
Gossip.
Invited Presentation at Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, Illinois.
McAndrew,
F. T. (2004, December). The Evolutionary Psychology of
Gossip.
Invited Presentation at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
McAndrew, F. T. (2004, July). Why is Gossip so
Irresistible? Explorations in the Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip.
Invited paper presented at a symposium of the Human
Behavior and
Evolution Society,
Berlin, Germany.
McAndrew, F. T. (2003, February). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited colloquia presented at Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
McAndrew, F. T. (2001, September). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited colloquia presented at Binghamton University (SUNY)
McAndrew, F. T. (2001, November). The evolutionary psychology of gossip. Invited colloquia presented at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque).
McAndrew, F.T.(1996, September). Evolutionary Psychology and the Naming of Children. Keynote address delivered at the Annual Congress of the Psychological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg.
McAndrew, F.T., and King, J.C.(1995, June). Birth Order and the Naming of Children: An Examination of Naming as a Strategy of Parental Investment. Paper presented at the meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Santa Barbara, CA.
McAndrew, F.T.(1992, March). The Evolution of Human Environmental Preferences. Invited colloqium presented at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.
McAndrew, F.T.(1989, November). Why apes have eyebrows: Evolution and human nonverbal communication. Invited colloqium presented at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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