Article archive / March 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 3. Source pages: 17.
The Southwestern Psychological Association will hold its annual convention in Dallas, Texas, at the Omni Dallas Hotel. The theme this year is “Evolutionary Psychology: The Adapted Mind.”
Speakers include David Buss from University of Texas at Austin, who will give the Forensics Psychology Lecture, on “The Evolution of Sexual Morality.” Dr. Buss will talk on standards of morality as fundamental features of human psychology. “They guide people’s behavior, the accolades and punishments they impose on others, and the criteria by which reputations rise or fall. No domain of human conduct is more heavily moralized than sexuality. Moralized sexual conduct includes monogamy-polygamy, incest, age of appropriate sexual debut, fidelity-infidelity, mate poaching, sexual exploitation, prostitution, same-sex sexual conduct, and various forms of sexual treachery.”
Other featured speakers are Dr. Martle Haselton, DR. Hector Garcia, and Dr. Fessler. See the website for more information.
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