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UNITS : HORMONES, PHEROMONES , GENES, EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY

NAME THE RESEARCHER, YEAR AND RESEARCH STUDY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

1. Oxytocin in interpersonal trust, social bonding, fidelity and intergroup conflict and

ethnocentrism- Romero et al (2014) [oxytocin and social bonds], Kosfeld et al (2005) [oxytocin in

interpersonal skills], Scheele et al (2012) [oxytocin and fidelity], De Dreu et al (2012) [oxytocin and

inter-group conflict], De Dreu et al (2011) [oxytocin and ethnocentrism]

2. Pheromones in – sweat t-shirt, gender neutral face morph, sociosexual behaviour of men,

sociosexual behaviour females: Cutler, Friedmann and McCoy (1998) [pheromones and

attractiveness of men to women], McCoy and Pitino (2002) [pheromones and attractiveness of

women to men], Hare et al (2017) [pheromone and mate perception], Lundstorm and Olsson

(2005) [chemical components of sweat and attractiveness]

3. Genes – twin study, adoption study, family study , transracial adoption study: Bouchard and

McGue (1981) [heritability of intelligence (twin study)], Kendler et al (2015) [heritability of

intelligence (adoption study)], Scarr and Weinberg (1983) [Transracial adoption study]

4. Behavioural epigenetic: Weaver et al (2004) [regulating response to stress], Miller et al (2009)

[gene expression of people raised in poverty], McGowan et al (2009) [post-mortem study of the

brain of addicts, abused and suicided], Kaminsky et al (2008) [epigenetic and personality traits]

5. Evolutionary psychology – study for disgust: Curtis, Aunger and Rabie (20040.

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