Mark Schaller

Some Recent and Representative Publications

Here is a partial list of publications that bear my name.  This list emphasizes especially recent work.  Click on the links indicated for actual copies of some of these publications.  (If you want a complete list of papers, publications, and other academic stuff, you can find that on my C.V.)

Books:

Schaller, M., Norenzayan, A., Heine, S. J., Yamagishi, T., & Kameda, T. (2010).  Evolution, culture, and the human mind.  New York: Psychology Press.  [link]

Schaller, M., Simpson, J. A., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006).  Evolution and social psychology.  New York: Psychology Press.   [link]

Crandall, C. S., & Schaller, M. (2005).  Social psychology of prejudice: Historical and contemporary issues.  Lawrence KS: Lewinian Press.

Schaller, M. & Crandall, C. S. (2004).  The psychological foundations of culture.  Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Articles and Chapters:

Forthcoming:

Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (in press).  Threat(s) and conformity deconstructed: Perceived threat of infectious disease and its implications for conformist attitudes and behavior.  European Journal of Social Psychology.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Kenrick, D. T., & Neuberg, S. L. (2012).  Six degrees of Bob Cialdini and five principles of scientific inference.  In D. T. Kenrick, N. Goldstein, & S. L. Braver (Eds.), Six degrees of social influence: Science, application, and the psychology of Robert Cialdini (pp. 3-13).  New York: Oxford University Press. [pdf]

2011:

Schaller, M. (2011).  The behavioural immune system and the psychology of human sociality.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366, 3418-3426.   [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Park, J. H. (2011).  The behavioral immune system (and why it matters).  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 99-103.  [pdf]

Murray, D. R., Trudeau, R., & Schaller, M. (2011).  On the origins of cultural differences in conformity: Four tests of the pathogen prevalence hypothesis.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 318-329.  [pdf]

Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., & Schaller, M. (2011).  Human threat management systems: Self-protection and disease-avoidance.  Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 35, 1042-1051.  [pdf]

Dar-Nimrod, I., Heine, S. J., Cheung, B. Y., & Schaller, M. (2011).  Do scientific theories affect men's evaluations of sex crimes.  Aggressive Behavior, 37, 440-449.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2011).  Infectious disease and the creation of culture.  In M. Gelfand, C.-y. Chiu, & Y.-y. Hong (Eds.), Advances in Culture and Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 99-151).  New York: Oxford University Press.  [pdf]

2010:

Schaller, M., Miller, G. E., Gervais, W. M., Yager, S., & Chen, E. (2010).  Mere visual perception of other people's' disease symptoms facilitates a more aggressive immune response.  Psychological Science, 21, 649-652.  [pdf]

Kenrick, D. T., Griskevicius, V., Neuberg, S. L., & Schaller, M. (2010).  Renovating the pyramid of needs: Contemporary extensions built upon ancient foundations.  Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 292-314.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Neuberg, S. L., Griskevicius, V., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010).  Pyramid power: A reply to commentaries.  Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 335-337.  [pdf]

Kenrick, D. T., Neuberg, S. L., Griskevicius, V., Becker, D. V., & Schaller, M. (2010).  Goal-driven cognition and functional behavior: The fundamental motives approach.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 63-67.  [pdf]

Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2010).  Historical prevalence of infectious diseases within 230 geopolitical regions: A tool for investigating origins of culture.  Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41, 99-108.  [pdf]

Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., & Schaller, M. (2010).  Evolutionary social psychology.  In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th Edition, Vol. 2, pp. 761-796).  New York: John Wiley & Sons.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., III, & Peavy, K. M. (2010).  Evolutionary processes.  In J. F. Dovidio, M. Hewstone, P. Glick, & V. M. Esses (Eds.), The Sage handbook of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination (pp. 81-96).  Thousand Oaks CA:  Sage.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2010).  Infectious diseases and the evolution of cross-cultural differences.  In M. Schaller, A. Norenzayan, S. J. Heine, T. Yamagishi, & T. Kameda (Eds.), Evolution, culture, and the human mind (pp. 243-256).  New York: Psychology Press.  [pdf]

2009:

Duncan, L. A., Schaller, M., & Park, J. H. (2009).  Perceived vulnerability to disease: Development and validation of a 15-item self-report instrument.  Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 541-546.  [pdf]

Duncan, L. A., & Schaller, M. (2009).  Prejudicial attitudes toward older adults may be exaggerated when people feel vulnerable to infectious disease: Evidence and implications.  Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 9, 97-115.  [pdf]

Park, J. H., & Schaller, M. (2009).  Parasites, minds, and cultures.  The Psychologist, 22, 942-945.  [pdf]

2008:

Park, J. H., Schaller, M., & Van Vugt, M. (2008).  Psychology of human kin recognition: Heuristic cues, erroneous inferences, and their implications.  Review of General Psychology, 12, 215-235.   [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2008).  Pathogens, personality and culture: Disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality, extraversion, and openness to experience.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 212-221.  [pdf]

Fincher, C. L., Thornhill, R., Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2008). Pathogen prevalence predicts human cross-cultural variability in individualism / collectivism.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, 1279-1285.  [pdf]

Van Vugt, M., & Schaller, M. (2008).  Evolutionary approaches to group dynamics: An introduction.  Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 12, 1-6.   [pdf]

Schaller, M. (2008).  Evolutionary bases of first impressions. In N. Ambady & J. J. Skowronski (Eds.), First impressions (pp. 15-34).  New York: Guilford Press.  [doc]

Schaller, M., & Neuberg, S. L. (2008).  Intergroup prejudices and intergroup conflicts.  In C. Crawford & D. L. Krebs (Eds.), Foundations of evolutionary psychology (pp. 399-412).  Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.   [pdf]

2007:

Ackerman, J. M., Kenrick, D. T., & Schaller, M. (2007).  Is friendship akin to kinship?  Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 365-374.  [pdf]

Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller, M. (2007).  How communication shapes culture.  In K. Fiedler (Ed.), Social communication (pp. 107-127).  New York: Psychology Press.    [doc]

Duncan, L. A., Park, J. H., Faulkner, J., Schaller, M., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2007).  Adaptive allocation of attention: Effects of sex and sociosexuality on visual attention to attractive opposite-sex faces.  Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 359-364.  [pdf]

Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M. (2007).  Nepotistic nosiness: Inclusive fitness and vigilance of kin members' romantic relationships.  Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 430-438.   [pdf]

Maner, J. K., DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., & Schaller, M. (2007).   Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem."  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 42-55.  [pdf]

Park, J. H., Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S.  (2007).  Pathogen-avoidance mechanisms and the stigmatization of obese people.  Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 410-414.   [pdf]

Schaller, M. (2007).  Turning garbage into gold: Evolutionary universals and cross-cultural differences.  In S. W. Gangestad & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), The evolution of mind (pp. 363-371). New York: Guilford Press.  [doc]

Schaller, M., & Duncan, L. A. (2007).  The behavioral immune system: Its evolution and social psychological implications.  In J. P. Forgas, M. G. Haselton, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Evolution and the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and social cognition (pp. 293-307).  New York: Psychology Press.  [doc]

Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Kenrick, D. T. (2007). Human evolution and social cognition.  In R. I. M. Dunbar & L. Barrett (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology (pp. 491-504).  Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.   [doc]

2006:

Ackerman, J. M., Shapiro, J. R., Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D. V., Griskevicius, V., Maner, J., & Schaller, M. (2006). They all look the same to me (unless they're angry): From out-group homogeneity to out-group heterogeneity.  Psychological Science, 17, 836-840.  [pdf]

Kenrick, D. T., Schaller, M., & Simpson, J. A. (2006).  Evolution is the new cognition.  In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and social psychology (pp. 1-13).  New York: Psychology Press.  [doc]

Norenzayan, A., Atran, S., Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M. (2006). Memory and mystery: The cultural selection of minimally counterintuitive narratives.  Cognitive Science, 30, 531-553.  [pdf]

Norenzayan, A., Schaller, M., & Heine, S. J. (2006).  Evolution and culture.  In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and social psychology (pp. 343-366).  New York: Psychology Press.  [doc]

Schaller, M. (2006). Parasites, behavioral defenses, and the social psychological mechanisms through which cultures are evoked.  Psychological Inquiry, 17, 96-101.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Abeysinghe, A. M. N. D. (2006). Geographical frame of reference and dangerous intergroup attitudes: A double-minority study in Sri Lanka.  Political Psychology, 27, 615-631.  [pdf]

2005:

Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller, M. (2005). When authorities' commands backfire: Attributions about consensus and effects on deviant decision-making.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 311-326.   [pdf]

Maner, J. K., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D. V., Robertson, T. E., Hofer, B., Neuberg, S. L., Delton, A. W., Butner, J., & Schaller, M. (2005).  Functional projection: How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 63-78.  [pdf]

Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., Maner, J. K., & Schaller, M. (2005).  From evolved motives to everyday mentation:  Evolution, goals, and cognition.  In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & S. M. Laham (Eds.), Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes.  Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.  [pdf]

Park, J. H., & Schaller, M. (2005).  Does attitude similarity serve as a heuristic cue for kinship? Evidence of an implicit cognitive association.  Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 158-170.  [pdf]

2004:

Crandall, C. S., & Schaller, M. (2004).  Scientists and science:  How individual goals shape collective norms.  In M. Schaller & C. S. Crandall (Eds.), The psychological foundations of culture (pp. 201-223).  Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Faulkner, J., Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Duncan, L. A. (2004).  Evolved disease-avoidance mechanisms and contemporary xenophobic attitudes.  Group Processes and Intergroup Behavior, 7, 333-353.  [pdf]

Lehman, D. R., Chiu, C.-Y., & Schaller, M. (2004).  Psychology and culture.  Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 689-714.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Faulkner, J., Park, J. H., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2004).  Impressions of danger influence impressions of people:  An evolutionary perspective on individual and collective cognition.  Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology, 2, 231-247.  [doc]

2003:

Park, J. H., Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M. (2003).  Evolved disease-avoidance processes and contemporary anti-social behavior:  Prejudicial attitudes and avoidance of people with disabilities.   Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 27, 65-87.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Faulkner, J. (2003).  Prehistoric dangers and contemporary prejudices.  European Review of Social Psychology, 14, 105-137.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Mueller, A. (2003).  Fear of the dark:  Interactive effects of beliefs about danger and ambient darkness on ethnic stereotypes.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 637-649.  [pdf]

Schaller, M. (2003).  Ancestral environments and motivated social perception:  Goal-like blasts from the evolutionary past.  In S. J. Spencer, S. Fein, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), Motivated social perception:  The Ninth Ontario Symposium (pp. 215-231). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  [doc]

2002:

Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller, M. (2002).  On the verifiability of evolutionary psychological theories:  An analysis of the psychology of scientific persuasion.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 152-166.  [pdf] 

Kenrick, D. T., Maner, J. K., Butner, J., Li, N. P., Becker, V., & Schaller, M. (2002).  Dynamical evolutionary psychology:  Mapping the domains of the new interactionist paradigm.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 347-356.  [pdf] 

Schaller, M. (2002). Any theory can be useful theory, even if it gets on our nerves.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 199-203.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., III, & Tanchuk, T. L. (2002). Selective pressures on the once and future contents of ethnic stereotypes: Effects of the communicability of traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 861-877.  [pdf]

2001:

Conway, L. G., III, Schaller, M., Tweed, R. G., & Hallett, D. (2001). The complexity of thinking across cultures: Interactions between culture and situational context. Social Cognition, 19, 228-250.   [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G., III (2001). From cognition to culture: The origins of stereotypes that really matter. In G. Moscowitz (Ed.), Cognitive social psychology: On the tenure and future of social cognition (pp. 163-176) Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Schaller, M. (2001). Unintended influence: Social-evolutionary processes in the construction and change of culturally-shared beliefs. In J. Forgas & K. Williams (Eds.), Social influence: Direct and indirect processes (pp. 77-93). Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Prior to 2001:

Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G., III (2000). The illusion of unfalsifiability and why it matters.  Psychological Inquiry, 11, 49-52.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G., III (1999). Influence of impression-management goals on the emerging contents of group stereotypes: Support for a social-evolutionary process. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 819-833.  [pdf]

Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller, M. (1998). Methods for the measurement of consensual beliefs within groups. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2, 241-252.   [pdf]

Schaller, M. (1997). The psychological consequences of fame: Three tests of the self-consciousness hypothesis. Journal of Personality, 65, 291-309.   [pdf]

Schaller, M., & Latane, B. (1996). Dynamic social impact and the evolution of social representations: A natural history of stereotypes. Journal of Communication, 46(4), 64-71.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Asp, C. H., Rosell, M. C., & Heim, S. J. (1996).  Training in statistical reasoning inhibits the formation of erroneous group stereotypes.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 829-844.

[pdf]

Schaller, M., Boyd, C., Yohannes, J., & O'Brien, M. (1995).  The prejudiced personality revisited: Personal need for structure and formation of erroneous group stereotypes.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 544-555.  [pdf]

Schaller, M., Crandall, C. S., Stangor, C., & Neuberg, S. L. (1995). 'What kinds of social psychology experiments are of value to perform?' Comment on Wallach and Wallach (1994).  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 611-618.   [pdf]