Social Cognition

Did the human mind evolve to categorize by race, or is racial categorization a byproduct of other functions?

Pietraszewski, D. (2022, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D. (2021, Scientific Reports) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D. (2018, Evolution & Human Behavior) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D. (2016, Social Psychological and Personality Science) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D., Curry, O., Peterson, M. B.,  Cosmides, L. & , Tooby, J.(2015, Cognition) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D., L. Cosmides, & Tooby, J. (2014, PLoS ONE) [PDF]

How does the mind represent an infinite array of multi-agent conflicts— including conflicts involving groups—with finite computational means?

Pietraszewski, D. (2022, Behavioral and Brain Sciences) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D. (2016, Evolution & Human Behavior) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D. (2012, Behavioral and Brain Sciences)  [PDF]

What kind of category is accent to the human mind?

Pietraszewski, D. & Schwartz, A. (2014a, Evolution & Human Behavior) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D., & Schwartz, A. (2014b, Evolution & Human Behavior) [PDF]

Development

Do infants (3 month olds) understand that vocalization properties track differences in body size? 

Pietraszewski, D., Wertz. A. E., Bryant, G. A., & Wynn, K.  (2015, ProcB) [PDF]

How do preschoolers (and adults) reason about the reactions to conflict from uninvolved bystanders? 

Pietraszewski, D., & German, T. C. (2013, Cognition) [PDF]

What principles do older children (6-8 year olds) use to predict who will prevail in conflicts over resources? 

Pietraszewski, D., & Shaw. A. (2015, Human Nature) [PDF]

Philosophy of Mind

Can adpatationism explain the problem of free will? 

Pietraszewski, D. & Hills, T. (under review) [OSF Preprint]

How does our intuitive psychology interfere with our attempts to understand how the mind works

Pietraszewski, D. (under review) [PDF]

What is modularity? Can we understand why there has been debate about the mind's modularity?

Pietraszewski, D., & Wertz, A. E. (2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science) [Open Access Link]

How can we better understand the mind as a mechanical system?

Smaldino, P. E., Pietraszewski, D., & Wertz, A. E. (2023, Cognitive Science) [PDF]

Evolution

What evolved mental software is required to represent groups? 

Pietraszewski D. (in press, APA Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology) [PDF]

Pietraszewski D. & Moncrieff, M. (2024, Behavioral and Brain Sciences) [Link]

McCullough, M. E., & Pietraszewski, D. (2023, Behavioral and Brain Sciences) [PDF]

Pietraszewski D. (2013, Navigating the Social World) [PDF]

Why did leadership evolve? What is leadership from an evolutionary perspective? 

Pietraszewski D. (2020, The Leadership Quarterly) [PDF]

What are intergroup processes from an evolutionary perspective? 

Pietraszewski D. (2020, Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles) [PDF]

Politics from an evolutionary perspective

Pietraszewski D. (2023, Psychological Inquiry) [PDF] [Target Article] [Response to Commentaries]

Evolutionary Psychology: What is it?, issues, and misunderstandings

Pietraszewski D. & Wertz, A. E. (2011, Behavioral and Brain Sciences) [PDF]

Pietraszewski, D. (2016, Sage Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology) [PDF]