Index
alliances. See coalitions
anthropology 1–2, 8, 11, 30, 49–50, 53, 55, 59, 100, 114, 118, 127, 155, 163, 178, 196–197, 217, 222–224, 240, 243, 253–254, 257–260, 264–265, 269–271
attractors (in cultural evolution) 197, 240. See also evolution, cultural
cheater-detection 29–30, 33, 177, 185–189, 194–195
coalitions 31, 73, 113–115, 118–120, 122–125, 127–128, 134–135, 138–142, 163, 180, 184–186, 197, 199. See also safety, coalitional; See also threat, coalitional; See also psychology: coalitional
consilience 254
culture, theories of 175, 253, 258–259, 269, 271
domain-specificity 12–13, 15–16, 23, 29–31, 40, 65, 73–74, 78, 97, 124–125, 170–171, 197, 200, 236, 249
dysfunction, mental 1, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 227, 228, 229, 230, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 277. See also insanity
economics 2, 8–9, 12–13, 17–19, 21, 23–25, 28, 31, 35, 40, 114, 118–119, 123, 130, 155–157, 159–170, 173–174, 176, 178, 180–183, 186–188, 190–204, 236, 253, 258–259, 269–271, 277
economy 1, 6, 8, 155–156, 159–160, 162–165, 167–169, 173–175, 183, 185, 189, 191, 195–199, 202–204, 277
folk beliefs about , 159–170, 173–174, 182–190, 192–202, 204, 277
epidemiology. See evolution, cultural
erudition mode 257, 260–264, 267
evolution, cultural 6, 7, 51, 86, 243, 246. See also attractors (in cultural evolution)
exchange, social 15, 17, 30, 33, 95, 175, 185–187, 194, 199–200, 270
explanations, proximate vs. ultimate 71, 169–170
free-riding 27, 29, 35, 138, 160, 165, 177–178, 186, 195, 197
game theory 9
health, public 113, 130, 132–133, 135, 141–142
immigration 118, 125, 130–133, 136–137, 139, 159–160, 165, 185–186, 197, 202–203, 258–259
folk beliefs about 118, 125, 186
insanity 2, 217, 221, 232, 233, 238. See also dysfunction, mental
cultural models of 221, 241–242, 244
institutions 1, 8, 11–13, 15–21, 24–25, 27–30, 34–40, 258
neo-institutional models of 13, 16, 18–19, 29, 40
intergroup contact 113, 117–118, 124–125, 127–129, 133–140, 142
intuitions, moral 12, 18, 24, 26–27, 157
folk-beliefs about value of 155, 166–167, 192–193
marriage 7, 12, 15, 17–24, 27, 35, 40, 258
modes of scholarship 260, 261, 264, 267, 268. See also erudition mode; See also salient connections mode; See also scientific mode
naturalism 17
OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder 49–50, 53–56, 58–59, 61–67, 71, 75–78, 81, 83, 85–86, 88–89, 97, 99, 275
profit, perception of 166
psychology 2, 8–9, 15, 17, 20, 25, 30–32, 38, 40, 100, 114, 117–122, 124–125, 139–140, 142, 156–157, 160, 163, 170, 175–177, 179–181, 184–187, 190, 192, 194, 196, 199–201, 218–222, 224–225, 227, 234–240, 244, 259, 269, 277
coalitional 30–32, 118–121, 125, 140, 142, 160, 184–186, 199
intuitive 170, 200–201, 218–219, 221–222, 224–225, 227, 234–239, 244, 277
precautionary 53–54, 74, 77–78, 86, 88–90, 93–98, 121, 124, 142
effects on health 1, 8, 113, 124, 130–133, 139, 141–142
rituals , 1–2, 6, 8, 49–51, 53–62, 64, 68–71, 74, 76, 78–87, 89–90, 92–100, 186, 243, 276
cultural 51, 53–55, 59–62, 90, 93–97, 99–100, 276
ritualized behavior v, 49, 53–56, 60, 62, 68, 78, 80, 82, 89, 93–94, 96, 98–99
theories of 49–50, 54, 59, 62–63, 66, 68, 74, 78, 80–82, 85–86, 88–90, 92, 94, 96–98, 100
safety, coalitional 118, 122–123, 125–126, 129, 133, 135, 138–139, 142, 276
salient connections mode 260, 264–268
scientific mode 260–261, 263–264
sharing 18–19, 23, 55, 75, 156–157, 165, 173, 178–180, 185, 187–188, 197, 283
social dominance orientation (SDO) 134, 137–138, 140–141
social identity theory (SIT) 136
stigmatization 27, 117, 131, 133, 270
effects on health 117, 131–133
stress 117, 119, 124, 126, 128–132, 134, 138–139, 141–142, 165, 276
physiology of 113, 124, 128, 131
threat, coalitional 118, 123–124
threat-detection 118, 121, 123–124, 129
trade 119, 121, 155–157, 159–161, 163–166, 168, 184–185, 196, 202–203, 264