Friends with Benefits: The Evolved Psychology of Same- and Opposite-Sex Friendship

During human evolution, men and women faced distinct adaptive problems, including pregnancy, hunting, childcare, and warfare. Due to these sex-linked adaptive problems, natural selection would have favored psychological mechanisms that oriented men and women toward forming friendships with individua...

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Published in:	Evolutionary psychology Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 543 - 563
Main Authors:	Lewis, David M.G., Conroy-Beam, Daniel, Al-Shawaf, Laith, Raja, Annia, DeKay, Todd, Buss, David M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2011 SAGE Publishing
Subjects:	Behavioral Research - methods Female Friends - psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Original Pregnancy - psychology Problem Solving - classification Psychological Distance Psychological Techniques Sex Factors Social Adjustment Social Desirability Socioeconomic Factors Task Performance and Analysis friendship evolutionary psychology budget allocation method relationship preferences sex differences
ISSN:	1474-7049, 1474-7049
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