Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Toward an Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption -- Evolutionary Perspectives -- 1 Reciprocity in Primates -- 2 The Fundamental Motives for Why We Buy -- 3 The Evolutionary Instincts of Homo consumericus -- 4 Myopia, Hyperbolic Discounting, and...

This research note examines changes in beliefs and attitudes over a 14-year period, from 1990, when the revolution in genomic science was just beginning, to 2004, the most recent time point for which data are available. The analysis makes clear that there is no simple causal path from changes in...

This study investigates beliefs about the determinants of such behavioral characteristics as intelligence, athleticism, obesity, and alcoholism by asking respondents to the 2004 General Social Survey to rate vignettes describing individuals exhibiting these characteristics along a 21-point scale...

Some theories suggest that negative relationship quality decreases with age, whereas others suggest that it remains stable. This study examined negative relationship quality over time, by relationship type, and by age. A total of 1,361 adults aged 20--93 years in 1992 and 840 adults in 2005...

The social integration and mortality link are well documented but not well understood. To address this issue, the present study examined the context within which relationship quality affects mortality over a 19-year period. Participants were 40 years and older from Waves 1 (1986) and 2 (1989) of...