Concept information
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behavior mechanisms
human development
mental health, mental disorders, and special groups
antisocial behavior
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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
biology and social science
evolutionary psychology
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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and social explanation
evolutionary psychology
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social research
philosophy and the social sciences
evolution and social science
evolutionary psychology
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multicultural psychology
conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
evolutionary psychology
Preferred term
cheater-detection mechanisms
Definition
- Definition The human brain can be thought of as a computer—an organic one, designed by natural selection to process information in adaptive ways. It is composed of many programs, each of which evolved because it was good at solving a problem of survival or reproduction faced by hunter-gatherer ancestors in the past. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Cheater-Detection Mechanism]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/cheater-detection_mechanisms
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