Snakes, Spiders, Strangers: How the Evolved Fear of Strangers May Misdirect Efforts to Protect Children from Harm

Authors

Jennifer Hahn-HolbrookFollow
Colin Holbrook
Jesse Bering

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Description

"In this chapter, we will argue that stranger fear is an evolved predisposition that increased fitness over the course of human history. In modern, developed societies, however, the same native bias against strangers may obscure perception of the greater threat of child harm posed by familiar peers, acquaintances, friends and kin."

ISBN

978-1-84872-840-0

Publication Date

2010

Publisher

Psychology Press

City

New York, NY

Keywords

parenthood, relative formidability, threat detection, violence, children, stranger danger

Disciplines

Child Psychology | Family, Life Course, and Society | Social Psychology and Interaction

Comments

In J.M. Lampinen and K. Sexton-Radek (Eds.), Protecting children from violence: Evidence based interventions. Dr. Hahn-Holbrook's chapter begins on page 263.

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Recommended Citation

Hahn-Holbrook, J., Holbrook, C., & Bering, J. (2010). Snakes, spiders, strangers: How the evolved fear of strangers may misdirect efforts to protect children from harm. In J. M. Lampinen & K. Sexton-Radek (Eds.), Protecting children from violence: Evidence based interventions. New York: Psychology Press.

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1

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Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis