Title
Snakes, Spiders, Strangers: How the Evolved Fear of Strangers May Misdirect Efforts to Protect Children from Harm
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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
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.
Peer Reviewed
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Copyright
Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis
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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