Martin Daly
Encyclopedia
Martin Daly is a Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and author of many influential papers on evolutionary psychology
. Current research topics include an evolutionary perspective on risk-taking and interpersonal violence, especially male-male conflict and family violence. He and Margo Wilson
are the former editors-in-chief of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior and former presidents of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
.
He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
in 1998.
Daly is one of the main researches of the Cinderella effect
, and has been interviewed in the press about it.
)
Evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is an approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological traits such as memory, perception, and language from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to identify which human psychological traits are evolved adaptations, that is, the functional...
. Current research topics include an evolutionary perspective on risk-taking and interpersonal violence, especially male-male conflict and family violence. He and Margo Wilson
Margo Wilson
Margo Wilson was Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Along with her husband and frequent research partner Martin Daly, she wrote many influential papers and books in the field of evolutionary psychology...
are the former editors-in-chief of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior and former presidents of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
The Human Behavior and Evolution Society, or HBES, is an interdisciplinary, international society of researchers, primarily from the social and biological sciences, who use modern evolutionary theory to help to discover human nature - including evolved emotional, cognitive and sexual adaptations...
.
He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
in 1998.
Daly is one of the main researches of the Cinderella effect
Cinderella Effect
The Cinderella effect is a term used by psychologists to describe the high incidence of stepchildren being physically abused, emotionally abused, sexually abused, neglected, murdered, or otherwise mistreated at the hands of their stepparents at significantly higher rates than at the hands of their...
, and has been interviewed in the press about it.
Books
(All books co-authored with Margo WilsonMargo Wilson
Margo Wilson was Professor of Psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Along with her husband and frequent research partner Martin Daly, she wrote many influential papers and books in the field of evolutionary psychology...
)
- Sex, Evolution, and Behaviour (1978)
- Homicide (1988)
- The truth about Cinderella: A Darwinian view of parental love. (1998)