Nicholas Christenfeld
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Nicholas Christenfeld is a professor of Psychology
at the University of California, San Diego
. He first joined the department in 1991 and has been a full professor since 2003.
Among other research, he has promulgated the Theory of Deadly Initials
and the theory that infants resemble their fathers more closely than they do their mothers. More recently, he studied the tendency of people to choose purebred dogs which resembled them.
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
. He first joined the department in 1991 and has been a full professor since 2003.
Among other research, he has promulgated the Theory of Deadly Initials
Theory of Deadly Initials
The Theory of Deadly Initials was an hypothesis published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research in 1999, which proposed that there is a link between the lifespan of human males and their initials...
and the theory that infants resemble their fathers more closely than they do their mothers. More recently, he studied the tendency of people to choose purebred dogs which resembled them.