Broadly, I am interested in studying human development from an evolutionary perspective. Specifically, I am interested in various aspects of the social, cognitive, and behavioral development of children and adolescents. I'm also interested in evolutionarily relevant gender differences and applying life history theory to the study of risky adolescent behavior.
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Publications
Published/In press
King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (2010). Evolutionary developmental psychology. [Special issue]. Psicothema, 22-27.
King*, A. C. (2011) Development of inhibition as a function of the presence of a supernatural agent. To appear in The Journal of Genetic Psychology.
King*, A. C., & De Baca, T. C. (2011) The family that never evolved. The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 4, 64-74.
Bjorklund, D. F., & King*, A. C. (in press). Human parenting from an evolutionary perspective. In K. Kline & B. Wilcox (Eds.), Is Parenthood Gendered? New York: Cambridge University Press.
Jordan, A. C., Schlomer, G. L. & Ellis, B. J. (2012) Evolutionary developmental psychology. To appear in V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, (2nd ed).
In preparation
Cabeza De Baca, T., & Jordan, A. C. To know is not to love: Cognitive and affective barriers toward evolution.
Ellis, B. J., & Jordan, A. C. The pubertal transition: An evolutionary developmental model.
Ellis, B. J., Keenan, T., Bjorklund, D. F., Jordan, A. C., Grotuss, J., & Hernandez, A. (authorship order TBD). Surviving the savanna: How reasoning about predators can disrupt theory of mind performance in children.
Ellis, B. J., Nederhof, E., Jordan, A. C., & Oldehinkel, A. J. (authorship order TBD). Puberty-specific increases in sensitivity to social evaluation in girls: Moderating effects of peer status.
Jordan, A. C., Ellis, B., J., Veenstra, R., Sijtsema, J. (authorship order TBD). The adaptive nature of costly signaling.
Scholarly Presentations (abstract referred)
Ellis, B. J., Keenan, T., Bjorklund, D. F., King*, A. C., Grotuss, J., & Hernandez, A. (authorship order TBD) Surviving the savanna: How reasoning about predators can disrupt theory of mind performance in children. Paper to be presented at the 2011 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, QB, Canada.
Cabeza de Baca, T. & King*, A. C. (October 2010). To know is not to love: Cognitive and affective barriers toward evolution. Poster presented at the 2010 University of Arizona Student Showcase, Tucson, AZ.
King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (June 2010). Facets of supernatural belief: Are adults more susceptible than children? Paper presented at the 22nd annual conference of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Eugene, OR.
King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (January 2010). Inhibitory self-regulation as a function of the presence of a supernatural agent. Poster presented at the 11th annual Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Grotuss, J., Csinady, A., King*, A. C., Ellis, B. J., & Bjorklund (April 2009). Theory of mind and executive functioning in predator-prey relationships. Poster presented at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
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*note: Last name changed from King to Jordan in February 2011