The psychometric evaluation of human life histories: A reply to Figueredo, Cabeza de Baca, Black, Garcia, Fernandes, Wolf and Woodley (2015)

Copping, L.T.; Campbell, A.; Muncer, S.; Richardson, G.B.

doi:10.1177/1474704916663727

All Outputs (4)

Census Data (2017)
Book Chapter
Copping, L. (2017). Census Data. In T. Shackelford, & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science (1-5). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1852-1

Sex Differences In Same-Sex Aggression (2017)
Book Chapter
Copping, L. (2021). Sex Differences In Same-Sex Aggression. In T. Shackelford, & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_843-1

On the psychometric study of human life history strategies: State of the science and evidence of two independent dimensions (2017)
Journal Article
Richardson, G., Sanning, B., Lai, M., Copping, L., Hardesty, P., & Kruger, D. (2017). On the psychometric study of human life history strategies: State of the science and evidence of two independent dimensions. Evolutionary Psychology, 15(1), Article 147470491666684. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916666840

This article attends to recent discussions of validity in psychometric research on human life history strategy (LHS), provides a constructive critique of the extant literature, and describes strategies for improving construct validity. To place the p... Read More about On the psychometric study of human life history strategies: State of the science and evidence of two independent dimensions.

The psychometric evaluation of human life histories: A reply to Figueredo, Cabeza de Baca, Black, Garcia, Fernandes, Wolf and Woodley (2015) (2017)
Journal Article
Copping, L., Campbell, A., Muncer, S., & Richardson, G. (2017). The psychometric evaluation of human life histories: A reply to Figueredo, Cabeza de Baca, Black, Garcia, Fernandes, Wolf and Woodley (2015). Evolutionary Psychology, 15(1), Article 147470491666372. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916663727

A recent critique of Copping, Campbell, and Muncer raised several issues concerning the validity of psychometric assessment techniques in the study of life history (LH) strategies. In this reply, some of our key concerns about relying on aggregated p... Read More about The psychometric evaluation of human life histories: A reply to Figueredo, Cabeza de Baca, Black, Garcia, Fernandes, Wolf and Woodley (2015).