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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)
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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).

Name writing ability not length of name is predictive of future academic attainment (2016)
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Copping, L., Cramman, H., Gott, S., Gray, H., & Tymms, P. (2016). Name writing ability not length of name is predictive of future academic attainment. Educational Research, 58(3), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2016.1184948

Background: The Performance Indicators in Primary Schools On Entry Baseline assessment for pupils starting school includes an item which aims to assess how well a pupil writes his or her own name. There is some debate regarding the utility of this me... Read More about Name writing ability not length of name is predictive of future academic attainment.

The environment and life history strategies: neighborhood and individual-level models (2014)
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Copping, L., & Campbell, A. (2015). The environment and life history strategies: neighborhood and individual-level models. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(3), 182-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.10.005

Life history trajectories have been shown to be sensitive to local environmental conditions. Using English census data (2001), Copping, Campbell, and Muncer (2013) demonstrated that ecological indicators affect life history strategies (affecting leve... Read More about The environment and life history strategies: neighborhood and individual-level models.

Conceptualizing Time Preference: A Life-History Analysis (2014)
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Copping, L., Campbell, A., & Muncer, S. (2014). Conceptualizing Time Preference: A Life-History Analysis. Evolutionary Psychology, 12(4), 829-847. https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200411

Life-history theory (LHT) has drawn upon the concept of “time preference” as a psychological mechanism for the development of fast and slow strategies. However, the conceptual and empirical nature of this mechanism is ill-defined. This study compared... Read More about Conceptualizing Time Preference: A Life-History Analysis.

Psychometrics and Life History Strategy: The Structure and Validity of the High K Strategy Scale (2014)
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Copping, L., Campbell, A., & Muncer, S. (2014). Psychometrics and Life History Strategy: The Structure and Validity of the High K Strategy Scale. Evolutionary Psychology, 12(1), 200-222. https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491401200115

In this paper, we critically review the conceptualization and implementation of psychological measures of life history strategy associated with Differential K theory. The High K Strategy Scale (HKSS: Giosan, 2006) was distributed to a large British s... Read More about Psychometrics and Life History Strategy: The Structure and Validity of the High K Strategy Scale.

Impulsivity, sensation seeking and reproductive behaviour: A life history perspective (2013)
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Copping, L., Campbell, A., & Muncer, S. (2013). Impulsivity, sensation seeking and reproductive behaviour: A life history perspective. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(8), 908-912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.01.003

Impulsivity has often been invoked as a proximate driver of different life-history strategies. However, conceptualisations of “impulsivity” are inconsistent and ambiguities exist regarding which facets of impulsivity are actually involved in the cana... Read More about Impulsivity, sensation seeking and reproductive behaviour: A life history perspective.

Violence, Teenage Pregnancy, and Life History: Ecological Factors and Their Impact on Strategy-Driven Behavior (2013)
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Copping, L., Campbell, A., & Muncer, S. (2013). Violence, Teenage Pregnancy, and Life History: Ecological Factors and Their Impact on Strategy-Driven Behavior. Human Nature, 24(2), 137-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-013-9163-2

Guided by principles of life history strategy development, this study tested the hypothesis that sexual precocity and violence are influenced by sensitivities to local environmental conditions. Two models of strategy development were compared: The fi... Read More about Violence, Teenage Pregnancy, and Life History: Ecological Factors and Their Impact on Strategy-Driven Behavior.

Sex differences in impulsivity: A meta-analysis (2011)
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Cross, C., Copping, L., & Campbell, A. (2011). Sex differences in impulsivity: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 137(1), 97-130. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021591

Men are overrepresented in socially problematic behaviors, such as aggression and criminal behavior, which have been linked to impulsivity. Our review of impulsivity is organized around the tripartite theoretical distinction between reward hypersensi... Read More about Sex differences in impulsivity: A meta-analysis.