Auteur: Douglas T. Kenrick

Douglas T. Kenrick is author of The Rational Animal and Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life. He has published over 200 scientific articles, books, and chapters, the majority applying evolutionary ideas to human behavior and thought processes. His textbook Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction, with Steven Neuberg, Robert Cialdini, and David Lundberg-Kenrick, is now in its 7th edition. He has appeared in numerous documentaries and the Oprah Winfrey Show, and written for The New York Times and Scientific American. His Psychology Today blog, titled “Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life, ” has been visited by 4.6 million readers.   David Lundberg-Kenrick is Media Outreach Director for the Arizona State University psychology department, managing a new program called “Psych for Life, ” which connects psychological research to problems we all face every day. Dave studied film production at New York University and UT Austin, and shot footage for BBC, Discovery Channel, and SBS Australia, as well filming the founding members of the field of evolutionary psychology for HBES. He is coauthor of Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction, 7e, for which he produced videos in which researchers from around the world share their findings in a lively animated format.