Glenn Weisfeld

Glenn Weisfeld

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

Currently, I am a member of the developmental science and social-personality areas of the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University. My interest in adolescent peer relations puts me in developmental and my interest in marriage into social. Most of my recent graduate students have been in the social area.

My theoretical approach is evolutionary; I am interested in the adaptive value of human social behaviors, especially pride and shame and humor. In 1999 I wrote "Evolutionary Principles of Human Adolescence" (Basic Books). In 2014 I coedited "Evolutionary Science of Human Behavior." I coedited a book on marriage across cultures in 2018, published by Lexington Books: "The Psychology of Marriage," an evolutionary and cross-cultural view. Lexington also published my book on the emotions: "Evolved Emotions: An Interdisciplinary and Functional Analysis." I am collaborating with a Dutch colleague in research on adolescent peer relations in various cultures and with colleagues here and abroad on marital satisfaction.

Education

• Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Chicago, 1978
• B.S. in Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 1965

Selected publications

• T. Delecce & G. Weisfeld (2015). An evolutionary explanation for sex differences in nonmarital breakup experiences. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 1-18. DOI 10:1007/s40750-015-0039-z
• G. Weisfeld & C. C. Weisfeld (2016). Is play an emotion? Some ethological observations. Human Ethology Bulletin, 31, 4-29
• G. Weisfeld & C. C. Weisfeld (2016). Marriage. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. New York: Springer. 10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_127-1
• G. Weisfeld & K. S. Shattuck (in press). Evolutionary perspectives on adolescence. In R Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence (2nd ed.). New York: Springer
• G. E. Weisfeld & C. C. Weisfeld (2018). The mysteries of marriage: Its function, evolution and development. In C. C. Weisfeld, G. E. Weisfeld, & L. M. Dillon (Eds.), Psychology of marriage: An evolutionary and cross-cultural view. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
• G. E. Weisfeld (2018). Is similarity in partners important? Evidence from Great Britain. In C. C. Weisfeld, G. E. Weisfeld, & L. M. Dillon (Eds.), Psychology of marriage: An evolutionary and cross- cultural view. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
• G. E. Weisfeld (2018). Humor in marriage. In C. C. Weisfeld, G. E. Weisfeld, & L. M. Dillon (Eds.), Psychology of marriage: An evolutionary and cross-cultural view. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
• G. E. Weisfeld & S. M. M. Goetz (2018). Towards a model of marriage. In C. C. Weisfeld, G. E. Weisfeld, & L. M. Dillon (Eds.), Psychology of marriage: An evolutionary and cross-cultural view. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
• E. H. de Bruyn & G. E. Weisfeld (2017). Consensual popularity status, behavior and mating opportunities in ontogenetic perspective. Human Ethology Bulletin, 32, 47- 62
• S. M. M. Goetz, G. Weisfeld, & S. Zilioli (2019). Reproductive behavior in the human male. In L. Welling & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Oxford handbook in evolutionary psychology and behavioral endocrinology. New York: Oxford University Press
• G. E. Weisfeld, S. M. M. Goetz, & S. Zilioli (in press). Evolutionary perspective on adolescence. In S. Hupp & J. Jewell (Eds.), Wiley- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development. New York: Wiley-Blackwell