Kelly Arbeau, PhD
@karbeau.bsky.social
Associate psych prof, health psychology researcher. BA(UNBSJ), PhD(Alberta). Maritimer on the West Coast.
@benjamin_zubaly did an interview with @PsyPost about our recent paper in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences:
www.psypost.org/religiosity-...
www.psypost.org/religiosity-...
Religiosity may function as a mating strategy shaped by disease avoidance psychology
Researchers have uncovered evidence that links disease-avoidance motives to religiosity. Rather than tradition or ethnocentrism, the findings point to sexual conservatism—specifically, a preference fo...
www.psypost.org
August 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@benjamin_zubaly did an interview with @PsyPost about our recent paper in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences:
www.psypost.org/religiosity-...
www.psypost.org/religiosity-...
Reposted by Kelly Arbeau, PhD
New paper out in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences!
We find evidence that disgust sensitivity leads to religiosity through monogamous sexual attitudes. Calibrated mating goals might functionally shape belief.
w/ @karbeau.bsky.social & Jaime Palmer-Hague
Link to publisher and PDF below!
We find evidence that disgust sensitivity leads to religiosity through monogamous sexual attitudes. Calibrated mating goals might functionally shape belief.
w/ @karbeau.bsky.social & Jaime Palmer-Hague
Link to publisher and PDF below!
July 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New paper out in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences!
We find evidence that disgust sensitivity leads to religiosity through monogamous sexual attitudes. Calibrated mating goals might functionally shape belief.
w/ @karbeau.bsky.social & Jaime Palmer-Hague
Link to publisher and PDF below!
We find evidence that disgust sensitivity leads to religiosity through monogamous sexual attitudes. Calibrated mating goals might functionally shape belief.
w/ @karbeau.bsky.social & Jaime Palmer-Hague
Link to publisher and PDF below!
A small story for a Monday night:
A group of students in my History of Psych class devised a game of musical chairs to illustrate the concept of survival of the fittest.
The prize was a box of Kinder eggs…representing the successful reproduction of those fittest.
A group of students in my History of Psych class devised a game of musical chairs to illustrate the concept of survival of the fittest.
The prize was a box of Kinder eggs…representing the successful reproduction of those fittest.
March 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A small story for a Monday night:
A group of students in my History of Psych class devised a game of musical chairs to illustrate the concept of survival of the fittest.
The prize was a box of Kinder eggs…representing the successful reproduction of those fittest.
A group of students in my History of Psych class devised a game of musical chairs to illustrate the concept of survival of the fittest.
The prize was a box of Kinder eggs…representing the successful reproduction of those fittest.
Pleased and proud to share that recent honours student Ben has just accepted an offer to do a PhD in evo psych at Michigan.
Appropriately, he is in Denver this weekend presenting his research at SPSP.
Appropriately, he is in Denver this weekend presenting his research at SPSP.
February 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Pleased and proud to share that recent honours student Ben has just accepted an offer to do a PhD in evo psych at Michigan.
Appropriately, he is in Denver this weekend presenting his research at SPSP.
Appropriately, he is in Denver this weekend presenting his research at SPSP.
Reposted by Kelly Arbeau, PhD
I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily
November 18, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily
A small introduction: I am an associate professor, a health psychologist, an eclectic, and a university teacher. Manuscripts currently under review used experimental, correlational, and qualitative designs, respectively, because it’s more fun that way.
Also a kayaker, ballroom dancer, & night owl.
Also a kayaker, ballroom dancer, & night owl.
November 18, 2024 at 8:28 AM
A small introduction: I am an associate professor, a health psychologist, an eclectic, and a university teacher. Manuscripts currently under review used experimental, correlational, and qualitative designs, respectively, because it’s more fun that way.
Also a kayaker, ballroom dancer, & night owl.
Also a kayaker, ballroom dancer, & night owl.