Applying Evolutionary Psychology to a Serious Game about Children's Interpersonal Conflict

Evolutionary cyber-psychology: Applying an evolutionary framework to Internet behavior

An evolutionary psychological perspective has much to offer the study of Internet behavior. However, cyber-psychologists have hitherto neglected this rich theoretical tradition and evolutionary psychologists have been slow to apply their perspective to computer-mediated behavior. This paper applies an evolutionary perspective to the study of Internet behavior in four relevant domains: (1) matin...

A Location-Based Serious Game to Learn About the Culture

Getting Serious about Math: Serious Game Design Framework & an Example of a Math Educational Game

Serious games have been increasingly interesting to educators recently, but it is difficult to find good games that truly address the needs of young learners, especially in mathematics. Some games are either too simplistic or are not actual games. In the paper, an argument is made for the benefits of game-based learning (GBL) for instruction and assessment given what we know about Millenials an...

Evolutionary Psychology and Marital Conflict: The Relevance of Stepchildren

The specific focus of this chapter concerns one particular source of conflict between women and men in marital or marital-like relationships, namely the existence or presence of children from prior unions. In explaining our rationale for suggesting that such children might be expected to engender or exacerbate marital conflict, however, we have to synopsize theories of much broader applicabilit...

A Serious Game to Inform about HIV Prevention: HInVaders, a Case Study