Research Interests
My main theoretical perspective is evolutionary; I am interested in the evolved basis of human behavior, especially adolescence, social dominance, humor, and marital relations. Currently I am collaborating in a cross-cultural study of marital satisfaction with collegues in several countries. I also have been studying kin recognition through olfaction.
Teaching
I teach graduate courses in developmental psychbiology, adolescent psychology, and the emotions, and undergraduate courses in adolescence, the emotions, human sexuality, and the brain.
Recent Publications
G. E. Weisfeld. Evolutionary Principles of Human Adolescence. New York: Basic Books, 1999.
N.L. Segal, G. E. Weisfeld & C. C. Weisfeld (Eds.), Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integative perspecties on human development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1997.
G. E. Weisfeld. Neural and functional aspects of pride and shame. In R. Gardner & G. A. Cory (Eds.), The Neuroethology of Paul MacLean: Convergences and Frontiers. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Praeger, 2002.
G. E. Weisfeld, T. Czilli, K.A. Phillips, J.A. Gall & C.M. Lichtman (2003). Possible olfaction-based mechanisms on human kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 85: 279-295.
T.W. Lucas, C.A. Wendorf, E.O. Imamoglu, J. Shen, M.R. Parkhill, C.C. Weisfeld, G.E. Weisfeld (2004). Marital satisfaction in four cultures as a functionof homogamy, male dominance, and female attractiveness. Sexualities, Evolution & Gender, 6:97-130.
G.E. Weisfeld and H.C. Janisse (2005). Some functional aspects of human adolescence. In B.J. Ellis & D.F. Bjorklund (Eds.), Development. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
G.E. Weisfeld (2006). Humor appreciation as an adaptive esthetic emotion. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 19, 1-26.
T. Lucas, M.R. Parkhill, C.A. Wendorf, E.O. Imamoglu, C.C. Weisfeld, G.E. Weisfeld, & J. Shen (2008). Cultural and evolutionary components of marital satisfaction: a multidimensional assessment of measurement invariance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 109-123.
Grants
WSU Educational Development Grant, 2002
Richard J. Barber Fund research grant, 1999-2001
WSU research development grants, 1989, 1994, 1995.
Awards
Wayne State University Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award, 2001.
President, International Society for Human Ethology, 2006 to present.
Wayne State Educational Development Grant, 2002.
Education
B.S. in Zoology from the Univ. of Wisconsin in 1965
M.S. in psychology from Tufts University in 1972
Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago in behavioral sciences in 1978
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