期刊名称:Evolutionary Psychology: an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
印刷版ISSN:1474-7049
出版年度:2017
卷号:15
DOI:10.1177/1474704916663727
语种:English
出版社:Ian Pitchford, Ed.& Pub
摘要:A recent critique of Copping, Campbell, and Muncer raised several issues concerning the validity of psychometric assessment techniques in the study of life history (LH) strategies. In this reply, some of our key concerns about relying on aggregated psychometric measures are explained, and we raise questions generally regarding the use of higher order factor structures. Responses to some of the statistical issues raised by Figueredo et al. are also detailed. We stand by our original conclusions and call for more careful consideration of instruments used to evaluate hypotheses derived from LH theory.