Benjamin Winegard

Graduate Student 316 McAlester (256) 415-1043 bmw8vb@mizzou.edu Lab: Geary Lab

I'm basically interested in everything from film to politics. I feel a special affinity for social theory, evolutionary psychology, and politics.

Geary, D.C., Bailey, D.H., & Winegard, B.M. (2012). Strategic cooperation and the rise of the modern world [Review of the book The better angels of our nature, 2011, by Steven Pinker]. PsycCRITIQUES, 54(2).

Ferguson, C. J., Munoz M. E., Winegard, B., & Winegard, B. (in press). The influence of heritability, neuroticism, maternal warmth and media use on disordered eating behaviors: A prospective analysis of twins. Psychiatric Quarterly.

Bailey, D.H., Winegard, B., Oxford, J., & Geary, D.C. (2012). Sex Differences in In-Group Cooperation Vary Dynamically with Competitive Conditions and Outcomes. Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 102-119.

Ferguson, C.J., Winegard, B., & Winegard, B.M. (2011). Who is the fairest one of all? How evolution guides peer and media influences on female body dissatisfaction. Review of General Psychology, 15, 11-28.

Winegard, B., Bailey, D. H., Oxford, J. K., & Geary, D. C. (2010). Trade-offs and individual differences in evolved traits. American Psychologist, 65, 929-930.

Winegard, B., & Deaner, R.O. (2010). The evolutionary significance of Red Sox Nation: Sport fandom as a by-product of coalitionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 432-446.

Bailey, D.H., Winegard, B., & Geary, D.C. (2010). Not father’s fatherhood book: A Review of Peter B. Gray and Kermyt G. Anderson, Fatherhood: Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, 2010, 320 pp., US$23.96, ISBN 978-0674048690 (hardcover). Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 336-339.

Winegard, B. (2008). What we have here is a failure to communicate: Using a model to explain textbook representations of human evolutionary theory. McNair Scholars Journal, 12, 119-143.

Writings on Politics/Current Events and Blogs:

Ben Winegard and Bo Winegard (March 12, 2012). Why Caesar's wife must be above suspicion: Mates function as honest indicators of status and prestige. EVoS Consortium at: http://evostudies.org/2012/03/why-caesars-wife-must-be-above-suspicion-m...

Ben Winegard and Bo Winegard (September 14, 2011). The New Atheists, Political Narratives, and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment: Part II – Noam Chomsky and the Spirit of the Enlightenment. Dissident Voice at http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/09/the-new-atheists-political-narratives-...

Bo Winegard & Ben Winegard (July 27, 2010). The New Atheists, Political Narratives, and the Betrayal of the Enlightenment (The Real Delusion: Part 1). at http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/07/the-new-atheists-political-narratives-...

Ben Winegard & Cortne Jai Winegard (April 19, 2011). The Awful Revolution: Is Neoliberalism a Public Health Risk? Dissident Voice at http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/04/the-awful-revolution-is-neoliberalism-...
Also published at OpEd News on April 16 at http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Awful-Revolution-Is-N-by-Benjamin-W...

Ben Winegard & Cortne Jai Winegard (March 10, 2011). Understanding Bahrain: How Bahrain Shines a Light on US Imperial Policies. Dissident Voice at http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/03/understanding-bahrain-how-bahrain-shin...
Also published on ZNET on March 11 at http://www.zcommunications.org/understanding-bahrain-how-bahrain-shines-...