Dr Michele K Surbey
Ethics Monitor, Research Apprenticeship Program
Senior Lecturer (Psychology)
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DA4-219, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Townsville Campus |
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+61 (07) 4781 5157 |
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+61 (07) 4781 5117 |
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School of Arts and Social Sciences James Cook University Townsville 4811 QLD AUSTRALIA |
Qualifications, Memberships and Consultancies
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B.A. (Hons) (SFU)
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M.Sc. (SFU)
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Ph.D. (McMaster)
Currently Teaching
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PY2108 Evolution of Behaviour
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PY4108Advanced Topics in Psychology
Research Interests
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Evolution of psychological mechanisms underlying human sociality, including self-deception
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Evolutionary perspectives on development (esp. the timing of puberty, birth order effects and personality)
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Human mate selection, in particular, self-perceived mate value, the role of male characteristics in female choice
Selected Publications
Surbey, M. K. (2007). Selfishgenes, developmental systems, and the evolution of development. In C. B. Crawford & D. Krebs (eds), Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, In Press.
Surbey, M. K., & Brice, G. R. (2007). Enhancement of self-perceived mate value precedes a shift in men’s preferred mating strategy. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 39(3), 513-522.
Surbey, M.K. (2004). Self-deception: Helping and hindering personal and public decision making. In C.B. Crawford & C.A. Salmon (Eds), Evolutionary Psychology, public policy, and personal decisions (pp.117-144). Hillsdale, NJ:Earlbaum.
Surbey, M.K. & McNally, J.J. (1997). Self-deception as a mediator of cooperation and defection in varying social contexts described in the iterated Prisoner's Dilemma. Evolution and Human Behavior, 18, 417-435.
Surbey, M.K. (1990). Family composition, stress, and human menarche. In T.E. Ziegler & F.B. Bercovitch (Eds.), The socioendocrinology of primate reproduction (pp.11-32). New York: Wiley-Liss.
ResearchOnline@JCU
Currently Supervising
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Alana Bowen, Ph.D
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Mike Larson, Ph.D
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Chantel Levkovich, D.Psyc