The Westermarck effect, also known as reverse sexual imprinting, is a psychological hypothesis that states that people tend not to be attracted to peers...

so-called Westermarck effect discourages adults from engaging in sexual relations with individuals with whom they grew up. The existence of the Westermarck effect...

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 in Helsinki – 3 September 1939 in Tenala) was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects...

This phenomenon, known as the Westermarck effect, was first formally described by Finnish anthropologist Edvard Westermarck in his book The History of Human...

eye to the brain (Moore, 2001:98–99). Four ways of explaining the Westermarck effect, the lack of sexual interest in one's siblings (Wilson, 1998:189–196):...

sexual attraction to one another later in life. This is known as the Westermarck Effect. It can be seen in biological and adoptive families, but also in other...

of space and the effects that population density has on behavior Westermarck effect – Hypothesis that those who grow up together become desensitized to...

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Edvard Westermarck's hypothesis that sexual desire is generally absent in relationships between members of a nuclear family due to the Westermarck Effect. The...

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often unsuccessful. This has been explained as a demonstration of the Westermarck effect. In mainland China following the Chinese Communist Revolution, the...

separated at a young age occurs because the separation forecloses the Westermarck effect, which normally desensitizes biologically related persons to later...

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These findings suggest that shared family environment has virtually no effect on personality development, and that similarity between relatives is almost...

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desire, there is instinctual sexual aversion against these unions (See Westermarck effect). Steven Pinker wrote that "The idea that boys want to sleep with...

forms due to close association in childhood, in what is known as the Westermarck effect. Children who grow up together do not normally develop sexual attraction...

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is selected for because it improves the survival of offspring; the Westermarck effect, where close proximity during early years reduces mutual sexual attraction...

for the incest taboo. This hypothesis has come to be known as the Westermarck effect, named after him, or as reverse sexual imprinting. David Blankenhorn...

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well-known human example of an inbreeding avoidance mechanism is the Westermarck effect, in which unrelated individuals who happen to spend their childhood...

conservatism on the part of kibbutz children has been attributed to the Westermarck effect—a form of reverse sexual imprinting whereby even unrelated children...

in close proximity to achieve kin recognition. This is called the Westermarck effect. For example, Holmes and Sherman conducted a comparative study in...

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or step-siblings, and this might explain incest avoidance and the Westermarck effect. Babies can recognize their mothers by smell while mothers, fathers...

affecting human evolution on a genetic level, in a similar way to the Baldwin effect. Evolutionary psychology is based on the hypothesis that, just like hearts...