Dear Colleagues, Below is a tabled version of the responses I received to the question of how evolutionary psychology is perceived. I sent this query to evoldir and to the primary list serve for social/personality psychologists (SPSP). The table shows the frequency of positive and negative comments received, as well as my attempt to categorize the nature of those comments. Thanks very much for your helpful responses. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or concerns. Best regards, Bill ------- POSITIVE RESPONSES Hypothesis Generation evoldir = 1 SPSP = 6 Framework evoldir = 6 SPSP = 31 No details/other evoldir = 4 SPSP = 3.5 NEGATIVE RESPONSES Implications/ evoldir = 1.5 SPSP = .5 Political uses Just so stories/ evoldir = 6.5 SPSP = 8 Not tested Not X-culture/ evoldir = 1.5 SPSP = 4 Not socialization Not X-species evoldir = 1.5 SPSP = 1 Not genetic/ evoldir = 3 SPSP = 1.5 Bio'ly naïve No details/ evoldir = 2 SPSP = 1.5 Other Numbers represent frequency counts of social/personality psychologists (SPSP) and evolutionary biologists (evoldir) who endorsed a particular category of positive or negative reactions to evolutionary psychology. Responses were placed in up to two categories if more than one issue was raised (a common occurrence), in which case the two most emphasized categories were each allotted .5 of a response. Thus, the total number of respondents in both lists who made positive or negative responses in a particular category can be inferred from the totals. Bill von Hippel