Tim Cole
DePaul University
11 Papers
165 Citations
Tim Cole is an academic researcher from DePaul University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Evolutionary psychology & Deception. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications. Previous affiliations of Tim Cole include University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Papers
Lying to the One you Love: The Use of Deception in Romantic Relationships
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the use of deception in romantic relationships and relate the use such behavior to relational outcomes, and find that deception is related to the reciprocal exchange of information, the desire to avoid punishment, and individuals' attachment beliefs.
Non-zero-sum collaboration, reciprocity, and the preference for similarity: Developing an adaptive model of close relational functioning
Tim Cole,Jc. Bruno Teboul +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an evolutionary framework was used to develop a model of relational functioning among friends, focusing on the collaborative nature of close friendships and highlighting two adaptive mechanisms important in creating non-zero-sum outcomes among highly interdependent parties.
A Lay Theory of Relational Satisfaction with Best Friends
Tim Cole,James J. Bradac +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined people's lay beliefs regarding the causes of relational satisfaction among best friends and found that people have a detailed and elaborate set of assumptions regarding the causal relations between the sources of satisfaction.
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Relationship Development and Workplace Integration: An Evolutionary Perspective
Jc. Bruno Teboul,Tim Cole +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that recent scholarship emanating from the field of evolutionary psychology (EP) promises to further current understanding of relationship development processes in organizations, and highlight the potential of EP as both a metatheoretic framework through which seemingly disparate areas of scholarship can be unified, and a vehicle for theoretical development, a catalyst of novel predictions about communication in organizations.
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Theories of Intergroup Conflict: A Report of Lay Attributions
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of increasingly structured tasks are used to understand intergroup conflict in the context of lay theory. But it has not yet been applied to intergroup conflicts.
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