Carol Weisfeld
Carol Weisfeld
Professor Emerita
Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
- M.A., University of Chicago
- B.A., St. Xavier College
Biography
Carol Cronin Weisfeld taught courses in human development, human sexuality, sex differences and sex roles, cross-cultural psychology and health psychology. She co-authored one edited book, and her research on male/female relations has appeared in such journals as Genetic Psychology Monographs and Archives of Sexual Behavior. Her current research concerns marital satisfaction in the U.S., England, Turkey, Russia, and China. "The Psychology of Marriage: An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View," published by Lexington books in 2018, summarized that research.
In her teaching and research, Weisfeld is committed to understanding behavior as the product of multiple levels of causation, including proximate and ultimate causation. This integrative view is in the tradition of Ethology (as seen in the work of Tinbergen and Eibl-Eibesfeldt) and it is also a natural fit with current behavioral genetic breakthroughs in areas such as epigenetics.
At Detroit Mercy, Weisfeld was active in University governance, providing leadership service to the faculty union and the McNichols Faculty Assembly. Weisfeld holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Xavier College in Chicago and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She was selected as the 1994 recipient of the President's Award for Faculty Excellence at Detroit Mercy. She received Detroit Mercy's Distinguished Faculty Award in 2004. She joined the University (Mercy College of Detroit) in 1979 and retired in 2018 with the honor of professor emerita.
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Courses Taught at University of Detroit Mercy
- Human Development
- Human Sexuality
- Sex Differences
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Health Psychology
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Publications
Dillon, L.M., Nowak, N.T., Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, C.C., Shattuck, K.S., Imamoğlu, E.O., Butovskaya, M. & Shen. (2015). Sources of marital conflict in five cultures. Evolutionary Psychology, 13(1): 1-15.
Weisfeld, C.C. & Silveri, A. A (2014). Healthy Respect for Sex Differences, with CVD and PTSD as Cautionary Lessons. In Peter LaFreniere and Glenn Weisfeld (Eds.), Evolutionary Science of Human Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Approach. (pp. 381-412). New York: Linus Learning.
Weisfeld, G. & Weisfeld, C.C. (2014). An evolutionary analysis of marriage. In P. LaFreniere and G.Weisfeld (Eds.), Evolutionary Science of Human Behavior: An interdisciplinary approach. (pp. 307-326). New York: Linus Learning.
Dillon, L.M., Nowak, N.T., Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoglu, E.O., Butovskaya, M., & Shen, J. (2014). Attractiveness and Spousal Infidelity as Predictors of Sexual Fulfillment without the marriage Partner in Couples from Five Cultures. Human Ethology Bulletin, 29(1), 18-38.
Weisfeld, C.C., & Weisfeld, G.E. (2013). Defining Normal on the Playground: What Would Tinbergen do? Human Ethology Bulletin, 28(4), 12-22.
Pardo, Y., Weisfeld, C.C., Hill, E.L., and Slatcher, R.B. (2013). Machismo and Marital Satisfaction in Mexican American Couples. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44(2), pp. 257 - 273. doi: 10.1177/0022022112443854
Weisfeld, C.C., Dillon, L. M., Nowak, Mims, K. R., Weisfeld, G. E., Imamoglu, E.O., Butovskaya, M., & Shen, J.(2011). Sex differences and similarities in married couples: biological and cultural influences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, DOI 10.1007/s10508-011-9790-9.
Weisfeld, G., Nowak, N.T., Lucas, T., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoglu, E.O., Butovskaya, M., Shen, J., & Parkhill, M. (2011). Do women seek humorousness in men because it signals intelligence: A cross-cultural test. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 24(4), 435-462.
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Conferences
Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, C.C., & Weisfeld, G.E. (2015). Similarities and differences between heterosexual and homosexual couples based on MARQ data. Paper presented at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology, Athens, Greece, May 2015.
DeLecce, T., Weisfeld, G.E., & Weisfeld, C.C. (2015). Evolutionary explanations for Sex differences and similarities in how non-marital breakups are experienced. Paper presented at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology, Athens, Greece, May 2015.
Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, C.C., Weisfeld, G.E., & Stack, M. (2014). Experimenter effect In observational studies: Does experimenter gender affect mate guarding behavior? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Human Ethology, Belem, Brazil, August 2014.
Shattuck, K.S., Dillon, L.M., Weisfeld, C.C., & Weisfeld, G.E. (2013). Mediators of the association between number of children and lower marital satisfaction: A cross-cultural analysis. Paper presented at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2013.
Dillon, L.M., Nowak, N.T., Shattuck, K., Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoglu, E.O., Butovskaya, M., & Shen, Jiliang. (2012). Using Actor-Partner Interdependence Models to examine the influence of attractiveness, financial status, and children variables on marital satisfaction. Paper presented at the International Society for Human Ethology Congress, Vienna, Austria, August 2012.
Nowak, N.T., Weisfeld, G. E., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoglu, E.O., Shen, J., & Butovskaya, M. (2010). Attractiveness and spousal infidelity as predictors of extramarital sexual behavior in couples from five cultures. Poster presented at the International Society for Human Ethology Congress, Madison, WI, August 2010.
Weisfeld, C.C. (2010). Traditional methods in ethology. Symposium presentation at the International Society for Human Ethology Congress, Madison, WI, August 2010.
Abati, F. Giner, Jenaro, C., Weisfeld, G.E. & Weisfeld, C.C. (2009). Love and marriage satisfaction in polygynous families from Central Africa: Preliminary analyses. Poster presented at the Summer Institute, International Society for Human Ethology, Orono, Maine, July 2009.
Weisfeld, C.C. (2009). Long-term partnership: What it means in the postmodern era. Invited Presentation at the Psychology at the Millenium Conference, Natal, Brazil, April 2009.
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Organizations / Affiliations
She serves as an editor occasionally for the Human Ethology Bulletin and several developmental/family journals.