Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Issues
1 Evolutionary Psychology and Information Systems Theorizing . . 3
Ned Kock
2 Group-Level Evolution and Information Systems: What
Can We Learn From Animal Colonies in Nature? . . . . . . . . . . 39
Jaana Porra
3 Applying Evolutionary Psychology to the Study of
Post-adoption Information Technology Use: Reinforcement,
Extension, or Revolution? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ana Ortiz de Guinea and M. Lynne Markus
4 The Behavioral Ecology of Human Foraging in an Online
Environment: Of Omnivores, Informavores, and Hunter–Gatherers 85
Donald A. Hantula
Part II Empirical Research Exemplars
5 Surprise and Human Evolution: How a Snake Screen
Enhanced Knowledge Transfer Through
aWeb Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Ned Kock, Ruth Chatelain-Jardón, and Jesus Carmona
6 How Do e-Learners Participate in Synchronous Online
Discussions? Evolutionary and Social Psychological Perspectives . 119
Stefan Hrastinski
7 WhoIsinYour Shopping Cart? Expected and Experienced
Effects of Choice Abundance in the Online Dating Context . . . . . 149
Alison P. Lenton, Barbara Fasolo, and Peter M. Todd
8 Cognitive Adaptation and Collective Action: The P2P
File-Sharing Phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Henry F. Lyle and Roger J. Sullivan


9 Studying Invisibly: Media Naturalness
and Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Ina Blau and Avner Caspi
10 Using Evolutionary Psychology to Extend Our
Understanding of Fit and Human Drives in Information
Systems (IS) Utilization Decisions and Performance . . . . . . . . . 217
Chon Abraham and Iris Junglas
11 The Interaction of Communication Medium
and Management Control Systems in the Processes
and Outcomes of Transfer Price Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Penelope Sue Greenberg, Ralph H. Greenberg, and
Sakthi Mahenthiran
12 A Research Model for Online Social Behavior Based on an
Evolutionary, Social Psychological, and Technological Approach . 269
Ahmed Y. Mahfouz, Antonis Theocharous, and
Andreas G. Philaretou
Part III Emerging Issues and Debate
13 Costly Traits and e-Collaboration: The Importance of Oral
Speech in Electronic Knowledge Communication . . . . . . . . . . 289
Ned Kock
14 Homo Virtualensis: Evolutionary Psychology as a Tool for
Studying Video Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Zack Mendenhall, Gad Saad, and Marcelo Vinhal Nepomuceno
15 The Modern Hunter–Gatherer Hunts Aliens
and Gathers Power-Ups: The Evolutionary Appeal
of Violent Video Games and How They Can Be Beneficial . . . . . 329
Christopher J. Ferguson
16 Three Roads to Cultural Recurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Robert Aunger
17 Evolution as Metaphor: A Critical Review
of the Use of Evolutionary Concepts
in Information Systems and e-Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Bernd Carsten Stahl
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377