Evolutionary Psychology : The New Science of the Mind
ISBN: 9780205483389 | 0205483380
Edition: 3rdFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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David M. Buss is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas.
The third edition of Evolutionary Psychology continues to be the premier text for the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology, and this major update contains nearly 400 new references.
Written by well-known author and researcher, David Buss, this was the premier and original book for the burgeoning field of Evolutionary Psychology.Thoroughly revised, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the field in a bo... MORE
The third edition of Evolutionary Psychology continues to be the premier text for the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology, and this major update contains nearly 400 new references.
Written by well-known author and researcher, David Buss, this was the premier and original book for the burgeoning field of Evolutionary Psychology.Thoroughly revised, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the field in a bo... MORE
| Preface to the Second Edition | |
| Preface to the First Edition | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Foundations Of Evolutionary Psychology | |
| Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary | |
| PsychologyLandmarks in the History of Evolutionary | |
| Psychology Evolution before Darwin Darwin's | |
| Theory of Natural Selection Darwin's | |
| Theory of Sexual Selection | ... MORE |
| The Role of Natural and Sexual Selection in Evolutionary | |
| Theory The Modern Synthesis | |
| Genes and Particulate Inheritance | |
| The Ethology Movement | |
| The Inclusive Fitness Revolution | |
| Clarifying Adaptation and Natural Selection | |
| Trivers's Seminal Theories | |
| The Sociobiology Controversy | |
| Common Misunderstandings About Evolutionary | |
| Theory Misunderstanding | |
| Human Behavior is Genetically Determined Misunderstanding | |
| If It's Evolutionary, Then We Can't Change It Misunderstanding | |
| Current Mechanisms are Optimally Designed | |
| Milestones in the Origins of Modern Humans | |
| Out of Africa versusMultiregional OriginsLandmarks in the Field of Psychology | |
| Freud's psychoanalytic theory Williams James and the Psychology of Instincts | |
| The Rise of Behaviorism | |
| The Astonishing Discoveries of Cultural Variability | |
| The Garcia effect, prepared fears, and decline of behaviorism Peering into the Black | |
| Box: The Cognitive RevolutionSummary | |
| The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | |
| The Origins of Human Nature | |
| Three Theories of the Origins of Adaptive Mechanisms | |
| The Three Products of Evolution | |
| Levels of Evolutionary Analysis in Evolutionary Psychology | |
| The Core of Human Nature | |
| Fundamentals of Evolved Psychological Mechanisms | |
| All Species Have a Nature | |
| Definition of an Evolved | |
| Psychological Mechanism Important Properties of Evolved | |
| Psychological Mechanisms | |
| Methods for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses | |
| Comparing Different Species | |
| Comparing Males and Females | |
| Comparing Individuals within a Species | |
| Comparing the Same Individuals in Different | |
| Contexts Experimental Methods | |
| Sources of Data for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses | |
| Archeological Records Data From Hunter-Gatherer | |
| Societies Observations Self-Reports | |
| Life-history Data and Public Records | |
| Human Products Transcending the Limitations of Single Data Sources | |
| Identifying the Adaptive Problems Guidance of Modern | |
| Evolutionary Theory Guidance from Knowledge of Universal | |
| Human Structures Guidance from Traditional Societies | |
| Guidance from the Paleoarcheology and Paleoanthropology | |
| Guidance from Current Mechanisms | |
| Guidance from Task Analysis Organization of Adaptive | |
| Problems | |
| Summary | |
| Problems Of Survival | |
| Survival Problems and Solutions | |
| Food Acquisition and Selection | |
| Food Selection in Rats Food Selection in Humans Sickness in Pregnant Women | |
| The Embryo Protection Hypothesis | |
| Why Humans Like Spices | |
| The Antimicrobial Hypothesis | |
| Why Humans Like to Drink Alcohol | |
| An Evolutionary Hangover? | |
| The Hunting Hypothesis | |
| The Gathering Hypothesis | |
| Comparing the Hunting and Gathering Hypotheses | |
| The Scavenging Hypothesis | |
| Adaptations to Gathering and Hunting | |
| Sex Differences in Specific Spatial Abilities | |
| Finding a Place to Live | |
| Shelter and Landscape | |
| Preferences | |
| The Savanna Hypothesis | |
| Combating Predators and Other Environmental Dangers | |
| Fears, Phobias, Anxieties, and "Evolutionary Memories" Most common human fears | |
| The Adaptive Conservation Hypothesis of Fears Children's | |
| Anti-Predator Adaptations Combating Disease | |
| Are Humans Programmed to Die? | |
| The Theory of Senescence | |
| The Puzzle of Suicide | |
| Summary | |
| Challenges Of Sex and Mating | |
| Women's Long-Term Mating Strategies | |
| Theoretical Background for the Evolution of Mate | |
| Preferences | |
| Asexual versus Sexual Reproduction Parental Investment and Sexual Selection | |
| Mate Preferences as Evolved Psychological Mechanisms | |
| The Content of Women's | |
| Mate Preferences | |
| Preference for Economic Resources | |
| Preference for Good Financial Prospects | |
| Preference for High Social Status | |
| Preference for Older Men | |
| Preference for Ambition and Industriousness | |
| Preference for Dependability and Stability | |
| Preference for Size and Strength | |
| Preference for Good Health and | |
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