1st Edition
Evolutionary Social Psychology
448 Pages
by
Psychology Press
448 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many animal species. These days, to study any animal species while refusing to consider the evolved adaptive significance of their behavior would be considered pure folly--unless, of course, the species is... Read more
Contents: Part I:Introduction. D.T. Kenrick, J.A. Simpson, Why Social Psychology and Evolutionary Psychology Need One Another. Part II:Social Perception. D.L. Krebs, K. Denton, Social Illusions and Self-Deception: The Evolution of Biases in Person Perception. K. Springer, D.S. Berry, Rethinking the Role of Evolution in an Ecological Model of Social Perception. T.K. Shackleford, Perceptions of Betrayal and the Design of the Mind. Part III:Interpersonal Attraction. M.R. Cunningham, P.B. Druen, A.P. Barbee, Angels, Mentors, and Friends: Trade-Offs Among Evolutionary, Social, and Individual Variables in Physical Appearance. W.G. Graziano, L.A. Jensen-Campbell, M. Todd, J.F. Finch, Interpersonal Attraction From an Evolutionary Perspective: Women's Reactions to Dominant and Prosocial Men. Part IV:Pair Bonding and Mating Strategies. S.W. Gangestad, R. Thornhill, Human Sexual Selection and Developmental Stability. L.C. Miller, S.A. Fiskin, On the Dynamics of Human Bonding and Reproductive Success: Seeking Windows on the Adapted-For Human-Environmental Interface. D. Zeifman, C. Hazan, Attachment: The Bond in Pair-Bonds. Part V:Kinship and Social Relations. M. Daly, C. Salmon, M. Wilson, Kinship: The Conceptual Hole in Psychological Studies of Social Cognition and Close Relationships. N. Haslam, Four Grammars for Primate Social Relations. Part VI:Groups and Group Selection. L.R. Caporael, R.M. Baron, Groups as the Mind's Natural Environment. D.S. Wilson, Incorporating Group Selection Into the Adaptationist Program: A Case Study Involving Human Decision Making. Part VII:Capstone. D.M. Buss, The Emergence of Evolutionary Social Psychology.
Biography
Jeffry A. Simpson, Douglas Kenrick
"...presents an impressive series of case studies for why the rest of psychology should follow suit."
—Human Ethology Bulletin
