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Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Ideas, Issues, and Applications

678 Pages

by Routledge

678 Pages

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Originally published in 1998, the aim of the Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology was to compile a volume that would facilitate the development of the evolutionary approach to human behavior by communicating some of the major ideas, issues, and applications of the Theory of Evolution at the time. Part I introduces readers to those aspects of evolutionary theorizing that had been particularly... Read more

Preface. About the Contributors. Part 1: Ideas 1. The Theory of Evolution in the Study of Human Behavior: An Introduction and Overview Charles Crawford 2. Acting for the Good of Others: Kinship and Reciprocity with Some New Twists Hudson Kern Reeve 3. How Mate Choice Shaped Human Nature: A Review of Sexual Selection and Human Evolution Geoffrey F. Miller 4. The Evolution of Human Life Histories Bobbi S. Low 5. Evolutionary Approaches to Culture Maria Janicki and Dennis L. Krebs Part II: Issues 6. Can Behavior Genetics Contribute to Evolutionary Behavioral Science? J. Michael Bailey 7. Evolutionary Psychology and Theories of Cognitive Architecture Andrew Wells 8. Not Whether to Count Babies, But Which Laura Betzig 9. Environments and Adaptations: Then and Now Charles Crawford 10. Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses Harmon R. Holcomb III Part III: Applications 11. The Evolution of Moral Behaviors Dennis L. Krebs 12. Developmental Psychology and Modern Darwinism Michele K. Surbey 13. The Psychology of Human Mate Selection: Exploring the Complexity of the Strategic Repertoire David M. Buss 14. The Evolutionary Social Psychology of Family Violence Martin Daly and Margo Wilson 15. PsychoDarwinism: The New Synthesis of Darwin and Freud Christopher R. Badcock 16. Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology: The Missing Heart of Modern Cognitive Science Douglas T. Kenrick, Edward K. Sadalla and Richard C. Keefe 17. Evolutionary Psychology and Sexual Agression Neil M. Malamuth and Mario F. Heilmann 18. Darwinian Aesthetics Randy Thornhill 19. The Global Environmental Crisis and State Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective Yuwa Hedrick-Wong 20. The Evolutionary Psychology of Spatial Sex Differences Irwin Silverman and Krista Phillips 21. The Creation and Re-Creation of Language Derek Bickerton. Author Index. Subject Index.