Table of Contents
Preface
Supplements
Acknowledgements
Part 1 - Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 1 - The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 2 - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
Part 2 - Problems of Survival
Chapter 3 - Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature
Part 3 - Challenges of Sex and Mating
Chapter 4 - Womens Long-Term Mating strategies
Chapter 5 - Mens Long-Term Mating Strategies
Chapter 6 - Short-Term Sexual Strategies
Part 4 - Challenges of Parenting and Kinship
Chapter 7 - Problems of Parenting
Chapter 8 - Problems of Kinship
Part 5 - Problems of Group Living
Chapter 9 - Cooperative Alliances
Chapter 10 - Aggression and Warfare
Chapter 11 - Conflict between the Sexes
Chapter 12 - Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance
Chapter 13 - Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology
Bibliography
Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary psychology is a revolutionary new science, a true synthesis of modern principles of psychology and evolutionary biology. Since the publication of the award-winning first edition of Evolutionary Psychology, there has been an explosion of research within the field. In this book, David M. Buss examines human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, providing students with the conceptual tools needed to study evolutionary psychology and apply them to empirical research on the human mind. This edition contains expanded coverage of cultural evolution, with a new section on culturegene co-evolution, additional studies discussing interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, expanded discussions of evolutionary hypotheses that have been empirically disconfirmed, and much more! Evolutionary Psychology features a wealth of student friendly pedagogy including critical-thinking questions and case study boxes designed to show how to apply evolutionary psychology to real-life situations. It is also accompanied by a thoroughly updated companion website featuring PowerPoints for each chapter, test bank questions, and links to web resources and videos. Evolutionary Psychology is an invaluable resource for undergraduates studying psychology, biology and anthropology.
