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Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

• Edited by Charles Crawford, Dennis Krebs

• Price: $75.00 $67.50
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 544
• Published by: Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
• Publication Date: 12th March 2008
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5957-7

About the Book

Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient problems, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with the problems people face in the modern world. Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of altruism, moral behavior, family violence, sexual aggression, warfare, aesthetics, the nature of language, and gender differences in mate choice and perception. It is helping us understand the relationships between cognitive science, developmental psychology, behavior genetics, personality, and social psychology.

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology provides an up-to-date review of the ideas, issues, and applications of contemporary evolutionary psychology. It is suitable for senior undergraduates, first year graduate students, or professionals who wish to become conversant with the major issues currently shaping the emergence of this dynamic new field. It will be interesting to psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and anyone interested in using new developments in the theory of evolution to gain new insights into human behavior.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction. C. Salmon, C. Crawford, Evolutionary Psychology: The Historical Context. Part I: Biological Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology. J. Alcock, C. Crawford, Evolutionary Questions for Evolutionary Psychologists. S.C Stearns, N. Allal, R. Mace, Life History Theory and Human Development. A.P. Møller, Sex and Sexual Selection. S.A. West, A. Gardner, A.S. Griffin, Kinship and Social Behavior. Part II: Development: The Bridge from Evolutionary Theory to Evolutionary Psychology. W. Brown, Sociogenomics for the Cognitive Adaptationist. M. Surbey, Selfish Genes, Developmental Systems, and the Evolution of Development. Part III: Evolved Mental Mechanisms: The Essence of Evolutionary Psychology. S.W. Gangestad, Biological Adaptations and Human Behavior. H.C. Barrett, Evolved Cognitive Mechanisms and Human Behavior. C. Crawford, Adaptations, Environments, and Behavior: Then and Now. D.P Schmitt, Evolutionary Psychology Research Methods. Part IV: The Evolutionary Psychology of Sex Differences. G.J. Scheyd, C.E. Garver-Apgar, S.W. Gangestad, Physical Attractiveness: Signals of Phenotypic Quality and Beyond. A. Davies, T. Shackelford, Two Human Natures: How Men and Women Evolved Different Psychologies. C. Salmon, Heroes and Hos: Reflections on Male and Female Natures. Part V: The Evolutionary Psychology of Prosocial Behavior. D.L. Krebs, How Selfish by Nature? H. Gintis, S. Bowles, R. Boyd, E. Fehr, Gene-Culture, Co-Evolution, and the Emergence of Altruistic Behavior in Humans. D.D.P. Johnson, M.E. Price, M. Takezawa, Renaissance of the Individual: Reciprocity, Positive Assortment, and the Puzzle of Human Cooperation. D.T. Kenrick, J.M. Sundie, R. Kurzban, Cooperation and Conflict Between Kith, Kin, and Strangers: Game Theory by Domains. R.H. Frank, On the Evolution of Moral Sentiments. Part VI: The Evolutionary Psychology of Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathology. M. Daly, M. Wilson, Is the "Cinderella Effect" Controversial? A Case Study of Evolution-Minded Research and Critiques Thereof. M. Schaller, S.L. Neuberg, Intergroup Prejudices and Intergroup Conflicts. S. Baron-Cohen, The Evolution of Brain Mechanisms for Social Behavior. C. Badcock, An Evolutionary Theory of Mind and Mental Illness: Genetic Conflict and the Mentalistic Continuum. A. Trois, Psychopathology and Mental Illness. Part VII: Exploring the Explanatory Power of Evolutionary Psychology. S. Atran, The Evolution of Religion. adaptatåionist

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