This book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The Ne w Science of the Mind, 5/e provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary psychology, and applies them to empirical research on the human mind. Content topics are logically arrayed, starting with challenges of survival, mating, parenting, and kinship; and then progressing to challenges of group living, including cooperation, aggression, sexual conflict, and status, prestige, and social hierarchies. Students gain a deep understanding of applying evolutionary psychology to their own lives and all the people they interact with.
In This Section:
I) Brief Table of Contents
II) Detailed Table of Contents
I) Brief Table of Contents
PART ONE - FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 1. The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 2. The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
PART TWO – PROBLEMS OF SURVIVAL
Chapter 3. Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature: Human Survival Problems
PART THREE - CHALLENGES OF SEX AND MATING
Chapter 4. Women’s Long-Term Mating Strategies
Chapter 5. Men’s Long-Term Mating Strategies
Chapter 6. Short-Term Sexual Strategies
PART FOUR - CHALLENGES OF PARENTING AND KINSHIP
Chapter 7. Problems of Parenting
Chapter 8. Problems of Kinship
PART FIVE - 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
PART SIX - AN INTEGRATED PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Chapter 13. Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology
II) Detail Table of Contents
PART ONE - FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 1. The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology
Landmarks in the History of Evolutionary Thinking
Common Misunderstandings about Evolutionary Theory
Milestones in the Origins of Modern Humans
Landmarks in the Field of Psychology
Chapter 2. The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
The Origins of Human Nature
The Core of Human Nature: Fundamentals of Evolved Psycho-logical Mechanisms
Methods for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses
Sources of Data for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses
Identifying Adaptive Problems
PART TWO – PROBLEMS OF SURVIVAL
Chapter 3. Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature: Human Survival Problems
Food Acquisition and Selection
Finding a Place to Live: Shelter and Landscape Preferences
Combating Predators and Other Environmental Dangers: Fears, Phobias, Anxieties, and "Adaptive Biases"
Why Do People Die?
PART THREE - CHALLENGES OF SEX AND MATING
Chapter 4. Women’s Long-Term Mating Strategies
Theoretical Background for the Evolution of Mate Preferences
The Content of Women’s Mate Preferences
Context Effects on Women’s Mate Preferences
How Women’s Mate Preferences Affect Actual Mating Behavior
Chapter 5. Men’s Long-Term Mating Strategies
Theoretical Background for the Evolution of Men’s Mate Preferences
The Content of Men’s Mate Preferences
Context Effects on Men’s Mating Behavior
Effect of Men’s Preferences on Actual Mating Behavior
Chapter 6. Short-Term Sexual Strategies
Theories of Men’s Short-Term Mating
Evidence for an Evolved Short-Term Mating Psychology
Women’s Short-Term Mating
Context Effects on Short-Term Mating
PART FOUR - CHALLENGES OF PARENTING AND KINSHIP
Chapter 7. Problems of Parenting
Why Do Mothers Provide More Parental Care Than Fathers?
An Evolutionary Perspective on Parental Care
The Theory of Parent–Offspring Conflict
Chapter 8. Problems of Kinship
Theory and Implications of Inclusive Fitness
Empirical Findings that Support the Implications of Inclusive Fitness Theory
PART FIVE - PROBLEMS OF GROUP LIVING
Chapter 9. Cooperative Alliances
The Evolution of Cooperation
A Theory of Reciprocal Altruism
Cooperation among Nonhumans
Cooperation and Altruism among Humans
Chapter 10. Aggression and Warfare
Aggression as a Solution to Adaptive Problems
Why Are Men More Violently Aggressive Than Women?
Empirical Evidence for Distinct Adaptive Patterns of Aggression
Chapter 11. Conflict between the Sexes
Strategic Interference Theory
Conflict about the Occurrence and Timing of Sex
Sexual Aggression and Evolved Defenses against Sexual Aggression
Jealous Conflict
From Vigilance to Violence: Tactics of Mate Retention
Conflict over Access to Resources
Chapter 12. Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance
The Emergence of Dominance Hierarchies
Dominance and Status in Nonhuman Animals
Evolutionary Theories of Dominance, Prestige, and Status
PART SIX - AN INTEGRATED PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Chapter 13. Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology
Evolutionary Social Psychology
Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
Evolutionary Personality Psychology
Evolutionary Clinical Psychology
Evolutionary Cultural Psychology
Toward a Unified Psychology