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Book SynopsisThere''s intelligence involved in mating? Until recently, evolutionary psychologists have considered human mating behavior to be universal and similar to other animals, painting a picture of human mating as visceral, animalistic, and instinctual. But that''s not the whole story. In courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry, we are guided by Mating Intelligence, or the range of psychological abilities designed for sexual reproduction. Mating Intelligence is at work in our efforts to form, maintain, coordinate, and terminate relationships. It guides us in flirtation, foreplay, copulation, mind-reading, mate search, mate choice, and many other behaviors that may have reproductive payoffs.In Mating Intelligence Unleashed, psychologists Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman take a fascinating tour of the intersection of mating and intelligence by drawing on cutting-edge research on evolutionary psychology, intelligence, creativity, personality, social psychology, developmental psy
Trade Review[a] delightful and fascinating book ... An important contribution to the literature ... Highly recommended. * R.R. Cornelius, CHOICE *
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Cupid's Cognitive Arrow ; 2. "I'm Too Sexy for this Canvas": Why Creativity is Sexy ; 3. Wanted! Neurotic Mess: The Role of Personality in Mating ; 4. What's your Cue?: Attractiveness and Mate Choice in the Real World ; 5. Game Plans: The Highly Contextual Nature of Human Mating Strategies ; 6. "She Totally Wants Me": In the World of Mating, Biased Perceptions are Everywhere ; 7. "I Really am a Tall Doctor - And of Course I Love You!": Mind-Reading, Emotional Intelligence, and Deception ; 8. Do Nice Guys Finish Last?: The Multiple Routes to Mating Success ; 9. Mating Intelligence Saves the World ; 10. The Mating Intelligence Scale
