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Book SynopsisThe indispensable reference tool for the groundbreaking science of evolutionary psychology Why is the mind designed the way it is? How does input from the environment interact with the mind to produce behavior? These are the big, unanswered questions that the field of evolutionary psychology seeks to explore.
Table of ContentsForeword ix
Steven Pinker
Acknowledgments xv
Contributors xvii
Introduction: The Emergence and Maturation of Evolutionary Psychology xxiii
David M. Buss
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 1
David M. Buss
1 The Theoretical Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology 3
John Tooby and Leda Cosmides
2 Life History Theory and Evolutionary Psychology 88
Marco Del Giudice, Steven W. Gangestad, and Hillard S. Kaplan
3 Methods of Evolutionary Sciences 115
Jeffry A. Simpson and Lorne Campbell
4 Evolutionary Psychology and Its Critics 136
Edward H. Hagen
5 Intuitive Ontologies and Domain Specificity 161
Pascal Boyer and H. Clark Barrett
PART II SURVIVAL 181
David M. Buss
6 The Evolutionary Psychology of Food Intake and Choice 183
Paul Rozin and Peter M. Todd
7 The Behavioral Immune System 206
Mark Schaller
8 Spatial Navigation and Landscape Preferences 225
Irwin Silverman and Jean Choi
9 Adaptations to Predators and Prey 246
H. Clark Barrett
10 Adaptations to Dangers From Humans 264
Joshua D. Duntley
PART III MATING 287
Challenges of Mating 287
David M. Buss
Adaptationism and Human Mating Psychology 291
Donald Symons
11 Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies 294
David P. Schmitt
12 Physical Attractiveness: An Adaptationist Perspective 317
Lawrence S. Sugiyama
13 Contest Competition in Men 385
David A. Puts, Drew H. Bailey, and Philip L. Reno
14 Women’s Sexual Interests Across the Ovulatory Cycle 403
Steven W. Gangestad, Randy Thornhill, and Christine E. Garver-Apgar
15 Human Sperm Competition 427
Todd K. Shackelford, Aaron T. Goetz, Craig W. LaMunyon, Michael N. Pham, and Nicholas Pound
16 Human Sexuality and Inbreeding Avoidance 444
Debra Lieberman and Jan Antfolk
17 Sexual Coercion 462
Mark Huppin and Neil M. Malamuth
18 Love and Commitment in Romantic Relationships 482
Lorne Campbell and Timothy J. Loving
PART IV PARENTING AND KINSHIP 499
Martin Daly
19 Kin Selection 505
Raymond Hames
20 Evolution of Paternal Investment 524
David C. Geary
21 Parental Investment and Parent-Offspring Conflict 542
Catherine Salmon
22 The Evolutionary Ecology of the Family 561
Ruth Mace
23 Hunter-Gatherer Families and Parenting 578
Coren L. Apicella and Alyssa N. Crittenden
24 The Role of Hormones in the Evolution of Human Sociality 598
Mark V. Flinn and Carol V. Ward
Author Index I-1
Subject Index I-30
