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A complete exploration of the real-world applications and implications of evolutionary psychology

The exciting and sometimes controversial science of evolutionary psychology is becoming increasingly relevant to more fields of study than ever before. The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2, Integrations provides students and researchers with new insight into how EP draws from, and is applied in, fields as diverse as economics, anthropology, neuroscience, genetics, and political science, among others. In this thorough revision and expansion of the groundbreaking handbook, luminaries in the field provide an in-depth exploration of the foundations of evolutionary psychology as they relate to public policy, consumer behavior, organizational leadership, and legal issues.

Evolutionary psychology seeks to explain the reasons behind friendship, leadership, warfare, morality, religion, and culture in short, what it means to be human. This enlightening te

Table of Contents

PART V GROUP LIVING: COOPERATION AND CONFLICT 621
David M. Buss and Daniel Conroy-Beam

25 Adaptations for Reasoning About Social Exchange 625
Leda Cosmides and John Tooby

26 Interpersonal Conflict and Violence 669
Martin Daly

27 Women’s Competition and Aggression 684
Anne Campbell

28 Prejudices: Managing Perceived Threats to Group Life 704
Steven L. Neuberg and Peter DeScioli

29 Leadership in War: Evolution, Cognition, and the Military Intelligence Hypothesis 722
Dominic D. P. Johnson

PART VI CULTURE AND COORDINATION 745
Daniel Conroy-Beam and David M. Buss

30 Cultural Evolution 749
Maciej Chudek, Michael Muthukrishna, and Joe Henrich

31 Morality 770
Robert Kurzban and Peter DeScioli

32 The Evolutionary Foundations of Status Hierarchy 788
Mark van Vugt and Joshua M. Tybur

33 Reputation 810
Pat Barclay

34 The Evolution and Ontogeny of Ritual 829
Cristine H. Legare and Rachel E. Watson-Jones

35 The Origins of Religion 848
Ara Norenzayan

36 The False Allure of Group Selection 867
Steven Pinker

PART VII INTERFACES WITH TRADITIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DISCIPLINES 881
David M. Buss

37 Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology 885
Peter M. Todd, Ralph Hertwig, and Ulrich Hoffrage

38 Evolutionary Developmental Psychology 904
David F. Bjorklund, Carlos Hernández Blasi, and Bruce J. Ellis

39 Evolutionary Social Psychology 925
Douglas T. Kenrick, Jon K. Maner, and Norman P. Li

40 The General Factor of Personality: A Hierarchical Life History Model 943
Aurelio José Figueredo, Michael A. Woodley of Menie, and W. Jake Jacobs

41 The Evolution of Cognitive Bias 968
Martie G. Haselton, Daniel Nettle, and Damian R. Murray

42 Biological Function and Dysfunction: Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychopathology 988
Jerome C. Wakefield

43 Evolutionary Psychology and Mental Health 1007
Randolph M. Nesse

PART VIII INTERFACES ACROSS TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES 1027
David M. Buss

44 Evolutionary Psychology and Evolutionary Anthropology 1029
Daniel M. T. Fessler, Jason A. Clark, and Edward K. Clint

45 Evolutionary Genetics 1047
Ruben C. Arslan and Lars Penke

46 Evolutionary Psychology and Endocrinology 1067
James R. Roney

47 Evolutionary Political Psychology 1084
Michael Bang Petersen

48 Evolutionary Literary Study 1103
Joseph Carroll

PART IX PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 1121
David M. Buss

49 Evolutionary Psychology and Public Policy 1123
Nicolas Baumard

50 Evolution and Consumer Psychology 1143
Gad Saad

51 Evolution and Organizational Leadership 1161
Nigel Nicholson

52 Evolutionary Psychology and the Law 1180
Owen D. Jones

Afterword 1205
Richard Dawkins

Author Index I-1

Subject Index I-30

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      Publication Date: 01/01/2016
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A complete exploration of the real-world applications and implications of evolutionary psychology

      The exciting and sometimes controversial science of evolutionary psychology is becoming increasingly relevant to more fields of study than ever before. The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2, Integrations provides students and researchers with new insight into how EP draws from, and is applied in, fields as diverse as economics, anthropology, neuroscience, genetics, and political science, among others. In this thorough revision and expansion of the groundbreaking handbook, luminaries in the field provide an in-depth exploration of the foundations of evolutionary psychology as they relate to public policy, consumer behavior, organizational leadership, and legal issues.

      Evolutionary psychology seeks to explain the reasons behind friendship, leadership, warfare, morality, religion, and culture in short, what it means to be human. This enlightening te

      Table of Contents

      PART V GROUP LIVING: COOPERATION AND CONFLICT 621
      David M. Buss and Daniel Conroy-Beam

      25 Adaptations for Reasoning About Social Exchange 625
      Leda Cosmides and John Tooby

      26 Interpersonal Conflict and Violence 669
      Martin Daly

      27 Women’s Competition and Aggression 684
      Anne Campbell

      28 Prejudices: Managing Perceived Threats to Group Life 704
      Steven L. Neuberg and Peter DeScioli

      29 Leadership in War: Evolution, Cognition, and the Military Intelligence Hypothesis 722
      Dominic D. P. Johnson

      PART VI CULTURE AND COORDINATION 745
      Daniel Conroy-Beam and David M. Buss

      30 Cultural Evolution 749
      Maciej Chudek, Michael Muthukrishna, and Joe Henrich

      31 Morality 770
      Robert Kurzban and Peter DeScioli

      32 The Evolutionary Foundations of Status Hierarchy 788
      Mark van Vugt and Joshua M. Tybur

      33 Reputation 810
      Pat Barclay

      34 The Evolution and Ontogeny of Ritual 829
      Cristine H. Legare and Rachel E. Watson-Jones

      35 The Origins of Religion 848
      Ara Norenzayan

      36 The False Allure of Group Selection 867
      Steven Pinker

      PART VII INTERFACES WITH TRADITIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DISCIPLINES 881
      David M. Buss

      37 Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology 885
      Peter M. Todd, Ralph Hertwig, and Ulrich Hoffrage

      38 Evolutionary Developmental Psychology 904
      David F. Bjorklund, Carlos Hernández Blasi, and Bruce J. Ellis

      39 Evolutionary Social Psychology 925
      Douglas T. Kenrick, Jon K. Maner, and Norman P. Li

      40 The General Factor of Personality: A Hierarchical Life History Model 943
      Aurelio José Figueredo, Michael A. Woodley of Menie, and W. Jake Jacobs

      41 The Evolution of Cognitive Bias 968
      Martie G. Haselton, Daniel Nettle, and Damian R. Murray

      42 Biological Function and Dysfunction: Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychopathology 988
      Jerome C. Wakefield

      43 Evolutionary Psychology and Mental Health 1007
      Randolph M. Nesse

      PART VIII INTERFACES ACROSS TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES 1027
      David M. Buss

      44 Evolutionary Psychology and Evolutionary Anthropology 1029
      Daniel M. T. Fessler, Jason A. Clark, and Edward K. Clint

      45 Evolutionary Genetics 1047
      Ruben C. Arslan and Lars Penke

      46 Evolutionary Psychology and Endocrinology 1067
      James R. Roney

      47 Evolutionary Political Psychology 1084
      Michael Bang Petersen

      48 Evolutionary Literary Study 1103
      Joseph Carroll

      PART IX PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 1121
      David M. Buss

      49 Evolutionary Psychology and Public Policy 1123
      Nicolas Baumard

      50 Evolution and Consumer Psychology 1143
      Gad Saad

      51 Evolution and Organizational Leadership 1161
      Nigel Nicholson

      52 Evolutionary Psychology and the Law 1180
      Owen D. Jones

      Afterword 1205
      Richard Dawkins

      Author Index I-1

      Subject Index I-30

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