The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (eBook)

David M. Buss has taught at Harvard University, University of Michigan, and the University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently Professor of Evolutionary Psychology.

Foreword (Steven Pinker).

Acknowledgments.

Contributors.

Introduction: The Emergence of Evolutionary Psychology (David M.Buss).

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY (David M.Buss).

1. Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology (John Toobyand Leda Cosmides).

2. Life History Theory and Evolutionary Psychology (Hillard S.Kaplan and Steven W. Gangestad).

3. Domain Specificity and Intuitive Ontology (Pascal Boyer andH. Clark Barrett).

4. Methods of Evolutionary Sciences (Jeffry A. Simpson and LorneCampbell).

5. Controversial Issues in Evolutionary Psychology (Edward H.Hagen).

PART II: SURVIVAL (David M. Buss).

6. Locating Places (Irwin Silverman and Jean Choi).

7. Adaptations to Predators and Prey (H. Clark Barrett).

8. Adaptations to Dangers from Humans (Joshua D. Duntley).

PART III: MATING (David M. Buss).

Adaptationism and Human Mating Psychology (Donald Symons).

9. Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies (David P.Schmitt).

10. Physical Attractiveness in Adaptationist Perspective(Lawrence S. Sugiyama).

11. Adaptations to Ovulation (Steven W. Gangestad, RandyThornhill, and Christine E. Garver-Apgar).

12. Female Infidelity and Sperm Competition (Todd K.Shackelford, Nicholas Pound, Aaron T. Goetz, and Craig W.LaMunyon).

13. Sexual Coercion (Neil M. Malamuth, Mark Huppin, and BryantPaul).

14. Commitment, Love, and Mate Retention (Lorne Campbell andBruce J. Ellis).

PART IV: PARENTING AND KINSHIP (Martin Daly and MargoWilson).

15. Cooperation and Conflict among Kin (Jeffrey A. Kurland andSteven J. C. Gaulin).

16. Evolution of Paternal Investment (David C. Geary).

17. Parental Investment and Parent-Offspring Conflict (CatherineSalmon).

18. Altruism and Genetic Relatedness (Eugene Burnstein).

19. Hormones and the Human Family (Mark V. Flinn, Carol V. Ward,and Robert J. Noone).

PART V: GROUP LIVING (David M. Buss).

20. Neurocognitive Adaptations Designed for Social Exchange(Leda Cosmides and John Tooby).

21. Aggression (Anne Campbell).

22. Managing Ingroup and Outgroup Relationships (Robert Kurzbanand Steven Neuberg).

23. Dominance, Status, and Social Hierarchies (DeniseCummins).

24. The Evolution of Language (Peter F. MacNeilage and BarbaraL. Davis).

25. The Evolution of Cognitive Bias (Martie G. Haselton, DanielNettle, and Paul W. Andrews).

26. The Evolution of Morality (Dennis Krebs).

PART VI: EVOLUTIONIZING TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINES OF PSYCHOLOGY(David M. Buss).

27. Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology (Peter M. Todd, RalphHertwig, and Ulrich Hoffrage).

28. Evolutionary Social Psychology (Douglas T. Kenrick, Jon K.Maner, and Norman P. Li).

29. Evolutionary Developmental Psychology (David F. Bjorklundand Carlos Hernández Blasi).

30. Evolutionary Personality Psychology (Aurelio JoséFigueredo, Jon A. Sefcek, Geneva Vasquez, Barbara H. Brumbach,James E. King, and W. Jake Jacobs).

31. Biological Function and Dysfunction (Jerome C.Wakefield).

32 Evolutionary Psychology and Mental Health (Randolph M.Nesse).

PART VII: APPLICATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY TO OTHERDISCIPLINES (David M. Buss).

33. Literature and Evolutionary Psychology (Joseph Carroll).

34. Evolutionary Psychology and the Law (Owen D. Jones).

Afterword (Richard Dawkins).

Author Index.

Subject Index.

"Highly Recommended!" (Choice, September 2006)

" ... all university libraries catering for the broad rangeof the behavioural sciences should certainly consider acquiringcopies for their lending stock." (Reference Reviews, April2006)