The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology 4 Volume Hardback Set

Todd K. Shackelford is Distinguished Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Center for Evolutionary Psychological Science at Oakland University in Michigan, USA.

Part I. Foundations of Evolution: 1. Natural selection; 2. Sexual selection; 3. Inclusive fitness theory; 4. Adaptive problems in the domain of human sexuality; 5. Adaptations, Byproducts, and Spandrels; 6. Evolved psychological mechanisms: Properties and Evidence, Misconceptions and Mismatches; Part II. Middle-level Theories: 7. Parental investment theory; 8. Parent-offspring conflict; 9. Theory and evidence for reciprocal altruism; 10. Life history theory and mating strategies; 11.Sperm competition theory; 12.Sexual conflict theory; 13. Cross-species comparisons; 14. Cross-cultural methods in sexual psychology; 15. Behavioral genetics; 16. Sex differences and sex similarities; 17. Individual differences in sexual psychology; 18. Experimental methods in sexual psychology; Index.Part I. Pre-copulatory Adaptations: 19. Sexual preferences; 20. Men's extra-pair sexual interest; 21. Male sexual attraction tactics; 22. Men's intrasexual competition; 23. Domains of female choice; 24. Sexual coercion and rape; 25.Mate poaching by men; Part II. Copulatory Adaptations: 26. Sexual fantasy; 27. Ejaculation; 28. Copulatory thrusting in males; 29. Men's provisioning of oral sex; 30. Inducing female orgasm; 31. Copulatory urgency; Part III. 32. Post-ejaculatory adaptations to self-semen displacement; 33. Mate retention; 34. Shifts in partner attractiveness: Evolutionary and social factors; 35. Emotional commitment; 36. Sexual jealousy in males: The evolution of a specific mechanism for sexual Jealousy; 37.Men's attachment-related needs in the sexual arena; 38. Paternal care; 39. Paternal filicide; Index.Part I. Pre-copulatory Adaptations: 40. Women's preferences: Pre-copulatory adaptations; 41. Female sexual attraction tactics; 42. Extrapair sexual interest; 43. Female intrasexual competition; 44. Female intersexual selection; 45. Evolution of precopulatory defense from rape and coercion in women; 46. Mate poaching; Part II. Copulatory adaptations: 47. Sexual fantasies; 48. Copulatory thrusting; 49. Female provision of oral sex; 50.The adaptive value of women's orgasm; 51. Copulatory urgency: An evolutionary perspective of women's sexual desire; Part III. Post-copulatory adaptations: 52. Mate retention; 53. Shifts in partner attractiveness; 54. Emotional commitment; 55. Sexual jealousy; 56. On attachment and evolution: Recounting the story of, and stories in, attachment theory; 57. Maternal filicide; Index.Part I. Controversies and unresolved issues: 58. The female sexual orientation spectrum in evolutionary perspective; 59. The evolution of female same-sex attraction; 60. Male bisexuality; 61. Female bisexuality; 62. Masturbation in primates; Part II. Applications to health, law, and pornography; 63. Male reproductive health; 64. Women's menstrual cycles and ovulation provide balanced estradiol and progesterone for fertility and lifelong health; 65. Female genital cutting; 66. Costs of polygyny; 67. Male sexual disorders; 68. An evolutionary perspective on female sexual concerns and dysfunctions; 69. Evolutionary perspectives on male sexual offending; 70. Pornography and male sexual psychology; Part III. Non-human primate sexual behavior: 71. Chimpanzee sexual behavior; 72. Bonobo sexual psychology; 73. Orangutan sexual behavior; 74. Gibbon evolved sexual psychology; 75. Sexual behavior in Marmosets in the context of cooperative breeding; 76. Capuchin sexual behavior; 77. Sexual behaviour in Neanderthals; Index.