Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Steven Pinker


Acknowledgments xvii


Contributors xix


Introduction: The Emergence of Evolutionary Psychology xxiii
David M. Buss


PART I FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY
David M. Buss


1 Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology 5
John Tooby and Leda Cosmides


2 Life History Theory and Evolutionary Psychology 68
Hillard S. Kaplan and Steven W. Gangestad


3 Domain Specificity and Intuitive Ontology 96
Pascal Boyer and H. Clark Barrett


4 Methods of Evolutionary Sciences 119
Jeffry A. Simpson and Lorne Campbell


5 Controversial Issues in Evolutionary Psychology 145
Edward H. Hagen


PART II SURVIVAL
David M. Buss


6 Locating Places 177
Irwin Silverman and Jean Choi


7 Adaptations to Predators and Prey 200
H. Clark Barrett


8 Adaptations to Dangers from Humans 224
Joshua D. Duntley


PART III MATING
David M. Buss


Adaptationism and Human Mating Psychology 255
Donald Symons


9 Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies 258
David P. Schmitt


10 Physical Attractiveness in Adaptationist Perspective 292
Lawrence S. Sugiyama


11 Adaptations to Ovulation 344
Steven W. Gangestad, Randy Thornhill, and Christine E. Garver-Apgar


12 Female Infidelity and Sperm Competition 372
Todd K. Shackelford, Nicholas Pound, Aaron T. Goetz, and Craig W. LaMunyon


13 Sexual Coercion 394
Neil M. Malamuth, Mark Huppin, and Bryant Paul


14 Commitment, Love, and Mate Retention 419
Lorne Campbell and Bruce J. Ellis


PART IV PARENTING AND KINSHIP
Martin Daly and Margo Wilson


15 Cooperation and Conflict among Kin 447
Jeffrey A. Kurland and Steven J. C. Gaulin


16 Evolution of Paternal Investment 483
David C. Geary


17 Parental Investment and Parent-Offspring Conflict 506
Catherine Salmon


18 Altruism and Genetic Relatedness 528
Eugene Burnstein


19 Hormones and the Human Family 552
Mark V. Flinn, Carol V. Ward, and Robert J. Noone


PART V GROUP LIVING
David M. Buss


20 Neurocognitive Adaptations Designed for Social Exchange 584
Leda Cosmides and John Tooby


21 Aggression 628
Anne Campbell


22 Managing Ingroup and Outgroup Relationships 653
Robert Kurzban and Steven Neuberg


23 Dominance, Status, and Social Hierarchies 676
Denise Cummins


24 The Evolution of Language 698
Peter F. MacNeilage and Barbara L. Davis


25 The Evolution of Cognitive Bias 724
Martie G. Haselton, Daniel Nettle, and Paul W. Andrews


26 The Evolution of Morality 747
Dennis Krebs


PART VI EVOLUTIONIZING TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINES OF PSYCHOLOGY
David M. Buss


27 Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology 776
Peter M. Todd, Ralph Hertwig, and Ulrich Hoffrage


28 Evolutionary Social Psychology 803
Douglas T. Kenrick, Jon K. Maner, and Norman P. Li


29 Evolutionary Developmental Psychology 828
David F. Bjorklund and Carlos Hernández Blasi


30 Evolutionary Personality Psychology 851
Aurelio José Figueredo, Jon A. Sefcek, Geneva Vasquez, Barbara H. Brumbach, James E. King, and W. Jake Jacobs


31 Biological Function and Dysfunction 878
Jerome C. Wakefield


32 Evolutionary Psychology and Mental Health 903
Randolph M. Nesse


PART VII APPLICATIONS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY TO OTHER DISCIPLINES
David M. Buss


33 Literature and Evolutionary Psychology 931
Joseph Carroll


34 Evolutionary Psychology and the Law 953
Owen D. Jones


Afterword 975
Richard Dawkins


Author Index 981


Subject Index 1009

About the Author

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.

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