Main description:

Where did we come from?

What is our connection with other life forms?

What are the mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being?

Evolutionary psychology is a revolutionary new science, a true synthesis of modern principles of psychology and evolutionary biology. Since the publication of the award-winning first edition of Evolutionary Psychology, there has been an explosion of research within the field. In this book, David M. Buss examines human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, providing students with the conceptual tools needed to study evolutionary psychology and apply them to empirical research on the human mind.

This edition contains expanded coverage of cultural evolution, with a new section on culture-gene co-evolution, additional studies discussing interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, expanded discussions of evolutionary hypotheses that have been empirically disconfirmed, and much more!

Evolutionary Psychology features a wealth of student-friendly pedagogy including critical-thinking questions and case study boxes designed to show how to apply evolutionary psychology to real-life situations. It is an invaluable resource for undergraduates studying psychology, biology and anthropology.

See "Support Material" below for new online resources, including PowerPoint slides and Instructor's Manual and Test Bank.

Contents:

Preface

Supplements

Acknowledgements

Part 1 - Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Chapter 1 - The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology

Chapter 2 - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

Part 2 - Problems of Survival

Chapter 3 - Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature

Part 3 - Challenges of Sex and Mating

Chapter 4 - Women's Long-Term Mating strategies

Chapter 5 - Men's Long-Term Mating Strategies

Chapter 6 - Short-Term Sexual Strategies

Part 4 - Challenges of Parenting and Kinship

Chapter 7 - Problems of Parenting

Chapter 8 - Problems of Kinship

Part 5 - Problems of Group Living

Chapter 9 - Cooperative Alliances

Chapter 10 - Aggression and Warfare

Chapter 11 - Conflict between the Sexes

Chapter 12 - Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance

Chapter 13 - Toward a Unified Evolutionary Psychology

Bibliography