Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the MindAllyn and Bacon, 2004 - 455 páginas Focuses on the field of evolutionary psychology. This second edition offers a logical progression of topics by discussing adaptive problems that humans face. It integrates material on cognition and language throughout the text. It includes stories, media and cultural examples and illustrations, and applications to the personal lives of students. |
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... offspring are a sort of vehicle for their parents . They are the means by which their parents ' genes may get transported to succeeding gener- ations . Without children an individual's genes may perish forever . Given the supreme ...
... offspring are a sort of vehicle for their parents . They are the means by which their parents ' genes may get transported to succeeding gener- ations . Without children an individual's genes may perish forever . Given the supreme ...
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... offspring and benefit as a result or can abandon the offspring . If the offspring benefit from parental care , selection will favor a par- ent who sticks around , even after having been abandoned by one's mate . In short , the first one ...
... offspring and benefit as a result or can abandon the offspring . If the offspring benefit from parental care , selection will favor a par- ent who sticks around , even after having been abandoned by one's mate . In short , the first one ...
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... offspring : Are the children really my own ? 2. Ability of the offspring to convert parental care into fitness : Will a given unit of my investment make a difference to the survival and reproduction of my children ? 3. Alternative uses ...
... offspring : Are the children really my own ? 2. Ability of the offspring to convert parental care into fitness : Will a given unit of my investment make a difference to the survival and reproduction of my children ? 3. Alternative uses ...
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PART ONE Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology | 1 |
The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology | 2 |
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | 36 |
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adaptive problems ancestral average behavior benefits Buss Chapter child chimpanzees coalitions cognitive commitment competition conflict context cooperation Cosmides costs cues cultures Daly & Wilson Darwin designed desire dominance emotional empirical Ethology evidence evolution evolutionary psychology evolutionary theory evolved psychological mechanisms example father female fertile friends friendship function genes genetic relatedness genetic relatives Hamilton's rule hierarchies homicide hunting hypothesis important inclusive fitness increase individuals infanticide infidelity intrasexual jealousy killed long-term mate male marriage mate preferences men's mother natural selection Neanderthals occur offspring older opposite sex ovulation parent-offspring conflict parental investment percent person perspective physically attractive polygyny potential predators predicted rated reciprocal altruism relationship reproductive success reproductive value risk same-sex sex differences sex partners sexual access sexual aggression sexual selection short-term mating social solve species sperm status suggests survival tend testosterone tion Tooby woman women Yanomamö