ISBN:
9780805819052
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (448 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Evolutionary Social Psychology
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many animal species. These days, to study any animal species while refusing to consider the evolved adaptive significance of their behavior would be considered pure folly--unless, of course, the species is homo sapiens. Graduate students training to study this particular primate species may never take a single course in evolutionary theory, although they may take two undergraduate and up to four graduate
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; 1 Why Social Psychology and Evolutionary Psychology Need One Another; II. Social Perception; 2 Social Illusions and Self-Deception: The Evolution of Biases in Person Perception; 3 Rethinking the Role of Evolution in the Ecological Model of Social Perception; 4 Perceptions of Betrayal and the Design of the Mind; III. Interpersonal Attraction; 5 Angels, Mentors, and Friends: Trade-Offs Among Evolutionary, Social, and Individual Variables in Physical Appearance
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Interpersonal Attraction From an Evolutionary Perspective: Women's Reactions to Dominant and Prosocial MenIV. Pair Bonding and Mating Strategies; 7 Human Sexual Selection and Developmental Stability; 8 On the Dynamics of Human Bondingand Reproductive Success: Seeking Windows on the Adapted-For Human-Environmental Interface; 9 Attachment: The Bond in Pair-Bonds; V. Kinship and Social Relations; 10 Kinship: The Conceptual Hole in Psychological Studies of Social Cognition and Close Relationships; 11 Four Grammars for Primate Social Relations; VI. Groups and Group Selection
Description / Table of Contents:
12 Groups as the Mind's Natural Environment13 Incorporating Group Selection Into the Adaptionist Program: A Case Study Involving Human Decision Making; VII. Capstone; 14 The Emergence of Evolutionary Social Psychology; Author Index; Subject Index
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Description based upon print version of record
