ABSTRACT
This book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The Ne w Science of the Mind, 5/e provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary psychology, and applies them to empirical research on the human mind. Content topics are logically arrayed, starting with challenges of survival, mating, parenting, and kinship; and then progressing to challenges of group living, including cooperation, aggression, sexual conflict, and status, prestige, and social hierarchies. Students gain a deep understanding of applying evolutionary psychology to their own lives and all the people they interact with.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |66 pages
Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology
chapter |31 pages
The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology
chapter |34 pages
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
part |33 pages
Problems of Survival
chapter |32 pages
Combating the Hostile Forces of Nature
part |91 pages
Challenges of Sex and Mating
chapter |31 pages
Women's Long-Term Mating strategies
chapter |30 pages
Men's Long-Term Mating Strategies
chapter |29 pages
Short-Term Sexual Strategies
part |61 pages
Challenges of Parenting and Kinship
chapter |31 pages
Problems of Parenting
chapter |29 pages
Problems of Kinship
part |122 pages
Problems of Group Living
chapter |29 pages
Cooperative Alliances
chapter |30 pages
Aggression and Warfare
chapter |33 pages
Conflict between the Sexes
chapter |29 pages
Status, Prestige, and Social Dominance
part |44 pages
An Integrated Psychological Science