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.

part |66 pages

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

part |33 pages

Problems of Survival

part |91 pages

Challenges of Sex and Mating

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

part |44 pages

An Integrated Psychological Science