Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the MindBeginning with a historical introduction, the text logically progresses by discussing adaptive problems that humans face, and ends with a unifying chapter showing how the new field of evolutionary psychology encompasses all branches of psychology. *Contains state-of-the-art coverage, including many 1997, 1998, and 'in press' references *Clear and engaging writing style contains stories, media and cultural examples and illustrations, and applications to the personal lives of students |
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Evolutionary Social Psychology Many of the most important adaptive problems humans have faced over the past several million years are inherently social in nature : negotiating social hierarchies , forming long - term social exchange ...
Evolutionary Social Psychology Many of the most important adaptive problems humans have faced over the past several million years are inherently social in nature : negotiating social hierarchies , forming long - term social exchange ...
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Social psychology has thus amassed a number of interesting descriptions of empirical phenomena of considerable importance . But it has not yet developed a theory powerful enough to explain the origins of these phenomena or to show how ...
Social psychology has thus amassed a number of interesting descriptions of empirical phenomena of considerable importance . But it has not yet developed a theory powerful enough to explain the origins of these phenomena or to show how ...
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 40 , 147-154 . Buss , D. M. ( 1985 ) . Human mate selection . American Scientist , 73 , 47-51 . Buss , D. M. ( 1987 ) . Sex differences in human mate selection criteria : An evolutionary ...
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 40 , 147-154 . Buss , D. M. ( 1985 ) . Human mate selection . American Scientist , 73 , 47-51 . Buss , D. M. ( 1987 ) . Sex differences in human mate selection criteria : An evolutionary ...
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Fantastic, if somewhat introductory, textbook.
Contents
PART ONE Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology | 1 |
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | 33 |
Fundamentals of Evolved | 46 |
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| Title | Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind |
| Author | David M. Buss |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Allyn and Bacon, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0205193587, 9780205193585 |
| Length | 456 pages |
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