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Cover Title Page Copyright Part V: Group Living: Cooperation and Conflict

Chapter 25: Adaptations for Reasoning About Social Exchange

Social Exchange in Zoological and Cultural Perspective Selection Pressures and Predicted Design Features Conditional Reasoning and Social Exchange Do Unfamiliar Social Contracts Elicit Cheater Detection? (D5) Adaptive Logic, Not Formal Logic (D3, D6) Dedicated System or General Intelligence? How Many Specializations for Conditional Reasoning? Social Contract Algorithms or a Permission Schema? Looking for Dissociations Within the Class of Permission Rules (D1, D2, D4) No Benefits, No Social Exchange Reasoning: Testing D1 And D2 Intentional Violations Versus Innocent Mistakes: Testing D4 A Neuropsychological Dissociation Between Social Contracts and Precautions Precocious Development of Social Exchange Reasoning Cross-Cultural Invariances and Dissociations in Social Exchange Reasoning Does Domain-General Learning Build the Specialization for Social Exchange? Conclusions References

Chapter 26: Interpersonal Conflict and Violence

An Evolutionary Perspective on Conflicts of Interest Violence as a Window on Interpersonal Conflict Kinship Mitigates Lethal Violence Intimate Partner Violence Lethal Conflict in Other Relationships References

Chapter 27: Women's Competition and Aggression

Rewards and Costs of Female Aggression Proximate Mediators and Mechanisms The Neuropsychology of Sex Differences in Response to Threat Two-Way Selection, Women, and Competition Escalation to Violence: Ecological and Cultural Moderators Summary and Conclusion References

Chapter 28: Prejudices: Managing Perceived Threats to Group Life

The Evolved Threat-Management Psychology Underlying Prejudices, Stereotypes, and Discrimination Alliance-Based Prejudices and Conflict Prejudice Against Foreigners: Warfare, Immigration, and Emigration Reducing and Confronting Prejudices Conclusion References

Chapter 29: Leadership in War: Evolution, Cognition, and the Military Intelligence Hypothesis

Introduction The Natural History of Leadership in War The Legacy of Evolution for War Leadership Today The Military Intelligence Hypothesis Conclusions References

Part VI: Culture and Coordination

Chapter 30: Cultural Evolution

Can Culture Evolve? Doesn't Evolution Require Genes or Replicators? How Did We Evolve to be a Cultural Species? The Psychology of a Cultural Species Cultural Evolution Culture-Gene Coevolution Conclusion References

Chapter 31: Morality

Introduction Moral Phenomena: Cutting Morality at the Joints Moral Judgments Coordinate in Conflicts Coordination Explains Moral Phenomena Conflict and Agreement Over Moral Contents Moral Emotions Conclusions References

Chapter 32: The Evolutionary Foundations of Status Hierarchy

Definitions An Evolutionary Psychology Perspective on Status Evolved Status Mechanisms Sex Differences in Status Striving The Evolutionary Psychology of Leadership Conclusions References

Chapter 33: Reputation

Introduction What Is Reputation? Why Does Reputation Exist? Influencing One's Reputation and the Reputations of Others Types of Reputation Reputation for Cooperation Reputation for Aggression Harnessing the Power of Reputation Future Directions: Toward a More Comprehensive Science of Reputation Conclusions References

Chapter 34: The Evolution and Ontogeny of Ritual

The Functions of Ritual in Social Group Behavior Cultural Transmission of Ritual Motivational Mechanisms: Social Exclusion and Group Affiliation The Ontogeny of Ritual Cognition Conclusion References

Chapter 35: The Origins of Religion

Two Puzzles of Human Psychology and Cultural Evolution The Cultural Evolution/Cognitive By-Product Framework Commitments to Big Gods Co-Emerge With Big Groups Across Cultures and History Religious Solutions to the Problem of Large-Scale Cooperation Religious Cooperation Is Shaped By, and Contributes to, Intergroup Conflict and Distrust Conclusions and Implications References

Chapter 36: The False Allure of Group Selection

Group Selection as an Explanation of the Traits of Groups Group Selection as an Explanation of the Traits of Individuals Do Humans in Fact Have Adaptations That Benefit the Group at the Expense of the Self? A Summary of the Trouble With Group Selection References

Part VII: Interfaces with Traditional Psychology Disciplines

Chapter 37: Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology

Introduction: Selective Pressures on Cognitive Mechanisms Decision Making: Putting Information to Use Memory: Retrieving and Forgetting Information Representation of Information: Modern Practices Meet Evolutionary Constraints Conclusions: The Advantages of Limited Cognitive Systems References

Chapter 38: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology

Natural Selection will have its Greatest Effects on Early Stages of Development Development is Constrained by Biological and Environmental Factors Adaptations of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence Humans are an Inherently Social Species Beginning at Birth Developmental Plasticity and Adaptive Individual Differences Concluding Remarks References

Chapter 39: Evolutionary Social Psychology

Coalition Formation Self-Protection Disease Avoidance Status Mate Choice Mate Retention Parental Care Dynamic Emergence: From Decision Rules to Cultural Norms Conclusion References

Chapter 40: The General Factor of Personality: A Hierarchical Life History Model

Evolutionary Theories of Personality Revisited Attempted Empirical Tests of Evolutionary Personality Theories Personality Traits as Resource Allocations The Principle of Brunswik-Symmetry A Hierarchy of Traits: The General Factor of Personality The GFP in Historical Perspective Modern Differential Psychology Constructs the GFP Controversies Regarding the Interpretation of the GFP Cognitive and Strategic Differentiation-Integration Theory Empirical Tests of SD-IE Theory Theoretical Interpretations of Empirical Tests of SD-IE Conclusions References

Chapter 41: The Evolution of Cognitive Bias

Foundations of Cognitive Bias Heuristics Biases as Artifacts Error Management Biases Conclusions References

Chapter 42: Biological Function and Dysfunction: Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychopathology

Biological Functions Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychopathology: Disorder as Failure of Designed Function Conclusion References

Chapter 43: Evolutionary Psychology and Mental Health

What Evolution Offers Specific Disorders Implications References

Part VIII: Interfaces Across Traditional Academic Disciplines

Chapter 44: Evolutionary Psychology and Evolutionary Anthropology

Introduction Some Lessons from Paleoanthropology Understanding the Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness Case Study: The Evolution of Cooperation Case Study: The Parasite-Stress Theory Evolved Psychology and Cultural Evolution Interpreting Cross-Cultural Variation and Cross-Cultural Uniformity The Application of EP in EA A Road Map for the Use of EA in EP References

Chapter 45: Evolutionary Genetics

Introduction Forces of Evolution Maintenance Mechanisms The Evolutionary Genetics Toolkit Conclusion and Outlook References

Chapter 46: Evolutionary Psychology and Endocrinology

Overview: The Role of Endocrinology in Human Evolutionary Psychology Endocrine Signals and Mate Pursuit Future Research in Evolutionary Endocrinology References

Chapter 47: Evolutionary Political Psychology

What is Politics? Principles of Evolutionary Political Psychology Adaptations for Political Judgment Adaptations for Political Behavior: Physical Dominance Adaptations for Political Behavior: Coalitional Psychology Adaptations for Political Behavior: Persuasion and Informational Vigilance Mass Politics is a Both Strange and Familiar Place to the Evolved Mind Conclusion References

Chapter 48: Evolutionary Literary Study

Introduction Human Nature, Cultural Norms, and the Arts Imaginative Virtual Worlds and the Adaptive Function of the Arts The Degree of Consensus About the Adaptive Function of the Arts The Goals of Biocultural Research Analyzing Meaning in Literary Representations World Views of Authors and Critics The Future References

Part IX: Practical Applications of Evolutionary Psychology

Chapter 49: Evolutionary Psychology and Public Policy

Introduction Beyond the Contradictions of Human Behavior: Evolutionary Challenges and Psychological Mechanisms Why Sometimes Generous and Sometimes Greedy? Why are People Sometimes Patient and Sometimes Impatient? Implications for the Goals of Development Policies Conclusion References

Chapter 50: Evolution and Consumer Psychology

Introduction Survival Mating Concluding Remarks References

Chapter 51: Evolution and Organizational Leadership

Adaptive Systems and Leadership The Lessons of History Theories of Leadership: An Evolutionary Critique The Universal Leader—An Evolutionary Perspective The Future of Leadership: An Evolutionary Perspective References

Chapter 52: Evolutionary Psychology and the Law

Increasing Efficiency Discovering Useful Patterns in Regulable Behavior Uncovering Policy Conflicts Sharpening Cost-Benefit Analyses Clarifying Causal Links Providing Theoretical Foundation and Potential Predictive Power Assessing Comparative Effectiveness of Legal Strategies Revealing Deep Patterns in Legal Architecture Exposing Unwarranted Assumptions Disentangling Multiple Causes Increasing Accuracy Increasing Law-Relevant Understanding About People Generating New Research Questions Conclusions The Past Decade: An Update References

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