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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction: The Emergence and Maturation of Evolutionary Psychology
Part I: Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 1: The Theoretical Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology
The Emergence of Evolutionary Psychology: What is at Stake?
The Intellectual Origins of Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Principles of Organic Design
Computational Adaptationist Approaches to Motivation and Emotion
Emotions as a Solution to the Short-Term Problem of Mechanism Coordination
Recurrent Dimensions of Environmental and Organismic Variation Select for Parametric Coordinative Adaptations
Why Might Some Coordinative Calibrations Be Parameterized By Ontogenetic Inputs, Some By Quantitative Genetic Inheritance, and Some By Inherited Epigenetic Information?
The Future of Evolutionary Psychology and a Unified Social Science
References
Chapter 2: Life History Theory and Evolutionary Psychology
Life History Theory: An Overview
Mechanisms of Life History Allocation
Psychological Applications
References
Chapter 3: Methods of Evolutionary Sciences
Methods in Evolutionary Psychology
Theory Testing, Special Design, and Strong Research Methods
Validity Issues
Statistical Power
Levels of Analysis and Phylogenetic Approaches
Research Programs Providing Good Evidence for Psychological Adaptations
Summary and Conclusions
References
Chapter 4: Evolutionary Psychology and Its Critics
Invariants
Design
The EEA
Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 5: Intuitive Ontologies and Domain Specificity
Domain Specificity: Early Models and Their Limits
Intuitive Psychology: From “Theory of Mind” to Specialized Detection Systems
Living Things versus Artifacts: From Ontological Categories to Goal-Specific Systems
Domain-Specific Systems and Cultural Knowledge: Number
General Features of Intuitive Domain-Specific Inference Systems
Epilogue
References
Part II: Survival
Chapter 6: The Evolutionary Psychology of Food Intake and Choice
Introduction
The Fundamental Rich and Complex Relation between Humans and Their Food
The Future
References
Chapter 7: The Behavioral Immune System
The Behavioral Immune System Is Adapted to a Functionally Unique Fitness Problem
Its Activation Is Associated with Disgust
It Influences Responses to Things that Pose No Real Threat of Infection
Its Effects are Flexible and Context-Contingent
It has Unique Implications for Interpersonal Attraction
It has Unique Implications for Stigma and Prejudice
It has Unique Implications for Conformity and Reactions to Nonconformity
It May have Implications for Behavioral Dispositions More Broadly
It May Help to Explain Cross-Cultural Differences
It Has Both Obvious and Nonobvious Health Implications
There Is Still a lot That We do Not Know
It Is an Evolutionary Psychology Success Story
References
Chapter 8: Spatial Navigation and Landscape Preferences
Navigation
Landscape Preference
In Sum
References
Chapter 9: Adaptations to Predators and Prey
Predators and Prey as Agents of Selection
Perception
Foraging
Fear
Learning
Inference
Conclusions
References
Chapter 10: Adaptations to Dangers From Humans
Dangerous at Different Levels
How Dangerous?
Dangerous Adaptations
Coevolution of Cost Infliction and Defenses
Three Temporal Contexts of Victim Defenses
The Coevolution of Dangers From Humans and Defenses Against Them
Fitness Costs of Being Killed
Avoiding Contexts in Which Homicide Is Likely
Defending Against a Would-Be Killer
Stanching the Costs of the Homicide of Genetic Relatives
Evidence of Adaptations for Homicide and Homicide Defenses
Managing Errors to Avoid Homicide
Secrecy as a Defense Against Homicide
Killing in Self-Defense: Preemptive Homicide to Prevent Being Killed
Homicide as a By-Product of Other Evolved Mechanisms
Conclusions
References
Part III: Mating
Challenges of Mating
Adaptationism and Human Mating Psychology
Chapter 11: Fundamentals of Human Mating Strategies
Sex and Temporal Context Differences in Human Mating Strategies
Individual Differences in Human Mating Strategies
Cultural Differences in Human Mating Strategies
Conclusions: Evolution and Human Mating Strategies
References
Chapter 12: Physical Attractiveness: An Adaptationist Perspective
The Evolutionary Bases of Attraction and Attractiveness
Sources of Variation in Attractiveness Assessment
Life History Trade-Offs and Implications for Attractiveness Research
Domains of Human Social Value in Life History Perspective
Assessment of Cues to Social Value: Health, Phenotypic, and Genotypic Quality
Future Research Directions
References
Chapter 13: Contest Competition in Men
Introduction
The Intensity of Sexual Selection
Evidence of Design for Contests
Translating Dominance into Fitness
Conclusions
References
Chapter 14: Women's Sexual Interests Across the Ovulatory Cycle
A Historical Backdrop: Women's Purported Loss of Estrus
Variations in Women's Sexual Interests Across the Cycle
Why do Women's Sexual Interests Vary Across the Cycle?: Functional Explanations
Why are Women Sexually Active When Nonfertile?
Has Women's Estrous Sexuality Been Shaped by Selection on Hominins?
Women's Attractivity Across the Cycle
Sexual Swellings
Summary
References
Chapter 15: Human Sperm Competition
Sperm Competition in Nonhuman Species
Has Sperm Competition Been an Adaptive Problem for Humans?
Men's Adaptations to Sperm Competition
Women's Adaptations to Sperm Competition
Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 16: Human Sexuality and Inbreeding Avoidance
Sexual Reproduction: Laying the Groundwork for Inbreeding Avoidance
Selection Pressures Leading to the Evolution of Inbreeding Avoidance Systems
Evidence of Inbreeding Depression
Opportunity Costs: Is Inbreeding Always a Bad Strategy?
Information Processing Architecture of Inbreeding Avoidance
Third-Party Inbreeding: Adaptations and By-Products
Inbreeding Avoidance and the Incest Taboo
Looking Ahead
References
Chapter 17: Sexual Coercion
Sexual Coercion in Other Species
Sexual Coercion in Humans
Adaptation, By-Products, or Noise
The Adaptation Hypothesis
Sexual Arousal to Force
Proposed Evolved Function of Sexual Arousal to Force
Convicted Rapists as Generalists and Difficulties in Making Proper Group Comparisons
Specialization and Coercive Potential
Female Counteradaptations to the Risk of Rape
Conclusions
References
Chapter 18: Love and Commitment in Romantic Relationships
A Social Psychological Perspective on Love and Relationship Growth
An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on the Etiology and Functions of Love
Conclusions and Future Directions
References
Part IV: Parenting and Kinship
Chapter 19: Kin Selection
Introduction
Approaches to the Study of Kin Selection
Emotions Underlying Kin Altruism
Willingness to Help
Sex Differences in Nepotism
Behavioral and Ethnographic Approaches to Kin Selection
Summary, Trends, and Conclusions
References
Chapter 20: Evolution of Paternal Investment
Paternal Investment
Human Fatherhood
Costs to Fathers
Proximate Expression of Men's Parenting
Conclusion
References
Chapter 21: Parental Investment and Parent-Offspring Conflict
Factors Affecting the Amount of Parental Investment
Parent-Offspring Conflict
Sibling Relations
Conclusions
References
Chapter 22: The Evolutionary Ecology of the Family
Introduction
The Coevolution of Human Life History with Social Organization
The Coevolution of Kinship, Marriage, and Subsistence Systems
The Puzzle of Low Fertility
Conclusions
References
Chapter 23: Hunter-Gatherer Families and Parenting
Hunter-Gatherers and Evolutionary Psychology
Hunter-Gatherers of the World
The Hadza
The Challenges of Human Reproduction and Parenting
Supporting Human Reproduction and Families
Conclusion
References
Chapter 24: The Role of Hormones in the Evolution of Human Sociality
Evolution of the Human Family
The Fossil Record
Hormonal and Neurotransmitter Mechanisms
The Chemistry of Stress, Family, and the Social Mind
Conclusions
References
Author Index
Subject Index
End User License Agreement
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