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.
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Format: Paperback
Weight: 1406g
Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
Publication Date: 20 Nov 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780205992126
About David Buss
David M. Buss received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkley in 1981. He began his career in academics at Harvard later moving to the University of Michigan before accepting his current position as Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas. His primary research interests include human sexuality mating strategies conflict between the sexes homicide stalking and sexual victimization. The author of more than 200 scientific articles and 6 books Buss has won numerous awards including the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (1988) the APA G. Stanley Hall Lectureship (1990) the APA Distinguished Scientist Lecturer Award (2001) and the Robert W. Hamilton Book Award (2000) for the first edition of Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind. He is also the editor of the first comprehensive Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (2005 Wiley). He enjoys extensive cross-cultural research collaborations and lectures widely within the United States and abroad.