Format:
1 online resource (1586 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781529736557
Series Statement:
SAGE reference
Content:
Over three volumes, the Handbook provides a rich overview of the most important theoretical and empirical work in the field. Chapters cover a broad range of topics, including theoretical foundations, the integration of evolutionary psychology with other life, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as with the arts and the humanities, and the increasing power of evolutionary psychology to inform applied fields, including medicine, psychiatry, law, and education. .
Content:
9781529736588_WEB -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on the Editor and Contributors -- Part I: Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology -- 1: Sexual Selection: A Brief Introduction -- 2: Inclusive Fitness Theory -- 3: Adaptive Problems -- 4: Differential Reproduction -- 5: The Products of Evolution: Conceptual Distinctions, Evidentiary Criteria, and Empirical Examples -- 6: Evolved Psychological Mechanisms -- Part II: Middle-Level Evolutionary Theories -- 7: Why Sex? -- 8: Parental Investment Theory -- 9: Parent-Offspring Conflict -- 10: The Theory of Reciprocal Altruism -- 11: The Trivers-Willard Hypothesis -- 12: Life History Theory -- 13: Sperm Competition Theory -- 14: Sexual Conflict Theory: Concepts and Empirical Tests -- 15: Attachment Theory: A Behavioral Systems Approach for Studying Species-Universal and Individual-Differences Aspects of the Social Mind -- Part III: Research Methods and Strategies -- 16: Cross-Species Comparisons: When Comparing Apples to Oranges Is Fruitful -- 17: Cross-Cultural Research -- 18: Neuroscientific Methods -- 19: Behavior Genetics -- 20: Sex Differences and Sex Similarities -- 21: Within-Species Individual Differences -- 22: Social Biogeography -- 23: Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognition and Learning -- 24: Sources of Data for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses -- 25: Controversial Issues and Misunderstandings in Evolutionary Psychology -- Index -- 9781529736571_WEB -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on the Editor and Contributors -- Part I: Integration within Psychology -- 1: Evolutionary Social Psychology -- 2: Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology -- 3: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology -- 4: Evolutionary Neuropsychology -- 5: Comparative Evolutionary Psychology.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781526489135
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781526489135
Language:
English
Keywords:
Evolutionspsychologie
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