Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Ideas, Issues, and Applications
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-32886-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 678 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1119 g

Reihe: Psychology Revivals

Originally published in 1998, the aim of the Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology was to compile a volume that would facilitate the development of the evolutionary approach to human behavior by communicating some of the major ideas, issues, and applications of the Theory of Evolution at the time.

Part I introduces readers to those aspects of evolutionary theorizing that had been particularly important during the previous decade, and were believed would continue to be important for some time. Part II deals with some of the central issues in the application of the Theory of Evolution to the study of human behavior. The chapters in Part III illustrate how a variety of researchers and scholars were using evolutionary thinking to explain psychological phenomena.

This book is a re-issue originally published in 1998. The language used and views portrayed are a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crawford, Charles

Krebs, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. About the Contributors.  Part 1: Ideas 1. The Theory of Evolution in the Study of Human Behavior: An Introduction and Overview Charles Crawford 2. Acting for the Good of Others: Kinship and Reciprocity with Some New Twists Hudson Kern Reeve 3. How Mate Choice Shaped Human Nature: A Review of Sexual Selection and Human Evolution Geoffrey F. Miller 4. The Evolution of Human Life Histories Bobbi S. Low 5. Evolutionary Approaches to Culture Maria Janicki and Dennis L. Krebs  Part II: Issues 6. Can Behavior Genetics Contribute to Evolutionary Behavioral Science? J. Michael Bailey 7. Evolutionary Psychology and Theories of Cognitive Architecture Andrew Wells 8. Not Whether to Count Babies, But Which Laura Betzig 9. Environments and Adaptations: Then and Now Charles Crawford 10. Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses Harmon R. Holcomb III  Part III: Applications 11. The Evolution of Moral Behaviors Dennis L. Krebs 12. Developmental Psychology and Modern Darwinism Michele K. Surbey 13. The Psychology of Human Mate Selection: Exploring the Complexity of the Strategic Repertoire David M. Buss 14. The Evolutionary Social Psychology of Family Violence Martin Daly and Margo Wilson 15. PsychoDarwinism: The New Synthesis of Darwin and Freud Christopher R. Badcock 16. Evolutionary Cognitive Psychology: The Missing Heart of Modern Cognitive Science Douglas T. Kenrick, Edward K. Sadalla and Richard C. Keefe 17. Evolutionary Psychology and Sexual Agression Neil M. Malamuth and Mario F. Heilmann 18. Darwinian Aesthetics Randy Thornhill 19. The Global Environmental Crisis and State Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective Yuwa Hedrick-Wong 20. The Evolutionary Psychology of Spatial Sex Differences Irwin Silverman and Krista Phillips 21. The Creation and Re-Creation of Language Derek Bickerton. Author Index. Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Crawford is an emeritus professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Dennis Krebs