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Evolutionary psychology : how our biology affects what we think and do / Valerie G. Starratt.
Van Pelt Library BF698.95 .S73 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starratt, Valerie G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 287 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Basic Things to Know 1
- The Real World 1
- Levels of Analysis 5
- Adaptive Problems 7
- Evolution by Natural (and Sexual) Selection 9
- Natural Selection 9
- Sexual Selection 12
- Basic Tenets of Evolution 13
- Variation 13
- Genetic Heritability 14
- Competition 18
- Products of Evolution 18
- Adaptations 18
- By-Products 25
- Noise 26
- Common Misunderstandings and Critiques 26
- Genetic Determinism 27
- Just-So Stories 28
- Falsifiability 28
- Extreme Adaptationism 29
- The False Dichotomy of Nature versus Nurture 30
- The False Equivalency of Is = Should Be 31
- References and Further Readings 31
- Chapter 2 Survival 33
- The Real World 33
- Landscape Preferences 35
- Food 37
- Cooking 39
- Caloric Availability 41
- Hazardous Foods 42
- Conspecifics 48
- Behavioral Immune System 49
- Social Exchange 51
- Fear 51
- Across the Lifespan 53
- Prepared Learning 55
- Attention and Perception 56
- Biological Preparedness 57
- References and Further Readings 60
- Chapter 3 Mating 63
- The Real World 63
- Minimal Parental Investment 64
- Mate Value 65
- Assortative Mating 66
- Indicators of Mate Value 67
- Mating Strategies 70
- Long Term 71
- Short Term 74
- Sexual Conflict 76
- Life History 78
- Mate Attraction 80
- Enhancing Perceived Value 81
- Olfaction 83
- Competition and Cooperation 86
- Mate Retention. 88
- Benefit Provisioning 89
- Cost Inflicting 90
- Discriminant Use 91
- Mating Effort 92
- References and Further Readings 93
- Chapter 4 Fitness and Kinship 97
- The Real World 97
- Genetics and Heredity 99
- The Building Blocks of Life 99
- Coefficient of Relationship 100
- Inclusive Fitness 103
- Kin Selection 104
- Kin Recognition 106
- Propinquity 107
- Matching 108
- Recognition Alleles 109
- Familiarity 110
- Kin Conflict 110
- Parent-Offspring Conflict 110
- Siblings 114
- Selfish Gene 118
- References and Further Readings 119
- Chapter 5 Emotions 121
- The Real World 121
- Basic Emotions 123
- Specified Physiology 123
- Universality 124
- Reliability 127
- Immediacy and Automaticity 128
- Evolved Function 129
- Coordination of Evolved Mechanisms and Behavior 129
- Decision Making 131
- Recognition 134
- Faking 137
- Individual Differences 138
- References and Further Readings 140
- Chapter 6 Cognition, Consciousness, and Development 143
- The Real World 143
- Cognition 144
- Executive Functioning 147
- Neuroanatomy 150
- Consciousness 150
- Neuroanatomy 152
- Function 153
- Process 155
- Big Brains 157
- Altriciality 157
- Ontogenetic Adaptations 160
- Some Proposed Ontogenetic Adaptations 160
- Play 162
- Immaturity 163
- Epigenetic Inheritance 164
- Species-Typical versus Atypical Experience 166
- Typical 166
- Atypical 167
- Recapitulation Theory 169
- References and Further Readings 170
- Chapter 7 Society, Language, and Culture 173
- The Real World 173
- Self-Awareness 175
- Theory of Mind 178
- In-Groups and Out-Groups 180
- Social Hierarchy 183
- Leadership 185
- Leader States and Traits 185
- Leadership Strategies 187
- Group Cooperation 188
- Cheater Detection 189
- Logic and Reason 189
- Cues 191
- Language 195
- Memetics 196
- Good Memes 197
- Modem Memes 198
- References and Further Readings 199
- Chapter 8 Supernatural Agency: a.k.a. of Ghosts and Gods 201
- The Real World 201
- Ghosts 202
- Speaking Well of the Dead 204
- Moral Guardians 205
- Gods 205
- Religious Universals 206
- Religion as an Adaptation 206
- An Afterlife 207
- Other Benefits 209
- Promoting Beliefs 211
- Making Ghosts 213
- References and Further Readings 214
- Chapter 9 Practical Applications 217
- The Real World 217
- Evolutionary Clinical Psychology 220
- Education 222
- Folk Knowledge 222
- Secondary Abilities 224
- School and Modern Learning 225
- Individual Differences 228
- The Law and Social Policy 229
- The Environment and Sustain ability 230
- Marketing 231
- Neuromarketing 231
- Personal Space and Communication 233
- Viral Marketing 234
- Darwinian Medicine 235
- Personal Health 235
- Public Health 238
- References and Further Readings 240
- Chapter 10 Other Interesting Things 243
- The Real World 243
- Politics 244
- Understanding Numbers 246
- Ancestral DNA Today 248
- Neanderthal Adaptations 249
- Denisovan Adaptations 251
- Free Will 252
- Domestication 253
- Domestication Phenotype 257
- Behavior 258
- Physiology 259
- Menopause 260
- Laughing 261
- Spontaneous Laughter 261
- Laughter in Conversation 262
- Contagious Laughter 263
- References and Further Readings 264.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610696814
- 1610696816
- OCLC:
- 934795087
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