Applied evolutionary psychology / edited by S. Craig Roberts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, S. Craig, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human behaviour is marvellous in its complexity, variability and unpredictability. Understanding it, however, is not solely the role of psychologists: everyone has a vested interest in it, from individuals to organisations and industry. Recently, biologists and psychologists have had considerable success incorporating insights from evolutionary theory to help them understand some fundamental psychological issues, in a discipline now known as evolutionary psychology. However, todate, these useful insights have not been widely applied to tackle specific practical problems or issues in society.Th

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; 1 Applying evolutionary psychology; Section 1 Business; 2 The evolutionary psychology of economics; 3 The evolution of business and management; 4 The social animal within organizations; Section 2 Family; 5 The evolved child: adapted to family life; 6 Application of evolutionary psychology to academic learning; 7 Serial monogamy and clandestine adultery: evolution and consequences of the dual human reproductive strategy; Section 3 Society

8 The evolutionary psychology of mass politics9 Gender equity issues in evolutionary perspective; 10 The evolution of charitable behaviour and the power of reputation; 11 Altruism as showing off: a signalling perspective on promoting green behaviour and acts of kindness; 12 Evolutionary perspectives on intergroup prejudice: implications for promoting tolerance; 13 The evolutionary psychology of criminal behaviour; 14 War, martyrdom, and terror: evolutionary underpinnings of the moral imperative to extreme group violence

15 Evolutionary theory and behavioural biology research: implications for lawSection 4 Health; 16 Motivational mismatch: evolved motives as the source of-and solution to-global public health problems; 17 Mental health and well-being: clinical applications of Darwinian psychiatry; 18 Evolutionary perspectives on sport and competition; Section 5 Marketing and communication; 19 Why we buy: evolution, marketing, and consumer behaviour; 20 Evolutionary psychology and perfume design; 21 Television programming and the audience

22 News as reality-inducing, survival-relevant, and gender-specific stimuliSection 6 Technology; 23 Media naturalness theory: human evolution and behaviour towards electronic communication technologies; 24 Evolutionary psychology, demography, and driver safety research: a theoretical synthesis; 25 Evolutionary robotics; Index; Footnotes; Chapter 2; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 19; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-162570-1

0-19-162569-8

9786613893550

1-283-58110-8

OCLC:

809768542