The Oxford handbook of human mating / edited by David M. Buss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buss, David M., editor.

Series:

Oxford library of psychology

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mate selection.

Interpersonal relations.

Human behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Other Title:

Handbook of human mating

Human mating

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The scientific study of human mating has mushroomed over the past three decades. This handbook showcases 'the best and the brightest' scientists in the field, providing up-to-date summaries of theories and empirical evidence of the science of human mating strategies. It includes major sections on theories of human mating; mate selection and mate attraction; mate competition; sexual conflict in mating; human pair bonding; the endocrinology of mating; and mating in the modern world.

Contents:

Writing Trivers's 1972 Theory of Parental Investment and Sexual Selection / Robert Trivers

Mate Guarding / Valerie G. Starratt, Todd K. Shackelford

Sperm Competition / Valerie G. Starratt, Todd K. Shackelford

Ovulatory cycle effects and hormonal influences on women's mating psychology / Julia Stern, Lars Penke

Mate Choice in the Digital Age / Helen E. Fisher, Justin R. Garcia

Popular Culture and Human Mating: Artifacts of Desire / Catherine A. Salmon, Rebecca L. Burch

Evolutionary Mismatch and Human Mating: Understanding the Mating Mind in the Modern World / Cari D. Goetz

Introduction to Human Mating Strategies / David M. Buss

Sexual Selection and the Animal's Mating Mind / Michael J. Ryan

The interface of sexual selection, conflict and evolutionary psychology: emerging core themes / Jennifer C. Perry, Tracey Chapman

The Early Stages of Mate Selection / Norman P. Li, Bryan K. C. Choy

Extensions of Sexual Strategies Theory across Peoples, Cultures, and Ecologies / David P. Schmitt

Computational Models of Mate Choice / Daniel Conroy-Beam

The logic of physical attractiveness: what people find attractive, when, and why / David M. G. Lewis, Kortnee C. Evans, Laith Al-Shawaf

Incest Avoidance Adaptations: Evolved function and proximate mechanisms / Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick

Parental Influence Over Mate Choice / Menelaos Apostolou

Mating Strategy Variation by Sexual Orientation / David A. Frederick, Jenna C. Alley, Scott W. Semenyna, Justin R. Garcia

Contest Competition for Mates and the Evolution of Human Males / David Puts, David Carrier, Alan R. Rogers

An Evolutionary Review of Female Intrasexual Competition / Maryanne L. Fisher, Jaimie Arona Krems

Evolving Connections: Attachment and Human Mating Strategies / Gurit E. Birnbaum

Archeology of love: A review of the ethnographic exploration of love around the world / William Jankowiak, Alex J. Nelson

Beyond sex: Reproductive Strategies and Sex Ratio Variation / Ryan Schacht, Caroline Uggla

Marital and Sexual Satisfaction / Andrea L. Meltzer

Sex Differences in Jealousy: The State of the Theory / John E. Edlund, Brad J. Sagarin, Kristyn M. Kinner

Deception in Human Mating / Gayle Brewer

The Dark Triad and Human Mating Strategies / Peter K. Jonason, Vlad Burtaverde

Sexual Harassment / Kingsley R. Browne

Sexual Coercion / Joseph A. Camilleri

The Impact of Hormonal Contraceptives on Women's Sexual and Mating Psychology / Katja Cunningham, Sarah E. Hill

Hormones and Human Mating / James R. Roney

Mating Strategies in Sexually Egalitarian Cultures / Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Trond Viggo Grøntvedt, Andrea M. Kessler, Steven W. Gangestad, Mons Bendixen

Mate competition between the sexes: Evidence from two non-Western cultures / Scott W. Semenyna, Francisco R. Gómez Jiménez, Paul L. Vasey

Marriage and Monogamy in Cross-cultural Perspective / Brooke A. Scelza

Violent Mates / Joshua D. Duntley

Women's Avoidance of Sexual Assault / Rachel M. James, Melissa M. McDonald, Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

Understanding Women's Estrus and Extended Sexuality: The Dual Sexuality Framework / Steven W. Gangestad, Tran Dinh, Lauren Lesko, Martie G. Haselton.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 27, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197536469

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.