Revised edition of the author's Evolutionary psychology, [2015]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations of evolutionary psychology -- The scientific movements leading to evolutionary psychology -- The new science of evolutionary psychology -- Problems of survival -- Combating the hostile forces of nature -- Challenges of sex and mating -- Women's long-term mating strategies -- Men's long-term mating strategies -- Short-term sexual strategies -- Challenges of parenting and kinship -- Problems of parenting -- Problems of kinship -- Problems of group living -- Cooperative alliances -- Aggression and warfare -- Conflict between the sexes -- Status, prestige, and social dominance -- Toward a unified evolutionary psychology -- Bibliography.

Examines human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, providing students with the conceptual tools needed to study evolutionary psychology and apply them to empirical research on the human mind

This introduction to one of the most exciting approaches to psychology is the best one out there-authoritative, lively, and balanced. It manages to be both theoretically sophisticated and accessible to a wide range of students interested in human nature and how it got that way."- Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, USA "The 6th edition of David Buss's Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, provides students with a thoroughly updated version of the best evolutionary psychology textbook on the market

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary psychology is a revolutionary new science, a true synthesis of modern principles of psychology and evolutionary biology. Since the publication of the award-winning first edition of Evolutionary Psychology, there has been an explosion of research within the field. In this book, David M. Buss examines human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, providing students with the conceptual tools needed to study evolutionary psychology and apply them to empirical research on the human mind. This edition contains expanded coverage of cultural evolution, with a new section on culture-gene co-evolution, additional studies discussing interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, expanded discussions of evolutionary hypotheses that have been empirically disconfirmed, and much more! Evolutionary Psychology features a wealth of student-friendly pedagogy including critical-thinking questions and case study boxes designed to show how to apply evolutionary psychology to real-life situations. It is also accompanied by a thoroughly updated companion website featuring PowerPoints for each chapter, test bank questions, and links to web resources and videos. Evolutionary Psychology is an invaluable resource for undergraduates studying psychology, biology and anthropology.

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Psychology

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