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What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept
Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in
helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many
animal species. These days, to study any animal species while
refusing to consider the evolved adaptive significance of their
behavior would be considered pure folly--unless, of course, the
species is "homo sapiens." Graduate students training to study this
particular primate species may never take a single course in
evolutionary theory, although they may take two undergraduate and
up to four graduate courses in statistics. These methodologically
sophisticated students then embark on a career studying human
aggression, cooperation, mating behavior, family relationships, or
altruism with little or no understanding of the general
evolutionary forces and principles that shaped the behaviors they
are investigating. This book hopes to redress that wrong.
It is one of the first to apply evolutionary theories to
mainstream problems in personality and social psychology that are
relevant to a wide range of important social phenomena, many of
which have been shaped and molded by natural selection during the
course of human evolution. These phenomena include selective biases
that people have concerning how and why a variety of activities
occur. For example:
* information exchanged during social encounters is initially
perceived and interpreted;
* people are romantically attracted to some potential mates but
not others;
* people often guard, protect, and work hard at maintaining their
closest relationships;
* people form shifting and highly complicated coalitions with kin
and close friends; and
* people terminate close, long-standing relationships.
"Evolutionary Social Psychology" begins to disentangle the
complex, interwoven patterns of interaction that define our social
lives and relationships.
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Why do we think about and interact with other people in the
particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be
contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary past? If so, how
might this be, and what are the implications? Research generated by
an evolutionary approach to social psychology issues profound
insights into self-concept, impression formation, prejudice, group
dynamics, helping, aggression, social influence, culture, and every
other topic that is fundamental to social psychology. Evolution and
Social Psychology is the first book to review and discuss this
broad range of social psychological phenomena from an evolutionary
perspective. It does so with a critical and constructive eye.
Readers will emerge with a clear sense of the intellectual
challenges, as well as the scientific benefits, of an
evolutionarily-informed social psychology. The world-renowned
contributors identify new questions, new theories, and new
hypotheses-many of which are only now beginning to be tested. Thus,
this book not only summarizes the current status of the field, it
also sets an agenda for the next generation of research on
evolution and social psychology. Evolution and Social Psychology is
essential reading for evolutionary psychologists and social
psychologists alike.
The aim of Evolution and Social Psychology is to give a complete
overview of research and theory on evolutionary approaches to the
understanding of social psychological topics.
Evolutionary psychology is one of the most controversial topics in
psychology. The last few years have witnessed an explosion of
research in which evolutionary principles are applied to
fundamental social psychological processes. Evolutionary thinking
is now being integrated into the entire range of topic areas
traditionally considered by social psychologists - from fundamental
aspects of social cognition, to interpersonal interaction, social
influence, and group behavior.
This book showcases the multitude of ways in which an evolutionary
framework informs social psychology. Not only does the book include
chapters on aggression, cooperation, and interpersonal
relationships (core topics in social psychology that are commonly
associated with evolutionary psychology), it also includes chapters
covering many additional topics such as impression formation,
social identity, intergroup prejudice, coping with loss, and even
the origins of cultural norms. Thus, the book should appeal not
just to enthusiasts of evolutionary psychology, but also to anyone
who wants to better understand the origins and contemporary
workings of the human mind in social situations.
The list of contributors is diverse and international, including
some of the most well-known and highly-respected social
psychologists in the world. These contributors have been asked to
make a special effort to focus on the unique insights and novel
hypotheses that can emerge from an evolutionarily-informed social
psychology. Consequently, this booknot only showcases the
conceptual breadth of evolutionary social psychology, it also
reveals an evolutionary social psychology that is conceptually
sophisticated, empirically rigorous, and scientifically useful.
This volume - while putting forward the arguments and evidence from
supporters of evolutionary psychology - also promises to provide a
balanced and critical account of the failings and unanswered
questions that continue to expose this discipline to harsh
criticism. In sum, it should provide an excellent and uniquely
comprehensive resource for senior undergraduates, graduates and
researchers on a range of courses in social psychology,
evolutionary psychology and biopsychology, as well as an up-to-date
overview for the curious and skeptical.
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept
Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in
helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many
animal species. These days, to study any animal species while
refusing to consider the evolved adaptive significance of their
behavior would be considered pure folly--unless, of course, the
species is "homo sapiens." Graduate students training to study this
particular primate species may never take a single course in
evolutionary theory, although they may take two undergraduate and
up to four graduate courses in statistics. These methodologically
sophisticated students then embark on a career studying human
aggression, cooperation, mating behavior, family relationships, or
altruism with little or no understanding of the general
evolutionary forces and principles that shaped the behaviors they
are investigating. This book hopes to redress that wrong.
It is one of the first to apply evolutionary theories to
mainstream problems in personality and social psychology that are
relevant to a wide range of important social phenomena, many of
which have been shaped and molded by natural selection during the
course of human evolution. These phenomena include selective biases
that people have concerning how and why a variety of activities
occur. For example:
* information exchanged during social encounters is initially
perceived and interpreted;
* people are romantically attracted to some potential mates but
not others;
* people often guard, protect, and work hard at maintaining their
closest relationships;
* people form shifting and highly complicated coalitions with kin
and closefriends; and
* people terminate close, long-standing relationships.
"Evolutionary Social Psychology" begins to disentangle the
complex, interwoven patterns of interaction that define our social
lives and relationships.
The ongoing growth of attachment research has given rise to new
perspectives on classic theoretical questions as well as fruitful
new debates. This unique book identifies nine central questions
facing the field and invites leading authorities to address them in
46 succinct chapters. Multiple perspectives are presented on what
constitutes an attachment relationship, the best ways to measure
attachment security, how internal working models operate, the
importance of early attachment relationships for later behavior,
challenges in cross-cultural research, how attachment-based
interventions work, and more. The concluding chapter by the editors
delineates points of convergence and divergence among the
contributions and distills important implications for future theory
and research.
The Oxford Handbook of Close Relationships provides the best, most
in-depth, and most comprehensive summary of the study of close
relationships. The book is divided into eight sections:
introductory comments, major theoretical approaches to
relationships, attraction in relationships, models of relationship
functioning and processes, daily relationship functioning,
psychological and physical well-being in relationships,
relationships across development and time, and concluding comments.
The 37 chapters showcase the most important classic and
contemporary theories, models, and empirical research that have
been conducted across three dozen major topic areas within the
field of close relationships. Chapter topics range in scope from
evolutionary approaches to understanding relationships, the "battle
between the sexes," cultural influences on relationships, female
sexuality, personality in relationships, intimate partner violence,
relationships and health, social development, and adult
relationship outcomes. Each chapter is structured around three
themes: (1) the most important and foundational principles, ideas,
and findings on each chapter topic, (2) the most important and
novel emerging themes and issues relevant to each topic, and (3)
the newest and most promising directions for future research.
Current, comprehensive, and with heretofore unmatched breadth and
depth, this volume will serve as a roadmap for future theory and
research in the study of close relationship during the next decade.
In the past two decades, an explosion of research has generated
many compelling insights--as well as hotly debated
controversies--about the evolutionary bases of human nature. This
important volume brings together leading proponents of different
theoretical and methodological perspectives to provide a balanced
look at 12 key questions at the core of the field today. In 43
concise, accessible chapters, followed by an integrative
conclusion, the contributors present viewpoints informed by human
behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, and gene-culture
coevolutionary approaches. Topics include the strengths and
limitations of different methodologies; metatheoretical issues; and
debates concerning the evolution of the human brain, intellectual
abilities, culture, and sexual behavior.
This volume showcases the latest theoretical and empirical work
from some of the top scholars in attachment. Extending classic
themes and describing important new applications, the book examines
several ways in which attachment processes help explain how people
think, feel, and behave in different situations and at different
stages in the life cycle. Topics include the effects of early
experiences on adult relationships; new developments in
neuroscience and genetics; attachment orientations and parenting;
connections between attachment and psychopathology, as well as
health outcomes; and the relationship of attachment theory and
processes to clinical interventions.
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