Table of Contents
Evolutionary
Psychology: The Ultimate Origins of Human Behavior
Chapter 1. Origins: The Roots of Evolutionary Psychology
Darwin’s Theory
Solving
the Great Puzzle
Basic Tenet’s of Darwin’s Theory
The Modern Synthesis
Mendel’s Laws
Mutations
DNA
Behavior as a Function of Evolution
William James
The Abuse of Darwinism
Environmental Determinism
Ethology
Evolutionary Psychology
The
Methods of Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2. From Big Bang to Big Brain
Life in the Universe
The Beginning
Vertebrate Life
Hominid Evolution
Africa: Cradle of Human Evolution
Bipedalism
The First Humans
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3. Encephalization and the Emergence of Mind
The Prime Movers in Hominid Encephalization
Machiavellian Intelligence
The Ice-Ages
Ballistic
Hunting
Language
Intraspecific competition
The Modular Brain
Localization of Function
Laterality
The Modular Mind
Fear Learning
Social Reasoning
Gender Differences
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4. Language: Crown Jewel of Communication
The Nature of Language
Animal Communication
Animal Language Studies
Feral Children
Language Acquisition
Developmental Stages
Critical Periods
Language Evolution
Universals
Ancient Origins
Conceptual Domains
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5. Mating and Reproduction
The Evolutionary Basis of Sex Differences in Human Behavior
Mate Selection Criteria
The Preferences of Men
The Preferences of Women
The Aesthetics of Attraction
Symmetry
Waist-Hip Ratio
The Masculine Ideal
The Feminine Ideal
Human Pheromones
Menstrual Synchronicity
Major Histocompatibility Complex Preferences
Male Pheromones
Female Pheromones
Jealousy and Mate-Guarding
Sperm Wars
Sexual Orientation
Pair-Bonding Strategies
Limerence: Short-Term Pair-Bonding
Long-Term Pair-Bonding
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6. Ontogeny
Pre-Natal Development
Why Ontogeny Seems to Recapitulate Phylogeny
Regulator Genes
The Adaptive Function of Morning Sickness
Mother-Fetus Competition
Post-Natal Development
A Priori Mind
Parent-Infant Conflicts of Interest
Incest Avoidance
Evolved Contingency Mechanisms
Childhood Experience and Adult Reproductive
Strategy
Childhood Experience and Adult Personality
Birth Order and Adult Personality
Optimizing Cognitive Potential
The Adaptive Function of Menopause
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7. Social Order and Disorder
Serotonin
Testosterone
Stress Hormones
Kin Selection and Altruism
Reciprocal Altruism
Universal Morality and Ethics
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8. Personality and Psychopathology
Contemporary Approaches to Personality Theory
The Case Study Research Paradigm: The Clinical Approach to Personality
Trait Theory
Factor Analysis: A Major Tool of Correlational Research
The Three Factor Model of Personality
The Adaptive Significance of Personality Traits
Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Personality
Axis I Psychiatric Diagnoses
Schizophrenia
Depression
Borderline Personality Disorder
The Other Axis II Personality Disorders
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9. The Creative Impulse: The Origins of Technology and Art
Tool-Use
In Non Human Animals
The
Hominid Archaeological Record
Tool-use as a selective force in Human Evolution
Assessment of Hominid Cognitive Ability
Aesthetic Manipulation
Pleistocene Cave Art
The Adaptive Significance of Art
Consciousness and the Symbolic Universe
Chapter Summary
Chapter 10. Ancient Mammal in a Brave New World
Mismatch Theory
Stress: Then and Now
Mental Health
Indoctrination, Nationalism and War
Better Living through Chemistry: Psychopharmacology
The Origins of Substance Abuse
Psychopharmacology
The New Eugenics: Genetic Engineering
Chapter
Summary
Appendix A: Wason Selection Tasks for Cheater Detection (Cosmides & Tooby, 1992)
Cheater Version
Appendix B: Neurotransmitters: A Primer
Glossary
Bibliography
Index