Applied evolutionary psychology

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This title considers how basic evolutionary thinking is being applied to a wide range of special social, economic, and technical problems. It draws together a collection of renowned academics from a very disparate set of fields, whose common interest lies in using evolutionary thinking to inform their research.

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Full title :Applied evolutionary psychology / edited by S. Craig Roberts.

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Publication Date:2012.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (xii, 436 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191625695, 0191625698
oclc:ocn801405437
LC Classification:BF698.95
Dewey Decimal:616.89

Applying evolutionary psychology / S. Craig Roberts -- The evolutionary psychology of economics / Paul H. Rubin and C. Monica Capra -- The evolution of business and management / Nigel Nicholson -- The social animal within organizations / Abraham P. Buunk and Pieternel Dijkstra -- The evolved child : adapted to family life / David F. Bjorklund and Patrick Douglas Sellers II -- Application of evolutionary psychology to academic learning / David C. Geary -- Serial monogamy and clandestine adultery : evolution and consequences of the dual human reproductive strategy / Helen E. Fisher -- The evolutionary psychology of mass politics / Michael Bang Petersen -- Gender equity issues in evolutionary perspective / Bobbi S. Low -- The evolution of charitable behaviour and the power of reputation / Pat Barclay -- Altruism as showing off : a signalling perspective on promoting green behaviour and acts of kindness / Wendy Iredale and Mark van Vugt -- Evolutionary perspectives on intergroup prejudice : implications for promoting tolerance / Justin H. Park -- The evolutionary psychology of criminal behaviour / Aurelio José Figueredo, Paul Robert Gladden, and Zachary Hohman -- War, martyrdom, and t…

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Adaptability (Psychology) Adaptation (Psychologie) Adaptation, Psychological Biological Evolution Évolution Évolution (Biologie) Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary psychology MEDICAL -- Mental Health MEDICAL -- Psychiatry Psychologie évolutionniste PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology