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Evolutionary psychology, public policy, and personal decisions

Title
  1. Evolutionary psychology, public policy, and personal decisions / edited by Charles Crawford, Catherine Salmon.
Published by
  1. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2004.

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Additional authors
  1. Crawford, Charles (Charles B.)
  2. Salmon, Catherine.
Description
  1. xi, 379 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Evolutionary psychology
  2. Evolutionary psychology
  3. Evolutionspsychologie
  4. Angewandte Psychologie
  5. Ontwikkelingspsychologie
  6. Overheidsbeleid
  7. Verantwoordelijkheid
Contents
  1. PART I: METHODOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHIE CONSIDERATIONS -- Public policy and personal decisions: the evolutionary context / Charles Crawford -- The essence of evolutionary psychology: an introduction / Charles Crawford, Catherine Salmon -- Beyond sociobiology: a kinder and gentler evolutionary view of human nature / Maria G. Janicki -- Darwin and evolutionary moral psychology / Harmon Holcomb -- PART II: COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES -- Mentalism and mechanism: the twin modes of human cognition / Christopher Badcock -- Self-deception: helping and hindering public and personal decision making / Michele K. Surbey -- Ancestral emotions, current decisions: using evolutionary game theory to explore the role of emotions in decision making / Timothy Ketelaar -- Natural law and natural selection: deontic reasoning as part of evolved human nature / Laurence Fiddick -- PART III: REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS -- Marital cooperation and conflict / Margo Wilson, Martin Daly -- The pornography debate: what sex differences in erotica can tell about human sexuality / Catherine Salmon -- Why don't men pay child support? Insights from evolutionary psychology / Todd K. Shackelford, Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford -- Evolutionary life history perspective on rape / Randy Thornhill, Craig T. Palmer -- Women in the workplace: evolutionary perspectives and public policy / Kingsley R. Browne -- Is psychopathy a pathology or a life strategy? Implications for social policy / Kirsten N. Barr, Vernon L. Quinsey -- Cultivating morality and constructing moral systems: how to make silk purses from sows' ears / Dennis L. Krebs -- Darwinism and public policy: the view from political science / Robert S. Robins.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Sequel to: Handbook of evolutionary psychology.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.