| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Physical description |
1 online resource (xii, 436 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 terror : evolutionary underpinnings of the moral imperative to extreme group violence / Scott Atran -- Evolutionary theory and behavioural biology research: implications for law / David J. Herring -- Motivational mismatch : evolved motives as the source of, and solution to, global public health problems / Valerie Curtis and Robert Aunger -- Mental health and well-being : clinical applications of Darwinian psychiatry / Alfonso Troisi -- Evolutionary perspectives on sport and competition / Diana Wiedemann, Robert A. Barton, and Russell A. Hill -- Why we buy : evolution, marketing, and consumer behaviour / Vladas Griskevicius, Joshua M. Ackerman, and Joseph P. Redden -- Evolutionary psychology and perfume design / S. Craig Roberts and Jan Havlicek -- Television programming and the audience / Charlotte De Backer -- News as reality-inducing, survival-relevant, and gender-specific stimuli / Maria Elizabeth Grabe -- Media naturalness theory : human evolution and behaviour towards electronic communication technologies / Ned Kock -- Evolutionary psychology, demography, and driver safety research : a theoretical synthesis / David L. Wiesenthal and Deanna M. Singhal -- Evolutionary robotics / Dylan Evans and Walter de Back. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Other author |
Roberts, S. Craig.
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| Subject |
Evolutionary psychology.
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Adaptability (Psychology)
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Evolution (Biology)
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Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780191625695 (electronic bk.) |
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0191625698 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199586073 |
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0199586071 |
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