Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: Introducing Evolutionary Psychology -- Chapter 1: What is Evolutionary Psychology? -- Key Terms -- What is Evolution? -- Selfish Gene -- Species from the Perspective of Evolutionary Psychology -- Basic Evolutionary Concepts: Natural Selection, Heritability, Mutation, Adaptation, Fitness, and Reproductive success -- Evolutionary Mismatch -- Evolution and Behavior: The Basic Premise of Evolutionary Psychology -- Drift, Spandrels, Multilevel Selection, and Cultural Evolution -- Trade-Offs -- Summary: Turning on the Light -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Section II: Domains of Human Behavior Shaped by Evolution -- Chapter 2: Evolution and Child Development: The Slowly Developing Ape -- Key Terms -- Parental Investment Theory -- The Asymmetrical Nature of Parental Investment in Humans -- Our Children are Our World-Atkinson and Volk (2008) -- Attachment Theory -- Parent/Offspring Conflict -- Sex-Differentiated Development and Young Male Syndrome -- Implications for Parenting -- Summary: Evolution and Child Development Revisited -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 3: Courtship, Intersexual Selection, and Intrasexual Competition: The Hot Ape -- Key Terms -- Courtship and Intersexual Selection -- Male/Female Similarities and Differences in Attraction -- Short-term versus Long-Term Mating -- The Role of Physical Attractiveness -- Attractive Personality Traits -- Attractive Behaviors and Mental Fitness Indicator Theory -- Intrasexual Competition -- Summary: Early Elements of Human Mating -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 4: Sex: The Excitable Ape -- Key Terms -- Kissing, Foreplay, and Non-obvious Reproductive Sex Acts -- Homosexuality and Bisexuality -- Sperm Competition and Genital Morphology -- The Effects of Ovulatory Cycle on Human Behavior.

Implications Regarding Hormonal Cont raception -- Sexual Coercion -- The Broader Context of Sexuality Within Evolutionary Psychology -- Summary: Sexuality is No Small Evolutionary Detail -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 5: Pair-Bonding: The Somewhat-Monogamous Ape -- Key Terms -- Mating Systems -- Love -- Infidelity -- Sperm Competition Revisited (And the Many Forms of Paternal-Assurance Tactics) -- Mating Success -- Mating Intelligence -- Summary: Long -Term Human Mating -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 6: The Oftentimes-Helpful, Churchgoing Ape -- Key Terms -- Kin-Selected Altruism -- Reciprocal Altruism -- Cheater Detection -- Competitive Altruism, Sexy Altruism, and the Possibility of Genuine Altruism -- Multilevel Selection, Religion, and God -- Summary: The Different Pieces of Human Altruism -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 7: Aggression, Warfare, and Human Nastiness -- Key Terms -- Conceptual Perspectives on Aggression: Hawks and Doves -- Gloved-Fisted Aggression -- Aggression and Sexual Selection -- The Murderer Next Door -- The Evolutionary Psychology of Warfare -- The Rock-Throwing Ape -- Summary: Human Nastiness Revisited -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Section III: Applied Evolutionary Psychology and the Future of the Field -- Chapter 8: Evolutionary Psychology Applied to Issues of Humanity -- Key Terms -- The Applied Evolutionary Psychology Society -- The Aesthetic Ape: Evolutionary Psychology Applied to the Arts -- Evolutionary Psychology and Politics -- Evolutionary Psychology and the Structure of Cities -- Evolutionary Psychology and Physical Health -- Evolutionary Psychology and Mental Health -- Summary: Evolutionary Psychology Can Save the World! -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 9: Controversies Surrounding Evolutionary Psychology -- Key Terms.

Major Cont roversies Surrounding Evolutionary Psychology -- Do Innate Behavioral Differences Between Dogs and Cats Exist? -- Summary: Evolutionary Psychology is Really Not Evil! -- Notes -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- Chapter 10: The Future of Evolutionary Psychology -- Key Terms -- Interest in Evolutionary Psychology -- History and Evolutionary Psychology -- Obtaining Education in Evolutionary Psychology -- The Practical Utility of Evolution in Everyday Life -- Evolutionary Psychology and Evolutionary Studies -- Summary: Evolutionary Psychology in a Crystal Ball -- Discussion/Essay Exercises -- References -- Index.