The Sage Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology: Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

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Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Chapters in this Handbook address foundational theories and methodological approaches, providing a rich overview of the most important theoretical and empirical work in the field. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences.   Part 1: Foundations of Evolution Part 2: Middle-Level Evolutionary Theories Part 3: Research Methods and Strategies   Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Editor and Contributors Part I: Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology 1: Sexual Selection: A Brief Introduction 2: Inclusive Fitness Theory 3: Adaptive Problems 4: Differential Reproduction 5: The Products of Evolution: Conceptual Distinctions, Evidentiary Criteria, and Empirical Examples 6: Evolved Psychological Mechanisms Part II: Middle-Level Evolutionary Theories 7: Why Sex? 8: Parental Investment Theory 9: Parent–Offspring Conflict 10: The Theory of Reciprocal Altruism 11: The Trivers–Willard Hypothesis 12: Life History Theory 13: Sperm Competition Theory 14: Sexual Conflict Theory: Concepts and Empirical Tests 15: Attachment Theory: A Behavioral Systems Approach for Studying Species-Universal and Individual-Differences Aspects of the Social Mind Part III: Research Methods and Strategies 16: Cross-Species Comparisons: When Comparing Apples to Oranges Is Fruitful 17: Cross-Cultural Research 18: Neuroscientific Methods 19: Behavior Genetics 20: Sex Differences and Sex Similarities 21: Within-Species Individual Differences 22: Social Biogeography 23: Cross-Cultural Differences in Cognition and Learning 24: Sources of Data for Testing Evolutionary Hypotheses 25: Controversial Issues and Misunderstandings in Evolutionary Psychology Index