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Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science

  • Reference work
  • © 2021

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Editors:
  1. Todd K Shackelford

    1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

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  2. Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford

    1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

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  • Presents deep coverage of behavioral adaption in humans
  • Explores both historical theory and cutting edge research
  • Incorporates insights from a range of related disciplines

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Table of contents (6026 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxxiv
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  2. A

    1. 2D:4D

      Pages 1-1

    2. A Man of Stature

      Pages 1-1

    3. Abhorrence

      Pages 1-1

    4. Ability and Willingness of Victim to Retaliate

      • B Mims
      Pages 1-4

    5. Ability to Recognize Individuals

      • Catherine F Talbot
      Pages 4-12

    6. Abnormal Fears

      Pages 12-12

    7. Aborticide

      Pages 12-12

    8. Abortion

      • Deblina Roy, Mebarisha I Khongriah
      Pages 13-19

    9. Absence of Events to Distinguish True Friends

      • Hillary Ler Lee Lim, Amy Jia Ying Lim
      Pages 19-22

    10. Absence Prior to Puberty

      • Kristine J Chua, Joseph H Manson
      Pages 23-29

    11. Absolutism

      Pages 29-29

    12. Absorption

      Pages 29-29

    13. Abstinence

      • Susan Himes
      Pages 29-30

    14. Abstract Concept Formation

      • Jennifer Vonk
      Pages 30-32

    15. Abstraction

      Pages 32-32

    16. Abuse

      Pages 32-32

    17. Abusers: Husbands, Boyfriends, and Former Sexual Partners

      • Bruna Da S Nascimento
      Pages 32-38

    18. Access to Alloparents

      • Emily H Emmott
      Pages 38-41

    19. Access to Resources

      • Denise D Cummins
      Pages 41-44
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About this book

This comprehensive, twelve volume reference work reflects the interdisciplinary influences on evolutionary psychology and serves as a major resource for its history, scientific contributors and theories.

It draws on biology, cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, economics, computer science and paleoarchaeology to provide a multifaceted picture of behavioral adaptation in humans and how it adds to our academic and clinical understanding. Edited by a noted figure in evolutionary psychology, with many seminal and renowned contributors, this encyclopedia offers the full breadth of an area that is the forefront of behavioral thinking and investigation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Todd K Shackelford, Viviana A Weekes-Shackelford

About the editors

Todd K. Shackelford received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas–Austin, his M.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1995 and his B.A. in psychology from the University of New Mexico in 1993. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. He led the founding of new Ph.D. and M.S. programs, which launched in 2012. Shackelford has published around 300 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and has edited 14 volumes and his work has been cited nearly 10,000 times. Much of Shackelford’s research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on testing hypotheses derived from sperm competition theory. Since 2006, Shackelford has served as editor of Evolutionary Psychology. Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford received her Ph.D. in evolutionary developmental psychology in 2011 from Florida Atlantic University, her M.A. in psychology from Florida Atlantic University in 2004, and her B.A. in psychology from the Florida Atlantic University in 1993. She is Special Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where she is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. Weekes-Shackelford has published around several dozen peer-reviewed articles and chapters and has edited two volumes.

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