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Conceptual Challenges in Evolutionary Psychology

Innovative Research Strategies

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Harmon R. Holcomb

    1. University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Cognitive Systems (COGS, volume 27)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Naturally Selected Development of Behavior, Personality, and Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Part I

      • Harmon R. Holcomb III
      Pages 3-17

    3. Kinship: The Tie that Binds (Disciplines)

      • Linda Mealey
      Pages 19-38

    4. Birth Order, Sibling Competition, and Human Behavior

      • Frank J. Sulloway
      Pages 39-83

    5. The Impact of the Social Environment on the Evolution of Mind

      • Denise Dellarosa Cummins
      Pages 85-118

  3. Sexually Selected Decision Making in Mating and Parenting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Introduction to Part II

      • Harmon R. Holcomb III
      Pages 121-141

    3. Sexual Selection, Good Genes, and Human Mating

      • Steven W. Gangestad
      Pages 143-178

    4. Framing Our Thoughts: Ecological Rationality as Evolutionary Psychology’s Answer to the Frame Problem

      • Timothy Ketelaar, Peter M. Todd
      Pages 179-211

    5. Food and Fitness: Are Eating Disorders About Self-Esteem, Mating Strategies or Both?

      • Harmon R. Holcomb III
      Pages 213-269

    6. Paternal Investment or Maternal Investment? A Critique of the Parental Investment Hypothesis in an American Polygamous Community

      • William Jankowiak, Claudia Woodman
      Pages 271-290

  4. Adaptationist Research Strategies and Evolutionary History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Introduction to Part III

      • Harmon R. Holcomb III
      Pages 293-308

    3. From Adaptive Heuristic to Phylogenetic Perspective: Some Lessons from the Evolutionary Psychology of Emotion

      • Paul E. Griffiths
      Pages 309-325

    4. Evolution Without History: Critical Reflections on Evolutionary Psychology

      • Robert C. Richardson
      Pages 327-373

    5. Evaluating Evolutionary Psychology: Check Your Lens

      • Harmon R. Holcomb III
      Pages 375-392

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 393-404
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About this book

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and to computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. Few areas of inquiry have generated as much interest and enthusiasm in recent times as has the discipline known as "evolutionary psychology", but its pretentions and its accomlishments have not always been properly understood. This collection brings together important work in psychology, anthropology, and the philosophy of science that contributes toward that goal, especially by emphasizing the role of natural selection and sexual selection as crucial factors in the evolution of cognitive mechanisms for information processing. The methodological studies that are presented here are bound to enhance appreciation for the scope and limits of this fascinating domain. The editor has produced a fascinating volume that should appeal to a broad and diverse audience.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

    Harmon R. Holcomb

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conceptual Challenges in Evolutionary Psychology

  • Book Subtitle: Innovative Research Strategies

  • Editors: Harmon R. Holcomb

  • Series Title: Studies in Cognitive Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0618-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0133-8Published: 31 December 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3890-4Published: 14 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0618-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-0780

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 401

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Psychology, Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology

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