Summary
Contents
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Essential Evolutionary Psychology introduces students to the core theories, approaches, and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of evolutionary psychology. It offers a sound, brief, and student friendly explication of how evolutionary theory has been and is applied in psychology. The book unpicks the very essence of human evolution, and how this knowledge is used to give evolutionary accounts of four of the central pillars of human behavior - cooperation, attraction, aggression, and family formation. It also covers evolutionary accounts of abnormal behavior, language and culture.
Families and Parenting
Families and Parenting
Some of the questions addressed in this chapter:
- What are ‘mating systems’?
- Are humans serial monogamists?
- What is parent–offspring conflict?
- Should we anticipate sex differences in parenting style?
- Why might female and male children elicit different responses from parents?
- How might family forms influence the personality of adults?
Some Key Terms and Concepts
Cinderella syndrome; Development; Life history theory; Maternal certainty; Monogamy; Parental investment; Paternal uncertainty; Parent–offspring conflict; Polyandry; Polygamy; Polygyny; r and K selection.
Learning Objectives
Having studied this chapter you should be better able to:
- Develop an argument as to which mating system might best describe human behaviour.
- Describe points of tension that might arise when considering the fitness interests of individual in family groups.
- Consider some of the wider implications of parental investment theory.
Introduction
Grounded as it is in inclusive fitness ...
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