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Psychology and the theory of evolution |
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1 | (1) |
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The mechanism of Darwinian evolution by natural selection |
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2 | (3) |
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The nature of evolutionary adaptations |
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5 | (2) |
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Why apples are sweet: ultimate and proximate explanations in psychology |
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7 | (2) |
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Case study: The avoidance of incest |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (12) |
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The sexual imperative: sperm meets egg |
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15 | (1) |
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The terminology of mating behaviour: systems and strategies |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (7) |
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Contemporary traditional or pre--industrial societies |
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19 | (2) |
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Hunter--gathering societies |
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21 | (1) |
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Despots in early civilizations |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (22) |
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Natural selection and sexual selection compared |
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27 | (2) |
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Inter- and intrasexual selection |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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Potential reproduction rates: humans and other animals |
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31 | (2) |
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The operational sex ratio |
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33 | (3) |
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Consequences of sexual selection |
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36 | (11) |
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Sexual dimorphism in body size |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (1) |
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Post-copulatory intrasexual competition: sperm competition |
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40 | (2) |
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Good genes and honest signals |
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42 | (5) |
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47 | (2) |
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Unravelling human sexuality |
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49 | (24) |
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Comparisons between humans and other primates |
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49 | (7) |
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Differences in body size between males and females |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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Testis size and bodily dimorphism applied to humans |
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51 | (5) |
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Evolution and sexual desire: some expectations and approaches |
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56 | (6) |
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Cross-cultural comparisons using questionnaires |
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57 | (2) |
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Surveys using published advertisements |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (6) |
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70 | (3) |
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Archetypes of the psyche: fears and anxieties as adaptive responses |
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73 | (12) |
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The universality of emotional life |
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73 | (2) |
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Mental health and archetypes of the psyche |
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75 | (1) |
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Fears, anxieties and phobias |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (4) |
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Evolutionary explanations of mental disorders |
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85 | (34) |
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Mental disorders: problems of terminology |
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85 | (3) |
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Mental abnormalities: some hypotheses |
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88 | (16) |
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Malfunctioning mental modules |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (6) |
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The adaptive conservatism hypotheses |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (4) |
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The normal distribution theory |
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99 | (1) |
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Social homeostasis or rank theories of depression |
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100 | (1) |
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Ontogenetic or developmental theories |
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100 | (2) |
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Inclusive fitness theories |
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102 | (2) |
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A genetic basis for mental disorders |
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104 | (5) |
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Unipolar and bipolar depression |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (4) |
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The adaptive value of genetically based disorders |
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109 | (4) |
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Evolutionary psychiatry: prospects |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (5) |
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The evolution of brain size |
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119 | (14) |
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The place of humans in nature |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (3) |
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Brain size and the risks of childbirth |
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123 | (2) |
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Brain size and mating behaviour |
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124 | (1) |
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Brain size and scaling effects (allometry): a mathematical diversion |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (2) |
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The evolution of intelligence |
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133 | (20) |
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Origins of primate intelligence |
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133 | (3) |
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Environmental factors: foraging behaviour and private intelligence |
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134 | (1) |
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Social factors: machiavellian intelligence and the theory of mind |
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134 | (2) |
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Food or sociality: testing the theories |
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136 | (7) |
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136 | (2) |
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Brain size and primate diet |
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138 | (1) |
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Intelligence and the neocortex |
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139 | (1) |
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Environmental and social complexity and neocortex volume |
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140 | (2) |
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Problems with foraging and machiavellian theories |
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142 | (1) |
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Other theories of the evolution of intelligence |
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143 | (7) |
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Sexual selection and the evolution of the brain: the display hypothesis |
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144 | (1) |
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Hardware--software co-evolution: the stimulus of language |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (13) |
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Improving your essay writing skills |
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153 | (13) |
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155 | (4) |
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159 | (3) |
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162 | (4) |
Key Research Summaries |
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166 | (3) |
Glossary |
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169 | (6) |
Answers to progress exercises |
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175 | (10) |
Bibliography |
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185 | (8) |
Index |
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