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Contents
What is Evolutionary Psychology?
Cognitive Psychology
Actions Are Caused by Mental Processes
Behaviourist Psychology
The Mind is a Computer
Metaphors of the Mind
A Testable Model
Evolutionary Biology
Heredity and Mutation
Genes
Heredity
Mutation
Adaptation and Natural Selection
Useful Design
The Argument from Design
Not by Coincidence...
Natura non facit saltum
Improvement by Accident
The Evolution of the Eye
The Blind Watchmaker
Fitting the Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle Together
General-Purpose Problem-Solver?
Learning a Language
Language Acquisition
Vision
Modularity
Massive Modularity
No Central Processes
Modules and Adaptations
Adaptations and Environments
Evolving Modules
Shared and Unique Modules
Out of Africa
The Social Environment
Adaptive Problems
Predator-Avoidance Modules
Detecting Predators
False Alarms
Two Neural Pathways
Food Preference Modules
Fat and Sugar
Environmental Mismatch
Disgust
Alliance-Formation Modules
Living in Groups
Alliances and Coalitions
Increasing the Group
Reciprocal Altruism
The Free-Rider Problem
The Evolution of Cooperation
Tit-for-Tat
Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange
Modules for Helping Children and Other Relatives
Kin Selection
How Related Are You?
Hamiltonβs Rule
The Evolution of Nepotism
The Truth About Cinderella
Allocating Resources to Offspring
The Resource-Allocation Module
Parent-Offspring Conflict
How Much For Me?
Weaning
The Benefit of Weaning
Group Size and Social Intelligence
Mind-reading Modules
Enter Machiavelli
Theory of Mind
Folk Psycology
The Sally-Ann Test
Theory of Mind and Autism
Lying and Tactical Deception
Language Modules
The Language Acquisition Device
The Evolution of Language
Reciprocal Altruism Again
Gossip
Indirect Reciprocity
The Importance of Reputation
Mate-Selection Modules
The Mating Game
The Genes are in the Selection
The Importance of Looking Good
Body Symmetry
Whatβs the Evidence for Symmetry?
The Biology of Beauty
The Fertility Factor
Selecting a Mate for Parental Care
Human Pair Bonds
Parental Care and Human Brain Size
Will You Make a Good Parent?
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences
Dads and Cads
Battle of the Sexes β or Evolutionary Arms Race?
The Myth of the Monogamous Female
Womenβs Extra-Pair Mating
Whatβs the Best Strategy?
Men with Resources
Testing Mate Preferences
Attractiveness and Age
Age and Reproduction
Fidelity: Sexual and Emotional
Male and Female Jealousy
Mapping the Mind
Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology
Pan-adaptationism
Side-effects and By-products
Not Everything is a Module
Hypotheses and Confirmations
Just-So Stories?
Is Logic a By-product?
The Wason-selection Task
Cheater-Detection
Two Features of Mental Modules
Modularity Again
Reductionism
The Simplest Accurate Theory
Genetic Determinism
Is Too Much Importance Attached to Genes?
Nature vs. Nurture
Behavioural Genetics
Human Variation and Human Nature
Are Human Behaviours Inevitable and Unchangeable?
Does Evolutionary Psychology Justify the Status Quo?
The Naturalistic Fallacy
Mistaken Criticisms and Misunderstandings
The Legacy of History
The Future of Evolutionary Psychology
The Darwinian Revolution
The Future of Psychology
Further Reading
The Author
Acknowledgements
Index
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