"The scientific study of human mating has mushroomed over the past three decades, and this growth in turn has generated a proliferation of evolving literature revealing fresh discoveries about mate attraction, mate choice, mate retention, marital satisfaction, jealousy, infidelity, intimate partner violence, breakups, internet dating, cyberstalking, and sexual coercion. In The Oxford Handbook of Human Mating, editor David M. Buss showcases contributions from ""the best and the brightest"" scientists in the field, providing up-to-date summaries of theories and empirical evidence of the science of human mating strategies.
Much of the research in the field is guided by sexual selection theory. Over 150 years after Darwin's proposal of sexual selection theory, it has become the most important overarching theoretical framework for the scientific study of the mating strategies of all sexually reproducing species, including humans. A mountain of research centered around Darwin's classic book has documented the many complexities of human mate competition and mate choice; how these processes differ between the sexes; and how they differ as a function of sex ratio, mate value, social contexts, ovulation cycles, personality characteristics, and cultural norms and mating rituals. Thus, the science is now ripe for a collection of work by eminent scholars in the field.
David M. Buss is a leading researcher and pioneer in the study of human mating strategies, and he applies his expertise to the curation of this volume, which includes major sections covering theories of human mating; mate selection and mate attraction; mate competition; sexual conflict in mating; human pair bonding; the endocrinology of mating; and mating in the modern world."
By:
David M. Buss (Professor of Psychology Professor of Psychology University of Texas)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 186mm,
Width: 256mm,
Spine: 44mm
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9780197536438
ISBN 10: 0197536433
Pages: 864
Publication Date: 12 March 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Theoretical Perspectives Robert Trivers -- Writing Trivers's 1972 Theory of Parental Investment and Sexual Selection Michael Ryan -- Sexual Selection and the Animal's Mating Mind Jennifer Perry & Tracy Chapman - The interface of sexual selection, conflict and evolutionary psychology: emerging core themes David Schmitt -- Extensions of Sexual Strategies Theory across Peoples, Cultures, and Ecologies Attraction and Mate Selection Norman Li & Bryan K. C. Choy -- The Early Stages of Mate Selection Daniel Conroy-Beam -- Computational Models of Mate Choice David M.G. Lewis, Kortnee C. Evans, & Laith Al-Shawaf -- The logic of physical attractiveness: what people find attractive, when, and why Debra Lieberman & Carlton Patrick - Incest Avoidance Adaptations: Evolved function and proximate mechanisms Menalaos Apostalou -- Parental Influence Over Mate Choice Ryan Schacht & Caroline Uggla -- Beyond sex: Reproductive Strategies and Sex Ratio Variation LE Kennair, Trond Viggo Grøntvedt, Andrea M. Kessler, Steven W. Gangestad, & Mons Bendixen -- Mating Strateges in Sexually Egalitarian Cultures David Frederick, Jenna C. Alley, Scott Semenyna, & Justin R. Garcia -- Mating Strategy Variation by Sexual Orientation Mate Competition David Puts, David Carrier, & Alan R Rogers -- Contest Competition for Mates and the Evolution of Human Males Maryanne Fisher & Jaimie Krems -- An Evolutionary Review of Female Intrasexual Competition Scott W. Semenyna, Francisco R. Gómez Jiménez, & Paul Vasey -- Mate competition between the sexes: Evidence from two non-Western cultures Pair-Bonded Relationship Dynamics Gurit Birnbaum -- Evolving Connections: Attachment and Human Mating Strategies William Jankoviak & Alex J. Nelson -- Archeology of love: A review of the ethnographic exploration of love around the world Andrea Meltzer -- Marital and Sexual Satisfaction John Edlund, Brad Sagarin, & Kristin M. Kinner -- Sex Differences in Jealousy: The State of the Theory Valerie G. Starratt & Todd Shackelford -- Mate Guarding Sexual Conflict in Mating Gayle Brewer -- Deception in Human Mating Brooke Scelza -- Marriage and Monogamy in Cross-cultural Perspective Valerie G. Starratt & Todd Shackelford -- Sperm Competition Joshua Duntley -- Violent Mates Peter Jonason & Vlad Burtaverde -- The Dark Triad and Human Mating Strategies Kingsley Browne -- Sexual Harassment Joe Camilleri -- Sexual Coercion Rachel M. James, Melissa M. McDonald, & Viviana Weekes-Shackelford -- Women's Avoidance of Sexual Assault Mating and Endocrinology James Roney -- Hormones and Human Mating Steven Gangestad, Tran Dinh, Lauren Lesko, Martie Haselton -- Understanding Women's Estrus and Extended Sexuality: The Dual Sexuality Framework Julia Sterns & Lars Penke -- Ovulatory cycle effects and hormonal influences on women's mating psychology Katja Cunningham & Sarah E. Hill -- The Impact of Hormonal Contraceptives on Women's Sexual and Mating Psychology Mating in the Modern World Helen Fisher & Justin Garcia -- Mate Choice in the Digital Age Catherine Salmon and Rebecca Burch -- Popular Culture and Human Mating: Artifacts of Desire Cari Goetz -- Evolutionary Mismatch and Human Mating: Understanding the Mating Mind in the Modern World
David M. Buss is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Buss previously taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan. He is considered the world's leading scientific expert on strategies of human mating and one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology. His books include The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating; Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind; The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love and Sex; The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill; and Why Women Have Sex (with Cindy Meston). His most recent book: When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault (2021) uncovers the evolutionary roots of conflict between the sexes.
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