The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

The transformative wave of Darwinian insight continues to expand throughout the human sciences. While still centered on evolution-focused fields such as evolutionary psychology, ethology, and human behavioral ecology, this insight has also influenced cognitive science, neuroscience, feminist discourse, sociocultural anthropology, media studies, and clinical psychology. This handbook's goal is to amplify the wave by bringing together world-leading experts to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of evolution-oriented and influenced fields. While evolutionary psychology remains at the core of the collection, it also covers the history, current standing, debates, and future directions of the panoply of fields entering the Darwinian fold. As such, The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior is a valuable reference not just for evolutionary psychologists but also for scholars and students from many fields who wish to see how the evolutionary perspective is relevant to their own work. 04_0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05_0_pp_vii_x_Contents 06_0_pp_xi_xi_Figures 07_0_pp_xii_xii_Tables 08_0_pp_xiii_xvi_Contributors 09_0_pp_xvii_xviii_Preface 10_0_pp_xix_xx_Acknowledgments I The_Comparative_Approach 11_1_pp_3_13_HumanGrey_Parrot_Comparisons_in_Cognitive_Performance 11_2_pp_14_22_Cognitive_Abilities_in_Elephants 11_3_pp_23_34_Culture_and_Communication_among_Cetaceans II Sociocultural_Anthropology_and_Evolution 12_1_pp_37_46_Eusociality_in_Humans 12_2_pp_47_60_The_Nature_and_Psychological_Foundation_of_Social_Universals 12_3_pp_61_74_The_Study_of_Culture_and_Evolution_across_Disciplines III Evolution_and_Neuroscience 13_1_pp_77_90_Are_Evolutionary_Psychology_and_the_Neuroscience_of_Motivation_Compatible 13_2_pp_91_96_Are_We_Designed_to_Be_Happy 13_3_pp_97_122_Environmental_Pressures_on_Transgenerational_Epigenetic_Inheritance IV Group_Living 14_1_pp_125_138_The_Problem_of_Altruism_and_Future_Directions 14_2_pp_139_149_Can_Evolutionary_Processes_Explain_the_Origins_of_Morality 14_3_pp_150_157_The_Evolution_and_Function_of_Third-Party_Moral_Judgment 14_4_pp_158_166_Evolution_of_the_Human_Family 14_5_pp_167_178_The_Parasite-Stress_Theory_of_Cultural_Values_and_Sociality 14_6_pp_179_193_The_Evolution_of_Pride_and_Shame 14_7_pp_194_206_Thinking_Outside_the_Head V Evolution_and_Cognition 15_1_pp_211_224_Runaway_Processes_in_Modern_Human_Culture 15_2_pp_225_232_Ontogeny_of_Tactical_Deception 15_3_pp_233_240_The_Evolution_of_Language 15_4_pp_241_250_The_Adaptive_Problem_of_Exploiting_Resources VI Evolution_and_Development 16_1_pp_253_264_Evolutionary_Developmental_Psychology 16_2_pp_265_275_The_Ontogeny_and_Evolution_of_Cooperation 16_3_pp_276_283_Genomic_Imprinting_Is_Critical_for_Understanding_the_Development_and_Adaptive_Design_of_Psychologica 16_4_pp_284_298_Evolutionary_Explanations_for_Bullying_Behavior 16_5_pp_299_310_Birth_Order_and_Evolutionary_Psychology VII Sexual_Selection_and_Human_Sex_Differences 17_1_pp_313_329_Survival_Selection_and_Sex_Differences_in_Fear 17_2_pp_330_341_The_Enigmatic_Urge 17_3_pp_342_352_Are_Humans_Peacocks_or_Robins 17_4_pp_353_365_Human_Mate_Selection 17_5_pp_366_377_Kin_Selection_and_the_Evolution_of_Male_Androphilia 17_6_pp_378_392_Evolutionary_Psychology VIII Abnormal_Behavior_and_Evolutionary_Psychopathology 18_1_pp_395_408_Psychopathology_from_an_Evolutionary_Perspective 18_2_pp_409_418_Are_We_on_the_Verge_of_Darwinian_Psychiatry 18_3_pp_419_435_The_Evolution_of_Pro-social_Behavior 18_4_pp_436_448_Disordered_Social_Cognition IX Applying_Evolutionary_Principles 19_1_pp_451_461_A_Bridge_Too_Far 19_2_pp_462_470_The_Evolution_of_Personality 19_3_pp_471_480_Applying_Evolutionary_Principles_to_Criminality 19_4_pp_481_488_Substitute_Parenting 19_5_pp_489_506_Historians_and_the_Evolutionary_Approach_to_Human_Behavior 19_6_pp_507_514_The_Psychology_of_Extraterrestrials X Evolution_and_the_Media 20_1_pp_517_526_Daily_Talk_Shows_as_Virtual_Gossip_Communities 20_2_pp_527_537_Supernormal_Stimuli_in_the_Media 20_3_pp_538_547_An_Evolutionary_Approach_to_Horror_Media 20_4_pp_548_557_The_Internet_Is_for_Porn 21_0_pp_558_562_Index "Prior to Darwin humans lived in a different world from other species. While our machines were inhabited by ghosts, other creatures were simply machines devoid of internal states (Descartes, 1641). With the publication of the Origin of Species in 1859, however, people began to question this anthropocentric assumption of a discontinuity between 'us' and 'them'. Thirteen years later in Darwin's final book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals he developed this argument of continuity between human and non-human species further by drawing on observations of parallels of expression and reaction in a wide range of species. It is fair to say that The Expression of the Emotions led directly to the development of 'comparative psychology' and provided legitimacy to the study of animal behavior as a means to better understand ourselves (Workman, 2013). In 1894 Conway Lloyd Morgan formalised this approach in his book Introduction to Comparative Psychology setting out the ground rules for the comparative method"-- Provided by publisher This handbook integrates a wide range of perspectives on the relationship between evolution and the human condition. In addition to evolutionary psychology and behavioral ecology, the inclusion of neuroscience, feminist discourse, sociocultural anthropology, and media studies makes the handbook the most comprehensive reference in the field to date.