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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 155.7 EAN: 9780205483389 Edition: 3rd ISBN: 0205483380 Label: Allyn & Bacon Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: July 01, 2007 Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Studio: Allyn & Bacon Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Excellent read.This book is very easy to read and I found it extremely enjoyable and informative. Its a keeper for sure! Rating:  - Great evolutionary psychology primerThe book is organized in 6 parts and 13 chapters. Part one explains evolution theory and evolutionary psychology and how they are misunderstood and misrepresented, whereas the rest of the book deals with problems like survival, mating, sexual-strategies, kinship and group living. This book explains behaviours we see everyday, such as gender differences, aggression, jealousy, conflicts, and problems of rank, status and prestige. Granted, it is not a book full of PC, neither ... Read More Rating: - Good IntroThis was the first book I read dealing with Evolutionary Psychology. I read it after college and law school so the textbook format was actually perfect for what I was looking for. It begins with a rudimentary and straight forward explanation of evolution by natural selection. From there it gets into the details of evolutionary psychology. It is a very solid introduction to the field in my opinion. I was told that when it comes to EP to start with Buss's book but don't end there and I sort of see ... Read More Rating:  - high on appeal, low on rigorI used this book as a text book for a course I taught on Human Behavior. On the whole, the students really enjoyed the text and they found Buss's writing style to be very engaging and easy to read. I would agree. Nevertheless, I feel this book--like the whole field of Evolutionary Psychology--requires a far more rigorous scientific framework before it can be considered a field that can substantively explain human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. Don't get me wrong: evolutionary ... Read More Rating: - HUMAN CIVILIZATION FROM THE PRESENT: WHY WE ACT THIS WAYEach day for twenty-something years I woke up to see reality as it was presented to me. I noticed many patterns in life that are hard not to notice -- such as the difference between men and women in how they approach sexual opportunities. Men will readily say yes, women firmly no. Why? Evolution is such an intriguing and elegant theory on its approach to our current behavior. Boss's contention is that the present behaviors we see today in our modern era -- fear of snakes, high male sexual ... Read More 
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