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Introduction Introduction
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Evolutionary Approaches: An Overview Evolutionary Approaches: An Overview
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Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
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Darwin’s Theory: Five Facts and Three Inferences Darwin’s Theory: Five Facts and Three Inferences
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The Modern Synthesis The Modern Synthesis
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Adaptationism Adaptationism
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Adaptation, Function, Adaptiveness, and Exaptation Adaptation, Function, Adaptiveness, and Exaptation
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Adaptation. Adaptation.
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Function. Function.
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Adaptiveness. Adaptiveness.
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Exaptation. Exaptation.
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Secondary Adaptation. Secondary Adaptation.
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Byproducts. Byproducts.
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How Evolutionary Biologists Identify Adaptation How Evolutionary Biologists Identify Adaptation
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Evolutionary Economics: Cost–Benefit Modeling Evolutionary Economics: Cost–Benefit Modeling
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Theory in Adaptationist Psychology: Two Levels Theory in Adaptationist Psychology: Two Levels
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Developmental Systems Theory and Evolutionary Biology Developmental Systems Theory and Evolutionary Biology
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Is Darwinism Genetic Determinism? Is Darwinism Genetic Determinism?
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Developmental Systems Perspectives Developmental Systems Perspectives
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Phylogenetic Analysis Phylogenetic Analysis
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The Human Niche The Human Niche
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The Concept of an Ecological Niche The Concept of an Ecological Niche
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The Niche Humans Entered and Defined The Niche Humans Entered and Defined
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Primate Niches and the Evolution of Miocene Apes Primate Niches and the Evolution of Miocene Apes
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The Hominin Niche Contrasted With the Typical Ape Niche The Hominin Niche Contrasted With the Typical Ape Niche
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The Human Adaptive Complex The Human Adaptive Complex
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Social Adaptations Special to the Human Niche Social Adaptations Special to the Human Niche
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Social Selection: Why Reputations Matter Social Selection: Why Reputations Matter
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People Evaluate Others as Coalition Partners People Evaluate Others as Coalition Partners
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Capacity. Capacity.
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Trustworthiness. Trustworthiness.
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Compatibility. Compatibility.
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Coalitional Psychology Coalitional Psychology
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Two Forms of Status: Dominance and Prestige Two Forms of Status: Dominance and Prestige
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Social Spheres: A Conceptualization of Individuals’ Social Capital Social Spheres: A Conceptualization of Individuals’ Social Capital
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Affordances in the Social World Affordances in the Social World
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Friendship Friendship
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The Behavioral Immune System The Behavioral Immune System
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Mating and Pair-Bonding Mating and Pair-Bonding
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Kinship Kinship
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Individual Differences in Evolutionary Perspective Individual Differences in Evolutionary Perspective
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Adaptive Contingent Variation Adaptive Contingent Variation
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An Illustration: Variations Across Individuals in How They Build Social Spheres An Illustration: Variations Across Individuals in How They Build Social Spheres
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Variations in Self-Monitoring: Adaptive Variations in Strategies for Building Social Spheres? Variations in Self-Monitoring: Adaptive Variations in Strategies for Building Social Spheres?
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Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection
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Variations in Fitness Variations in Fitness
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What Accounts for Genetic Variation in Personality? What Accounts for Genetic Variation in Personality?
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Making the Best of a Bad Job Making the Best of a Bad Job
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Why the Big Five? Why the Big Five?
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Reflections Reflections
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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References References
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6 Evolutionary Perspectives
Get accessUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Published:09 October 2018
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Abstract
Evolutionary perspectives on human behavior are almost as old as the science of psychology itself. A new brand of functionalism has emerged; it draws inspiration from developments in evolutionary biology in the past half-century. This chapter offers an overview of evolutionary biology as applied to human psychology. An ecological niche is discussed, and the critical issue of the nature of the niche humans entered and defined is addressed. Unusually, individuals’ fitness was highly dependent on their ability to attract, form, and maintain cooperative coalitions with others and harness the competencies of others to their own. Several broad, evolution-inspired proposals about human social behavior are described, illustrating how evolutionary perspectives offer integrative understanding of psychological phenomena and generate new research programs. Individual differences from an evolutionary perspective are addressed. Evolutionary perspectives, rather than representing alternatives to social or cultural perspectives, offer a means to construct foundationally integrative personality and social psychology.
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