The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology: Applications of Evolutionary Psychology

by Todd K. Shackelford (Editor)

Overview

Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Chapters in this Handbook address real-world and practical applications of evolutionary psychology such as applications to medicine, psychiatry, law, and technology. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences.

Part 1: Applications to Health and Well-Being

Part 2: Applications to Law and Order

Part 3: Applications to Technology, Communications, and the Future

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526489166
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/08/2021
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	7.24(w) x 9.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Todd K. Shackelford received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2010, he is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University (http://www.oakland.edu/psychology) in Rochester, Michigan, where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab (www.Todd KShackelford.com). In 2016, he was appointed Distinguished Professor by the Oakland University Board of Trustees. He led the founding of new Ph.D. and M.S. programs (http://www.oakland.edu/psychology/grad/), which launched in 2012. Shackelford has published around 300 journal articles and his work has been cited over 22,000 times. Much of Shackelford’s research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on men’s physical, emotional, and sexual violence against their intimate partners. Since 2006, Shackelford has served as editor of the journal Evolutionary Psychology, and in 2014 founded the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science as Editor-in-Chief.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Applications to Health and Well-Being
Chapter 1: Evolutionary Psychology and Counseling and Psychotherapy - Cezar Giosan
Chapter 2: Evolutionary Psychology and Psychiatry - Riadh Abed & Paul St. John-Smith
Chapter 3: Evolutionary Psychology and Suicidology - C.A. Soper, John F. Gunn III, & Pablo Malo
Chapter 4: Evolutionary Psychology and Mindfulness and Meditation: Easing the Anxiety of Being Human - James Carmody
Chapter 5: Evolutionary Psychology and Environmental Sciences - Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Joelson M.B. Moura, Risonedie Henriques da Silva, Washington S. Ferreira Júnior, & Taline C. Silva
Chapter 6: Evolutionary Psychology and Public Health - Simon Russell
Chapter 7: Animal Ethics and Evolutionary Psychology - Diana Santos Fleischman
Part 2: Applications to Law and Order
Chapter 8: Evolutionary Psychology and Political Institutions - Michael Latner
Chapter 9: Evolutionary Psychology and Crime - Joseph L. Nedelec
Chapter 10: Evolutionary Psychology and Policing: The Balance Between Aggression and Restraint - Lois James
Chapter 11: Evolutionary Psychology, Jurisprudence, and Sentencing - Eyal Aharoni & Morris B. Hoffman
Chapter 12: Evolutionary Psychology and Incarceration - Alina Simona Rusu
Chapter 13: Evolution and Punishment - Anthony Walsh, Cody Jorgensen, & Jessica Wells
Chapter 14: Evolutionary Psychology and Corrections and Rehabilitation - Ian A. Silver & Jamie Newsome
Chapter 15: Evolutionary Psychology and Organized Crime - Russil Durrant
Chapter 16: Evolutionary Psychology and Warfare - Anthony Lopez
Part 3: Applications to Technology, Communications, and the Future
Chapter 17: Evolutionary Psychology and Artificial Intelligence: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Behaviour - Holly Wilson, Paul Rauwolf, & Joanna J. Bryson
Chapter 18: Evolutionary Psychology and Robotics - Robert Finkelstein
Chapter 19: Evolutionary Psychology and Dangerous Driving Behavior - Deanna Singhal & David Wiesenthal
Chapter 20: Evolutionary Psychology and Mass Media - Gayle S. Stever
Chapter 21: Evolutionary Psychology and Communication - Ned Kock
Chapter 22: Evolutionary Psychology and Climate Change: Understanding the impact of time perspective on carbon emissions across 75 countries - Mark A. Caudell
Chapter 23: Evolutionary Psychology and Thanatology: Responses to Death - James R. Anderson
Chapter 24: Evolutionary Psychology and Reproduction - Stephen Whyte & Benno Torgler
Chapter 25: Evolutionary Psychology and Cyberwarfare - Robert Finkelstein