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The evolution of happinessD M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Am Psychol 55:15-23. 2000....
Ovulatory shifts in female sexual desireElizabeth G Pillsworth
Anthropology Department, UCLA, 341 Haines Hall, Box 951553, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Sex Res 41:55-65. 2004..The pursuit of an in-pair conceptive strategy (as opposed to an extra-pair conceptive strategy) was also associated with the occurrence of sexual activity in the relationship...
Why humans have sexCindy M Meston
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Arch Sex Behav 36:477-507. 2007..Discussion focused on the complexity of sexual motivation and directions for future research...
Domains of deceptionDavid M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 www davidbuss com
Behav Brain Sci 34:18. 2011..Exploring these domains will uncover psychological adaptations and sex-differentiated patterns of self-deception that are logically entailed by their theory...
Evolutionary psychology and Bayesian modelingLaith Al-Shawaf
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 www davidbuss com
Behav Brain Sci 34:188-9. 2011..An accurate characterization of EP offers more promise for successful integration with Bayesian modeling...
Human mate guardingDavid M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Neuro Endocrinol Lett 23:23-9. 2002..Behavioral output of mate guarding adaptations range from vigilance to violence...
The great struggles of life: Darwin and the emergence of evolutionary psychologyDavid M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Am Psychol 64:140-8. 2009..synthesizes modern evolutionary biology and psychology to penetrate some of life's deep mysteries: Why do many struggles center around sex? Why is social conflict pervasive? And what are the mechanisms of mind that define human nature?..
Human nature and culture: an evolutionary psychological perspectiveD M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
J Pers 69:955-78. 2001..Culture rests on a foundation of evolved psychological mechanisms and cannot be understood without those mechanisms...
The multiple adaptive problems solved by human aggressionDavid M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Behav Brain Sci 32:271-2; discussion 292-311. 2009..Aggression is not a singular strategy. Comprehensive theories must identify the "design features" of multiple adaptations for aggression...
Adaptations, exaptations, and spandrelsD M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin 78712, USA
Am Psychol 53:533-48. 1998..The authors outline the conceptual and evidentiary standards that apply to adaptations, exaptations, and spandrels and discuss the relative utility of these concepts for psychological science...
Human aggression in evolutionary psychological perspectiveD M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 17:605-19. 1997..The article concludes with a limited review of the empirical evidence surrounding each of the seven hypothesized functions of aggression and discusses the status and limitations of the current evolutionary psychological account...
From vigilance to violence: mate retention tactics in married couplesD M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 72:346-61. 1997..Women, more than men, reported using appearance enhancement and verbal signals of possession. Discussion includes an evolutionary psychological analysis of mate retention in married couples...
Evolutionary psychology and developmental dynamics: comment on Lickliter and Honeycutt (2003)David M Buss
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Psychol Bull 129:848-53. 2003..By critical scientific standards--theoretical cogency, predictive accuracy, interdisciplinary consistency, and empirical harvest--modern evolutionary psychology fares well compared with alternatives...
Strategic self-promotion and competitor derogation: sex and context effects on the perceived effectiveness of mate attraction tacticsD P Schmitt
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 70:1185-204. 1996..Discussion focuses on the context-specificity of human mating psychology and on linking evolutionary and traditional approaches to romantic attraction...
Human mate poaching: tactics and tempations for infiltrating existing mateshipsD P Schmitt
Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 80:894-917. 2001..Discussion focuses on the importance of placing mate poaching within the broader context of human sexual strategies...
Error management theory: a new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind readingM G Haselton
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 78:81-91. 2000..Discussion contrasts EMT with the heuristics and biases approach and suggests additional testable hypotheses based on EMT...
Altruism towards cousinsJoonghwan Jeon
Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A8000, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Proc Biol Sci 274:1181-7. 2007..The results support the hypothesis of cousin-specific adaptations sensitive to varying probabilities of paternity uncertainty...
The mere presence of opposite-sex others on judgments of sexual and romantic desirability: opposite effects for men and womenSarah E Hill
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 34:635-47. 2008..Study 2 (N = 627) demonstrated similar sexually divergent effects for estimates of the desirability of same-sex competitors...
Evolutionary psychology. Controversies, questions, prospects, and limitationsJaime C Confer
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Am Psychol 65:110-26. 2010..The article concludes with a discussion of the limitations of current evolutionary psychology...
Sex, lies, and strategic interference: the psychology of deception between the sexesMartie G Haselton
University of California, Communication Studies Program, 334 Kinsey Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31:3-23. 2005..We discuss implications for theories of mating and emotion and directions for research based on models of antagonistic coevolution between the sexes...
The evolution of jealousyDavid M Buss
Trends Cogn Sci 9:506-7; author reply 508-10. 2005
Understanding domestic violence against women: using evolutionary psychology to extend the feminist functional analysisJay Peters
School of Social Work, University of Maine, Orono 04469, USA
Violence Vict 17:255-64. 2002..Discussion addresses theoretical implications of these findings and suggests a refinement of the feminist hypothesis of domestic violence against women...
Debating sexual selection and mating strategiesDavid M Buss
Science 312:689-97; author reply 689-97. 2006
