The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology

by Welling, Lisa L. M.; Shackelford, Todd K.

• ISBN13: 9780190649739
• ISBN10: 0190649739
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-04-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology offers a comprehensive and compelling review of research in behavioral endocrinology from an evolutionary perspective on human psychology. Chapters, written by renowned experts on human behavior, explore a number of subtopics within one of three themes (1) development and survival, (2) reproductive behavior, and (3) social and affective behavior. Such topics include hormonal influences on life history strategy, mate choice, aggression, human hierarchical structure, and mood disorders.

This Handbook is situated at the intersection of evolutionary psychology and behavioral endocrinology. Its interdisciplinary approach makes it an important resource for a broad spectrum of researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates who are interested in studying the motivations and mechanisms that affect behavior.

Author Biography

Lisa L.M. Welling is Associate Professor of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Dr. Welling received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. She heads the Welling Research Laboratory, where her and her students' research focusses on behaviors related to sexual selection, with a special focus on hormonal mediation.

Todd K. Shackelford is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University. He received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. Much of Dr. Shackelford's research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on testing hypotheses derived from sperm competition theory.