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001 2010040963
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008 100924s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780465020447 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0465020445 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn657595617
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050 00 $aBF311$b.K386 2011
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100 1 $aKenrick, Douglas T.
245 10 $aSex, murder, and the meaning of life :$ba psychologist investigates how evolution, cognition, and complexity are revolutionizing our view of human nature /$cDouglas T. Kenrick.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$cc2011.
300 $axiii, 238 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aStanding in the gutter : how did an innocent young student accidentally fall in with a band of intellectual revolutionaries? -- Why playboy is bad for your mental mechanisms : when is beauty bad for you? -- Homicidal fantasies : why have most of us had at least one fantasy about committing murder? -- Outgroup hatred in the blink of an eye : why can't we all just get along? -- The mind as a coloring book : why doesn't cultural variation support the blank slate view of the mind? -- Subselves : the three faces of thee -- Reconstructing Maslow's pyramid : where are the missing bricks in the classic pyramid of needs? -- How the mind warps : why do men and women forget different people and regret different things? -- Peacocks, Porsches, and Pablo Picasso : why do men go out of their way to avoid a Consumer Reports best buy? -- Sex and god : when is godliness just another mating strategy? -- Deep rationality and evolutionary economics : why are behavioral economists only half right when they say that our economic choices are irrational? -- Bad crowds, chaotic attractors, and humans as ants : why your parents were right about the company you keep -- Conclusion: looking up at the stars : how does research on unsavory and taboo topics converge into a grand view of human nature and answer the question : what is the meaning of life?
520 $aThe founder of social evolutionary psychology argues that many apparently ingrained human behaviors--including prejudice, over-consumption, and religious devotion--are actually easier to explain and avoid than one would imagine.
650 0 $aCognitive science.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aHuman evolution.
650 0 $aSocial psychology.
650 0 $aSex.
650 0 $aAggressiveness.