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Subject(s)

• Human behavior—Endocrine aspects [Browse]
• Evolutionary psychology [Browse]

Editor

• Welling, Lisa L. M. [Browse]
• Shackelford, Todd K., 1971- [Browse]

Series

• Oxford library of psychology. [More in this series]
• Oxford handbooks online. [More in this series]

Summary note

Although most will be at least somewhat familiar with the biological role hormones play during puberty and pregnancy, many are likely unaware that hormones - chemical messengers that are secreted by cells and that travel through the body to reach specialized receptors - impact multiple aspects of our lives from conception onward. Behavioural endocrinology and evolutionary psychology are complementary disciplines wherein scholars seek to understand human behaviour. Evolutionary psychologists contend that human psychology and behaviour are functional outcomes of natural and sexual selection pressures encountered in the ancestral environment. In this view, selection pressures designed adaptations of the mind and body, which produce behaviour through a variety of psychological, neurological, and physiological mechanisms.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 11, 2019).
• Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Integrating Mechanisms and Functions to Understand Behavior / Lisa L. M. Welling, Todd K. Shackelford
• Evolution and Human Fatherhood / Adam H. Boyette, Lee T. Gettler
• Hormones, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity / Nicholas C. Neibergall, Alex J. Swanson, Francisco J. Sánchez
• Intersexual and Intrasexual Competition and their Relation to Jealousy / Abraham P. Buunk, Karlijn Massar, Pieternel Dijkstra, Ana María Fernández
• Synthetic Hormones: The Influence of Hormonal Contraceptives and Hormone Replacement Therapy on Aspects of Women's Mating Psychology / Amanda C. Hahn, Kelly D. Cobey
• The Endocrinology of Social Relationships and Affiliation / Christine Anderl, Shimon Saphire-Bernstein, Frances S. Chen
• Hierarchy and Testosterone: How Can Testosterone Promote Upward Mobility in Status Hierarchies? / Shawn N. Geniole, Justin M. Carré
• Competition, Dominance, and Social Hierarchy / Kathleen V. Casto, Pranjal H. Mehta
• Oxytocin: An Evolutionary Framework / Nicholas M. Grebe, Steven W. Gangestad
• Social Bond Paradoxes / Lynea R. Witczak, Trenton C. Simmons, Karen L. Bales
• Stress Hormones, Physiology, and Behavior / Justin K. Mogilski, Anna Wysocki, Simon D. Reeve, Virginia E. Mitchell, Jenna Lunge, Lisa L. M. Welling
• Hormones and Behavior: A Life History Perspective / Maren N. Vitousek, Laura A. Schoenle
• Hormones, Circadian Rhythms, and Mental Health / Yasmine-Marie Cisse, Jeremy C. Borniger, Randy J. Nelson
• Sex Differences in Anxiety Disorders / Teresa A. Piggott, Alexandra N. Duran, Isha Jalnapurkar, Tyler Kimm, Stephanie Linscheid, Melissa K. Allen
• Future Directions in Human Behavioral Endocrinology / Lisa L. M. Welling, Todd K. Shackelford
• Sex Differences in Cognition: Evidence for the Organizational-Activational Hypothesis / Elizabeth Hampson
• Hormones and Major Depressive Disorder / Mark A. Ellenbogen, Virginia Tsekova, Lisa Serravalle
• Sex Differences in Primate Social Relationships During Development / Joyce F. Benenson
• Involvement of the Sex Hormones in Learning and Memory / Kelsy S. J. Ervin, Elena Choleris
• Endocrine Disruptors and Other Environmental Influences on Hormone Action / Laura N. Vandenberg
• Investigating the Ovulatory Cycle: An Overview of Research and Methods / Lisa L. M. Welling, Robert P. Burriss
• Reproduction Behavior in the Human Male / Stefan M. M. Goetz, Glenn Weisfeld, Samuele Zilioli
• Mate Preferences Across the Lifespan / Lynda G. Boothroyd, Jovana Vukovic
• The Influence of Maternal Stress and Child Maltreatment on Offspring / Lillybelle K. Deer, Kristin Bernard, Camelia E. Hostinar.

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ISBN

• 0-19-094234-7
• 0-19-064974-7
• 0-19-064975-5

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