“Why do we do what we do?” In this thought-provoking series of lectures, Professor Allen D. MacNeill examines the surprising—and sometimes unsettling—answers to this most basic of human questions. The remarkable new field of evolutionary psychology takes a scientific approach to the evolution of human nature. Analyzing human behavior in relation to food, clothing, shelter, health care, and sex, Evolutionary Psychology proves an immensely stimulating exploration of human endeavor.
Lecture 1 Evolutionary Psychology: A Conceptual History
Lecture 2 Investigating the Unmentionable
Lecture 3 Natural Selection and Adaptation
Lecture 4 Evolved Psychological Mechanisms
Lecture 5 Deconstructing the Blank Slate
Lecture 6 Food, Clothing, Shelter, and Health
Lecture 7 Cooperation and the Paradox of Altruism
Lecture 8 Gender and Sex Differences
Lecture 9 Sex Lives of the Vertebrates
Lecture 10 The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Lecture 11 Monogamy and Polygamy
Lecture 12 Attraction, Courtship, and Mating
Lecture 13 Love, Attachment, and Childrearing
Lecture 14 Parents, Offspring, and Families