The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Family Psychology (Oxford Library of Psychology)

Relationships With Family Are Important To Our Emotional Health And Can Play A Significant Role In Our Social Success. We Need Our Families And Yet Frequently Have A Great Difficulty Understanding Them. 'the Oxford Handbook Of Evolutionary Family Psychology' Focuses On The Reasons Underlying Family Behavior And How A Greater Understanding Of These Factors Can Help Us To Better Understand Our Own Family Behaviours. Towards An Evolutionary Psychology Of The Family / Catherine A. Salmon And Todd K. Shackelford -- Evolutionary Anthropology Of The Human Family / Mark V. Flinn -- The Evolutionary History Of Pair-bonding And Parental Collaboration / Bernard Chapais -- The Evolution Of Relationships In Non-human Families / Douglas W. Mock -- Parent-child Relationships / Marco Del Giudice And Jay Belsky -- Parent-offspring Conflict / Catherine A. Salmon And James Malcolm -- Step-parenting, Divorce, And Investment In Children / Kermyt G. Anderson -- Adoption : Forms, Functions, And Preferences / Anthony A. Volk -- An Evolutionary Perspective On Siblings: Rivals And Resources / Thomas V. Pollet And Ashley D. Hoben -- Trials And Tribulations Of Childhood : An Evolutionary Perspective / Virginia Periss And David F. Bjorklund -- Family Violence : How Paternity Uncertainty Raises The Stakes / Aaron T. Goetz And Gorge A. Romero -- Grandparents And Extended Kin / Harald A. Euler -- Kin Recognition / Peter Hepper -- Kin Selection And Cooperative Courtship In Birds / Alan H. Krakauer And Emily H. Duval -- Primate Kin Preferences : Explaining Diversity / Carol M. Berman -- Pet Keeping : A Case Study In Maladaptive Behavior / John Archer -- Pets In The Family : An Evolutionary Perspective / James A. Serpell And Elizabeth S. Paul -- Fictive Kinship And Induced Altruism / Hector N. Qirko -- Passion And Compassion : Psychology Of Kin Relations Within And Beyond The Family / Justin H. Park And Joshua M. Ackerman -- Cooperation And Conflict In The Light Of Kin Recognition Systems / Daniel Brian Krupp, Lisa M. Debruine, And Benedict C. Jones -- Reflections On The Human Family / David C. Geary, Drew H. Bailey, And Jonathan Oxford -- Between Conflict And Cooperation : New Horizons In The Evolutionary Science Of The Human Family / Gregory Gorelik, Todd K. Shackelford, And Catherine A. Salmon. Edited By Catherine Salmon And Todd K. Shackelford. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.