Mating Intelligence Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System

Name: Mating Intelligence Sex, Relationships, and the Mind's Reproductive System
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ISBN: 9780805857498

ISBN-10: 0805857494

ISBN-13: 9780805857498

Edition: 2008

Authors: Glenn Geher, Geoffrey Miller

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Human intelligence is sexually attractive, and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships, but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and mating. This is the first serious scholarly effort to explore that interface, by examining both universals and individual differences in human mating intelligence. Contributors include some of the most prominent evolutionary psychologists and promising new researchers in human intelligence, social psychology, intimate relationships, and sexuality. David Buss' Foreword and the opening chapter explore what 'mating intelligence' means, and why it is central to human cognition and sexuality. The book's six…

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 7/20/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.386



Foreword



Preface




Introduction



Mating Intelligence: Toward an Evolutionarily Informed Construct




Mate Search and Mating Intelligence



How Self-Assessments Can Guide Human Mating Decisions




Mating Intelligence in Personal Ads




Strategic Flexibility in Mating Intelligence



Intelligent Priorities: Adaptive Long-and Short-Term Mate Preferences




Personality, Mating Strategies, and Mating Intelligence




Deception and Self-Deception as Strategies in Short and Long-Term Mating




How Having Children Affects Mating Psychology




Mental Fitness Indicators and Mating Intelligence



The Role of Mutations in Human Mating




Mental Disorders as Catastrophic Failures of Mating Intelligence




Mating Intelligence and Other Individual Differences



The Role of Creativity and Humor in Mate Selection




Emotional Intelligence, Relationship Quality, and Partner Selection




Mating Intelligence and General Intelligence as Independent Constructs




The Ecological Context of Mating Intelligence



Brain Size, Intelligence, and Paleoclimatic Variation




Ecological Constraints on Mating Tactics




Conclusions



Mating Intelligence: Frequently Asked Questions




Mating Intelligence: An Integrative Model and Future Research Directions



Author Index


Subject Index