This book examines the study of psychopathy using behavioral ecological framework. It consists of two parts. The first describes the science of human behavioral ecology, including:
• Basic concepts of evolutionary biology
• Evolutionary behavioral sciences
• Evolutionary ecology of family
• Evolutionary tradeoffs
• Life history theory
• Behavioral ecology of personality
• Psychopathy and its current evolution.
The second part of the book describes empirical research on psychopathy in evolutionary ecological context, aiming to explore fertility-longevity tradeoffs in psychopathy, interacting phenotypes in psychopathy, and parental effects associated with psychopathy. This part contains the discussion of the study’s findings which is based on several theoretical concepts described in part one.
This volume is ideal for psychopathy researchers hoping to bridge the natural and social sciences in a new and innovative way.

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Janko Međedović

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Acknowledgments 5
Contents 6
Prologue: A Personal Reflection on Human Behavioral Ecology 8
Basic Concepts of Evolutionary Biology 13
Evolution 13
Fitness 14
Evolutionary Tradeoffs 16
Evolutionary Processes: Mutations, Genetic Drift, Gene Flow, and Natural Selection 16
The Types of Natural Selection 18
Sexual Selection 21
Adaptations 22
Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences 24
The Foundation: Animal Behavior in the Light of Evolutionary Processes 24
Human Behavioral Ecology: A Brief History 26
The Tsimane Health and Life History Project: A Representative Example of Ethnographic Research in HBE 27
Do We Still Evolve? Natural Selection in Modern Human Populations 29
HBE: Critiques, Controversies, and Unresolved Questions 31
Evolutionary Psychology: The Basic Tenets 34
Criticisms of EP 36
EP and HBE: Opposed or Complementary Disciplines? Could Both Be Possible? 43
Evolutionary Ecology of Family 45
Parental Investment: Sexual Selection Strikes Again 45
Parental Care in Humans 47
Grandparental Investment 49
Parental–Offspring Interactions 50
Reproductive Motivations and Intentions 53
Understanding Demographic Transition 55
Evolutionary Tradeoffs in Humans 58
Fertility-Longevity Tradeoff 58
The Tradeoff Involved with the Age of First Reproduction (AFR) 60
Quantity-Quality Tradeoff 61
Mating-Parenting Tradeoff 63
Life History Theory 65
The Basic Tenets of Life History Theory (LHT) 65
LHT in Evolutionary Psychology and Its Critiques 67
Covariation Between Life History Traits 68
Environmental Context and the Life History Traits 70
Network Approach to Life History 74
LHT Criticisms, Debates, and Open Questions 78
Behavioral Ecology of Personality 82
Evolution of Animal Personalities 82
Human Personality Ecology: The Associations Between Personality Traits and Fitness 86
Explaining Three Evolutionary Puzzles of Personality in Humans 87
Human Personality Ecology: The Extensions 90
Psychopathy and Its Current Evolution 93
Psychopathy: Definition and Measurement 93
Nomological Network of Psychopathy in Brief 95
Genetic, Neurobiological, and Environmental Precursors of Psychopathy 99
Psychopathy in an Evolutionary Context 102
The Links Between Psychopathy and Fertility 105
The Answers on the First Evolutionary Puzzle of Psychopathy 107
The Empirical Study: Psychopathy, Fertility, Longevity, Interacting Phenotypes, and Parental Effects 110
Goals of the Present Study 110
Sample 112
Measures 112
The Plan of Data Analysis 113
Results: Analyzing the Links Between Psychopathy and Fitness 114
Results: Analyzing Interacting Phenotypes 118
Results: Analyzing Parental Effects 122
Discussion 127
Epilogue: Another Personal Reflection on Human Behavioral Ecology 138
References 141
Index 181

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Erscheinungsdatum: 21.07.2023

2024-04-05