The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Family Psychology

Catherine Salmon is Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Redlands.Todd K. Shackelford is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Oakland University.

"This is a fairly comprehensive look at evolutionary family psychology. The figures and tables are helpful, although the book is rather difficult to read without a good foundation in this field. All in all, it is another good volume in the Oxford publishing tradition." -- Gary B Kaniuk, Psy.D. (Cermak Health Services), Doody's"This handbook provides an antidote to the often scientifically suspect information presented in standard works on family and psychology and intimate relations. In looking at how evolution has likely selected current human family structures, this book provides solid coverage of everything from genetic and hormaonal factors involved in family systems, to social and family systems of humans' evolutionary cousins (great apes and chimpanzees), to mating, family,and social systems of other species... Recommended." -- S.R. Flora, Youngstown State University, CHOICE

• Part One: Introduction ; 1. Towards an Evolutionary Psychology of the Family ; Catherine Salmon and Todd K. Shackelford ; 2. Evolutionary Anthropology of the Human Family ; Mark V. Flinn ; 3. The Evolutionary History of Pair-bonding and Parental Collaboration ; Bernard Chapais ; 4. The Evolution of Relationships in Non-human Families ; Douglas W. Mock ; Part Two: Human Families ; 5. Parent-Child Relationships ; Marco Del Giudice and Jay Belsky ; 6. Parent-Offspring Conflict ; Catherine Salmon and James Malcolm ; 7. Step-parenting, Divorce, and Investment in Children ; Kermyt G. Anderson ; 8. Adoption: Forms, Functions, and Preferences ; Anthony A. Volk ; 9. An Evolutionary Perspective on Siblings: Rivals and Resources ; Thomas V. Pollet and Ashley D. Hoben ; 10. Trials and Tribulations of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective ; Virginia Periss and David F. Bjorklund ; 11. Family Violence: How Paternity Uncertainty Raises the Stakes ; Aaron T. Goetz and Gorge A. Romero ; 12. Grandparents and Extended Kin ; Harald A. Euler ; Part Three: Animal Families ; 13. Kin Recognition ; Peter Hepper ; 14. Kin Selection and Cooperative Courtship in Birds ; Alan H. Krakauer and Emily H. DuVal ; 15. Primate Kin Preferences: Explaining Diversity ; Carol M. Berman ; Part Four: Fictive Families ; 16. Pet Keeping: A Case Study in Maladaptive Behavior ; John Archer ; 17. Pets in the Family: An Evolutionary Perspective ; James A. Serpell and Elizabeth S. Paul ; 18. Fictive Kinship and Induced Altruism ; Hector N. Qirko ; 19. Passion and Compassion: Psychology of Kin Relations within and beyond the Family ; Justin H. Park and Joshua M. Ackerman ; 20. Cooperation and Conflict in the Light of Kin Recognition Systems ; Daniel Brian Krupp, Lisa M. DeBruine, and Benedict C. Jones ; Part Five: Conclusions and Future Directions ; 21. Reflections on the Human Family ; David C. Geary, Drew H. Bailey, and Jonathan Oxford ; 22. Between Conflict and Cooperation: New Horizons in the Evolutionary Science of the Human Family ; Gregory Gorelik, Todd K. Shackelford, and Catherine Salmon