The scientific study of human mating has mushroomed over the past three decades, and this growth in turn has generated a proliferation of evolving literature revealing fresh discoveries about mate attraction, mate choice, mate retention, marital satisfaction, jealousy, infidelity, intimate partner violence, breakups, internet dating, cyberstalking, and sexual coercion. In The Oxford Handbook of Human Mating, editor David M. Buss showcases contributions from "the best and the brightest" scientists in the field, providing up-to-date summaries of theories and empirical evidence of the science of human mating strategies. Much of the research in the field is guided by sexual selection theory. Over 150 years after Darwin's proposal of sexual selection theory, it has become the most important overarching theoretical framework for the scientific study of the mating strategies of all sexually reproducing species, including humans. A mountain of research centered around Darwin's classic book has documented the many complexities of human mate competition and mate choice; how these processes differ between the sexes; and how they differ as a function of sex ratio, mate value, social contexts, ovulation cycles, personality characteristics, and cultural norms and mating rituals. Thus, the science is now ripe for a collection of work by eminent scholars in the field. David M. Buss is a leading researcher and pioneer in the study of human mating strategies, and he applies his expertise to the curation of this volume, which includes major sections covering theories of human mating; mate selection and mate attraction; mate competition; sexual conflict in mating; human pair bonding; the endocrinology of mating; and mating in the modern world.

About the Author
David M. Buss is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Buss previously taught at Harvard University and the University of Michigan. He is considered the world's leading scientific expert on strategies of human mating and one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology. His books include The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating; Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind; The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love and Sex; The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill; and Why Women Have Sex (with Cindy Meston). His most recent book: When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault (2021) uncovers the evolutionary roots of conflict between the sexes.

Reviews
The two worlds of genetics * the species and the individualhave traditionally gone their own way. This book, with contributions by the top people in the field, brings these two worlds together, creating a synergism that heralds a sea change in the way we think about and study personality. Individual differences within a species are not just noise that is eliminated by natural selection on its way to designing a species type - evolution creates and thrives on individual differences. This book will be a classic! -Robert Plomin, MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London *
This edited volume is a compendium of literature reviews summarizing the latest research on a variety of aspects of human mating strategies from an evolutionary perspective, a field generally characterized as evolutionary psychology...Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. * Choice *



Book Information
ISBN 9780197536438
Author David M. Buss
Format Hardback
Page Count 864
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 1676g
Dimensions(mm) 261mm * 190mm * 42mm