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Evolution Of Vulnerability Implications For Sex Differences In Health And Development By David Geary (2015,PB)
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Biologists have known for decades that many traits involved in competition for mates or other resources and that influence mate choice are exaggerated, and their expression is influenced by the individuals’ ability to tolerate a variety of environmental and social stressors. Evolution of Vulnerability applies this concept of heightened sensitivity to humans for a host of physical, social, psychological, cognitive, and brain traits. By reframing the issue entirely, renowned evolutionary psychologist David C. Geary demonstrates this principle can be used to identify children, adolescents, or populations at risk for poor long-term outcomes and identify specific traits in each sex and at different points in development that are most easily disrupted by exposure to stressors.
Key Features
- Describes evolved sex differences, providing predictions on the traits that will show sex-specific vulnerabilities
- Presents an extensive review of condition-dependent traits in non-human species, greatly expanding existing reviews published in scientific journals, and more critically, extending these to humans
- Applies condition-dependent traits to humans to identify children, adolescents, or populations at risk for poor long-term outcomes
Readership
Evolutionary psychologists, biologists, public health professionals (researchers and policy makers)
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