Family Relationships
Subtitle: An Evolutionary Perspective
Contributors: Catherine A. Salmon (Editor); Todd K. Shackelford (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: August 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780195320510
Subjects: Family & Relationships; Social, group or collective psychology; Psychology; Family/Marriage; Social Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology; Family Relationships; Family; Interpersonal relations
Description: "Family Relationships brings together leading theorists and researchers from evolutionary psychology and related disciplines to illustrate the ways in which an evolutionary perspective can inform our study and understanding of family relationships. The contributors argue that family psychology is relationship specific: the relationship between mother and daughter is different from that between father and daughter or that between brother and sister or sister and sister. In other words, humans have evolved specialized mechanisms for processing information and motivating behavior that deal with the distinct demands of being a mate, father, mother, sibling, child, or grandparent. Such an evolutionary perspective on family dynamics provides a unique insight into human behavior. This volume will be an indispensable resource for psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists, as well as scholars of family, marriage, and animal behavior."--Jacket.