

Mother Nature (Hrdy, 1999)
Multiple Outside Readings (OR) are on Reserve in the SMC Library
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GRADING
SCALE:
93% - 100% = A
90% - 92% = A-
88% - 89% = B+
83% - 87% = B
80% - 82% = B-
78% - 79% = C+
73% - 77% = C
70% - 72% = C-
68% - 69% = D+
63% - 67% = D
60% - 62% = D-
<60% = F
2. An Analysis of Observations of Behavior from the Real World
3. An Evolutionary Analysis of Art, Literature, or Popular Media
Thursday, January 4: Introduction to the
Course
[Ethology and the Link between Evolution & Behavior]
Tuesday, January 9: Basic Principles of Evolution and Intro to
Evolutionary Psychology
- Rossano, pp. 53-61; pp.
74-76; Chapters 1 &
2; OR# 1
[Adaptation by
Natural Selection]
[Sexual Selection]
QUIZ: The Levels of Selection Debate
Thursday,
January 11: Basic
Principles Continued
- Rossano, pp. 70-73; pp.
227-241 Chapter 3
[Evolutionary Psychology vs. the SSSM]
[Human Genetic Diversity]
[Primate Ecology & Behavior]
Tuesday,
January 16:
Human Prehistory and Modern Human Behavior
- Rossano, pp. 62-69; Chapters
5 & 6; OR #2
[Bipedalism]
[History of the Human Lineage]
Atlas
of Early Human Migration
Lost
World of the Little People
Thursday, January 18: Evolution of the Human Mind
- Rossano, pp. 401-415;
Chapters 7, 8, 15, &
16; OR# 3 & 4
[Evolution of Emotion] - QUIZ
[The Modular Mind: Evolved Psychological Mechanisms and Domain-Specific
Cognition]
[The Development of Cognition in Children: The Importance of a "Theory
of Mind"]
DISCUSSION: Sex Differences in Cognition
Tuesday, January 23:
Evolution and Language
- Rossano, Chapter 17
[Language as an
Adaptation]
[Patterns of language Development in Children]
[Why Did Language Evolve?]
[The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip]
Thursday, January 25: Sex Differences in Cognition
- OR#5 & 6 - QUIZ
Tuesday, January 30: MID-TERM EXAM
Thursday,
February 1: Evolution and Human Development: Children,
Parents, & Families
- Rossano, Chapter 13; OR# 7
[Life History Theory]
[Human Development Across the Life Span]
[Attachment]
[Sex Differences in Development]
Tuesday, February 6: Children, Parents, & Families Continued
- Rossano, Chapter 14; OR# 8
& 9
[Parental Investment]
[Sibling Relationships & Birth Order]
[Parent-Offspring Conflict]
[The Trivers-Willard Effect]
QUIZ
Thursday,
February 8: Maternal Instincts
- Hrdy, Chapters 5-21
Tuesday, February 13: Continue Discussion of Hrdy, Chapters 5-21
Thursday, February 15: Human Mate Choice
- Rossano, Chapter 11; OR# 10,
11, 12, 13
[Sexual Selection
Revisited]
[Short-term vs. Long-term Mating Strategies]
[The Aesthetics of Sexual Attractiveness]
[Human Pheromones]
QUIZ
Friday, February 16: FIRST DRAFT OF TERM PAPER DUE
Tuesday,
February 20: Human Mating Strategies
(cont'd)
- Rossano, Chapter 12; OR# 14
[Jealousy, Mate Guarding,
& Sexual Violence]
Thursday, February 22: Inclusive Fitness and Kin Selection
[Hamilton's Rule]
Tuesday, February 27: Evolutionary Social Psychology
- Rossano, pp. 415-422;
Chapter 9; OR# 15 & 16
[Social Cognition,
Person Perception,
& Prejudice]
[Altruism & Morality]
Thursday, March 1:
Evolutionary Social
Psychology
- Rossano, Chapter 9; OR# 17
[Aggression]
[Remote Killing and Human Nature]
QUIZ
Tuesday, March 6: Evolutionary Social
Psychology
- OR# 18 & 19
[Gender, Culture, & Violence]
QUIZ
FINAL EXAM - DURING SCHEDULED TIME
2. The People Time Forgot (Morwood, Sutikna, & Roberts, 2005)
3.
My Baby Doesn't Smell as
Bad as Yours: The Plasticity of Disgust
(Case, Repacholi, & Stevenson, 2006)
4.
Mental Leap: What Apes
can Teach us about the Human Mind (Jaffe, 2006)
5. Preschool Children Recognize the Utility of Differently Shaped Trees: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Aesthetics and Risk Perception. (Coss & Moore, 1994)
6. Sex Differences in Spatial Abilities: Evolutionary Theory and Data.(Silverman & Eals, 1992)
7. Sex Differences in response to Children's Toys in Nonhuman Primates (Alexander & Hines, 2002)
8. Parent-Offspring Conflict.(Trivers, 1974)
9. Variation in Offspring Sex Ratio in Women of Differeing Social Status. (Mealey & Mackey, 1990)
10. Production and Appreciation of Humor as Sexually Selected Traits (Bressler, Martin, & Balshine, 2006)
11. Vocal and Visual Attractiveness are Related in Women (Collins & Missing, 2003)
12. Facial Attractiveness Predicts Longevity (Henderson & Anglin, 2003)
13. The Scent of Symmetry: A Human Sex Hormone that Signals Fitness? (Thornhill & Gangestad, 1999)
14. Male Sexual Proprietariness and Violence Against Wives (Wilson & Daly, 1996)
15. New Evolutionary Perspectives on Altruism: Multilevel-Selection and Costly-Signaling Theories. (McAndrew, 2002)
16. The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism (Trivers, 1972)
17. Human Evolution and Human Hisotry: A Complete Theory (Bingham, 2000)
18. Competitiveness, Risk Taking, and Violence: The Young Male Syndrome (Wilson & Daly, 1985)
19. Culture, Social Organization, and patterns of Violence (Coehn, 1998).
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