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In part 2 of my interview with David Buss, he responds to more criticisms of evolutionary psychology. Here’s what we cover: a) does evolutionary psychology just give criminals another reason not to take responsibility for themselves?, b) is all the research in evolutionary psychology done on American college students?, c) are evolutionary psychology theories falsifiable? We cover such topics as whether women’s mating strategies change depending on where they are in their menstrual cycle? and How does evolutionary psychology might explain homosexuality? and what does evolutionary psychology say about cultural differences in the desire for women with a low waist-hip ratio? All in this episode of The Psych Files.
Resources on Evolutionary Psychology
- David Buss’ Homepage
- Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind
- The Evolution Of Desire – Revised Edition 4
- Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between)
- Human Nature Today by David Brooks
- Why Do We Rape, Kill and Sleep Around? by Sharon Begley
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Tags: Evolutionary psychology, Interview
Once again, very interesting discussion. Thanks Michael and David.
I once wrote a critique of evolutionary psychology with respect to the evolution of flexible cognition in humans, but it’s very clear from the interview and my readings that evolutionary psychology is much broader than that.
I thought the concern of one listener that it was all about sex was, as you said, quite unfounded. There is a huge amount to evolutionary psychology and one area which you didn’t mention was how we think about social contracts. The relationship of ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours and watch out if you cross me’ is a logical relationship that humans are appalling at working with if expressed in abstract terms, but are excellent at if couched in terms of social contracts (hope that made sense). Cosmides and Tooby’s work is a great source for that.
Thanks again.
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