Positive Evolutionary Psychology

Darwin's Guide to Living a Richer Life

Glenn Geher, Nicole Wedberg (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2022
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-765679-2 (ISBN)

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Positive psychologists focus on ways that we can advance the lives of individuals and communities by studying the factors that increase positive outcomes such as life satisfaction and happiness. Evolutionary psychologists use the principles of evolution, based on Darwin's understanding of life, to help shed light on any and all kinds of psychological phenomena. This book brings together both fields to explore positive evolutionary psychology: the use of evolutionary psychology principles to help people and communities experience more positive and fulfilling lives.

Across eleven chapters, this book describes the basic ideas of both evolutionary and positive psychology, elaborates on the integration of these two fields as a way to help advance the human condition, discusses several domains of human functioning from the perspective of positive evolutionary psychology, and finally, looks with an eye toward the future of work in this emerging and dynamic field. Over the past few decades, evolutionary psychologists have begun to crack the code on such phenomena as happiness, gratitude, resilience, community, and love. This book describes these facets of the human experience in terms of their evolutionary origins and proposes how we might guide people to optimally experience such positive phenomena in their everyday lives.

Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Geher has won numerous awards in the domains of teaching and research, including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in both Teaching and Scholarship. An advocate of evolution education, Glenn has published extensively on various topics related to evolution and human behavior. Nicole Wedberg served as the assistant for the Evolutionary Studies program and supervisor for the Evolutionary Psychology lab at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has won numerous awards in the domains of writing and research, including the SUNY New Paltz Award of Distinction for Excellence in Writing. As a researcher in evolutionary and positive psychology, she has published in various academic journals with work on the topics of the evolutionary origins of homosexuality, the evolutionary function of orgasm, and the evolutionary underpinnings of warfare.

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Scott Barry Kaufman

Section I: Positive Evolutionary Psychology Defined
Chapter 1: What is Positive Evolutionary Psychology?
Chapter 2: Examples of Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 3: Ape Out of Water: Evolutionary Mismatch and The Nature of Who We Are

Section II: Domains of Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 4: The Democratic Ape: Evolved to Get Along
Chapter 5: The Bright Side of Religion
Chapter 6: Happiness, Gratitude, and Love
Chapter 7: Taking the High Road in Life
Chapter 8: An Evolutionary Psychology of Resilience

Section III: Applied Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 9: Healthy Living Reconsidered
Chapter 10: Building Darwin's Community

Section IV: Implications and the Future of Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 11: Darwin's Quick Tips for Living a Richer Life
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.06.2022
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	235 x 155 mm
Gewicht	254 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	0-19-765679-X / 019765679X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-765679-2 / 9780197656792
Zustand	Neuware