Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology and Psychopathy

2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-32885-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

This book examines the study of psychopathy using behavioral ecological framework. It consists of two parts. The first describes the science of human behavioral ecology, including:

• Basic concepts of evolutionary biology

• Evolutionary behavioral sciences

• Evolutionary ecology of family

• Evolutionary tradeoffs

• Life history theory

• Behavioral ecology of personality

• Psychopathy and its current evolution.

The second part of the book describes empirical research on psychopathy in evolutionary ecological context, aiming to explore fertility-longevity tradeoffs in psychopathy, interacting phenotypes in psychopathy, and parental effects associated with psychopathy. This part contains the discussion of the study’s findings which is based on several theoretical concepts described in part one.

This volume is ideal for psychopathy researchers hoping to bridge the natural and social sciences in a new and innovative way.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Me¿edovi¿, Janko

Mededovic, Janko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Basic concepts of Evolutionary Biology.- Chapter 2 Evolutionary of Behavioral Sciences.- Chapter 3 Evolutionary Ecology of Family.- Chapter 4 Evolutionary Tradeoffs in Human.- Chapter 5 Life History Theory.- Chapter 6 Behavioral Ecology of Personality.- Chapter 7 Psychopathy and its Current Evolution.- Chapter 8 The Empirical Study: Psychopathy, Fertility, Longevity, Interacting Phenotypes, and Parental effects.

Über Autor(innen)

Janko Mededovic holds a PhD in psychology and works as a senior research associate in Institute of criminological and sociological research; furthermore, he leads the courses Psychology of individual differences and Evolution of human behavior at the Faculty of media and communications, Belgrade, Serbia. His research topics cover two broad themes: 1) the dispositions toward immoral and antisocial behavior (psychopathy, sadism, “Dark tetrad”, militant extremism; 2) human behavioral ecology (life history theory, the relations between behavioral traits and evolutionary fitness, evolutionary personality ecology). He published more than 80 scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals including Human Nature, Journal of Biosocial Science, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Personality and Individual Differences, and others. He is the author of scientific monograph Nomological network of psychopathy.