Mating intelligence unleashed : the role of the mind in sex, dating, and love /

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Author / Creator:	Geher, Glenn.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Mate selection. Mate selection -- Psychological aspects. Man-woman relationships. Sex. Dating (Social customs) Love. Dating (Social customs) Love. Man-woman relationships. Mate selection. Mate selection -- Psychological aspects. Sex. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168241

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Other authors / contributors:	Kaufman, Scott Barry, 1979-
ISBN:	9780199875436 019987543X 9781283889575 1283889579 9780195396850 0195396855
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Psychologists often paint a picture of human mating as visceral, instinctual. But that's not the whole story. In courtship and display, sexual competition and rivalry, we are also guided by what Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman call Mating Intelligence--a range of mental abilities that have evolved to help us find the right partner. Mating Intelligence is at work in our efforts to form, maintain, and end relationships. It guides us in flirtation, foreplay, copulation, finding and choosing a mate, and many other behaviors. In Mating Intelligence Unleashed, psychologists Geher and Kaufman tak.
Other form:	Print version: Geher, Glenn. Mating intelligence unleashed. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780195396850

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Cupid's cognitive arrow
I'm too sexy for this canvas : why creativity is sexy
Wanted! neurotic mess the role of personality in mating
What's your cue? : attractiveness and mate choice in the real world
Game plans : the highly contextual nature of human mating strategies
She totally wants me : in the world of mating, biased perceptions are everywhere
I really am a tall doctor and of course I love you! : mind-reading, emotional intelligence, and deception
Do nice guys finish last? : the multiple routes to mating success
Mating intelligence saves the world.

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