The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is As Necessary As Love and Sex pdf

David Michael Buss (nacido el 14 de abril de 1953) es un psicólogo evolutivo estadounidense de la Universidad de Texas en Austin que investiga las diferencias sexuales humanas en la selección de pareja. Es considerado uno de los fundadores de la psicología evolutiva. Buss obtuvo su doctorado en psicología en la Universidad de California, Berkeley en 1981. Antes de convertirse en profesor en la Universidad de Texas, fue profesor asistente durante cuatro años en la Universidad de Harvard y profesor en la Universidad de Michigan durante once años. Los temas principales de su investigación incluyen las estrategias de apareamiento de los machos, el conflicto entre sexos, el estatus social, la reputación social, el prestigio, la emoción de los celos, el homicidio, las defensas contra el homicidio y, más recientemente, el acecho. Todos estos se abordan desde una perspectiva evolutiva. Buss es autor de más de 200 artículos científicos y ha ganado muchos premios, incluido un premio científico distinguido de la APA por su contribución temprana a la carrera de psicología en 1988 y una cátedra G. Stanley Hall de la APA en 1990. También es autor de Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, cuya cuarta edición se publicó en 2011. En 2005, Buss editó un volumen de referencia, The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Su último libro es When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault. Buss participa en extensas colaboraciones de investigación intercultural y conferencias dentro de los EE. UU.

The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is As Necessary As Love and Sex pdf por David Michael Buss

Why do men and women cheat on each other? How do men really feel when their partners have sex with other men? What worries women more -- men who turn to other women for love or men who simply want sexual variety in their lives? Can the jealousy husbands and wives experience over real or imagined infidelities be cured? Should it be? In this surprising and engaging exploration of men's and women's darker passions, David Buss, acclaimed author of "The Evolution of Desire," reveals that both men and women are actually designed for jealousy. Drawing on experiments, surveys, and interviews conducted in thirty-seven countries on six continents, as well as insights from recent discoveries in biology, anthropology, and psychology, Buss discovers that the evolutionary origins of our sexual desires still shape our passions today. According to Buss, more men than women want to have sex with multiple partners. Furthermore, women who cheat on their husbands do so when they are most likely to conceive, but have sex with their spouses when they are least likely to conceive. These findings show that evolutionary tendencies to acquire better genes through different partners still lurk beneath modern sexual behavior. To counteract these desires to stray -- and to strengthen the bonds between partners -- jealousy evolved as an early detection system of infidelity in the ancient and mysterious ritual of mating. Buss takes us on a fascinating journey through many cultures, from pre-historic to the present, to show the profound evolutionary effect jealousy has had on all of us. Only with a healthy balance of jealousy and trust can we be certain of a mate's commitment, devotion, and true love.