Mating Intelligence

Human intelligence is sexually attractive and strongly predicts the success of sexual relationships but the behavioral sciences have usually ignored the interface between intelligence and mating. This is the first serious scholarly effort to explore that interface by examining both universal and individual differences in human mating intelligence. Contributors include some of the most prominent evolutionary psychologists and promising new researchers in human intelligence social psychology intimate relationships and sexuality. David Bussâ foreword and the opening chapter explore what âmating intelligenceâ means and why it is central to human cognition and sexuality. The bookâs six sections then examine (1) our mating mechanisms â universal emotional and cognitive adaptations for mating intelligently â that guide mate search mate choice and courtship; (2) how mating intelligence strategically guides our choice of mating tactics and partners given different relationship goals personality traits forms of deception and the existence of children; (3) the genetic and psychiatric causes of individual differences in mating intelligence; (4) how we use mental fitness indicators â forms of human intelligence such as creativity humor and emotional intelligence â to attract and retain sexual partners; (5) the ecological and social contexts of mating intelligence; (6) integrative models of mating intelligence that can guide future research. Mating Intelligence is intended for researchers advanced students and courses in human sexuality intimate relationships intelligence research behavior genetics and evolutionary personality social and clinical psychology. . Language: English