Overview

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 take readers on a fascinating tour of the crossroads of mating and intelligence, drawing on cutting-edge research on evolutionary psychology, intelligence, creativity, personality, social psychology, neuroscience, and more. The authors show that despite what you may read in the latest issue of Maxim, Playboy, Vogue, or GQ, physical attractiveness isn't the whole story. Human mating draws on a range of mental skills and attributes--from the creative use of pick-up lines, to displays of charisma, intelligence, humor, personality, and compassion. Along the way, the authors shed new light on age-old questions, such as: What role does personality play in mating? Which traits are attractive--and which traits repulse? How do people really choose mates? How do men and women deceive each other? How important is emotional intelligence? Why do people create art--and does it have anything to do with sex? Do nice guys really finish last? Since Glenn Geher coined the term Mating Intelligence in 2006, it has drawn a great deal of media attention, ranging from a Psychology Today cover story to articles in the New Scientist, the Washington Times, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere. Now, in Mating Intelligence Unleashed, readers will have the first full account of this revolutionary new approach to dating, mating, and love.

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Author:   Glenn Geher (Chair of Psychology and Director of Evolutionary Studies, Chair of Psychology and Director of Evolutionary Studies, SUNY New Paltz) ,  Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University) ,  Helen Fisher (Biological Anthropologist, Rutgers University, Biological Anthropologist, Rutgers University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780195396850

ISBN 10:   0195396855
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   14 February 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction: Cupid's Cognitive Arrow Chapter 2 ""I'm Too Sexy for this Canvas"": Why Creativity is Sexy Chapter 3 Wanted! Neurotic Mess: The Role of Personality in Mating Chapter 4 What's your Cue?: Attractiveness and Mate Choice in the Real World Chapter 5 Game Plans: The Highly Contextual Nature of Human Mating Strategies Chapter 6 ""She Totally Wants Me"": In the World of Mating, Biased Perceptions are Everywhere Chapter 7 ""I Really am a Tall Doctor - and of course I Love You!"": Mind-Reading, Emotional Intelligence, and Deception Chapter 8 Do Nice Guys Finish Last?: The Multiple Routes to Mating Success Chapter 9 Mating Intelligence Saves the World Epilogue The Mating Intelligence Scale"

Reviews

Like a peer-reviewed version of 'The Game', this geeky treatise mines evolutionary and experimental psychology to help readers 'succeed in their own mating-relevant goals.' The authors' broad test of 'mating intelligence,' originally devised as a magazine quiz, measures both desirable traits like creativity and kindness, and relationship skills like empathy, lie-detection... and even a bit of deception. -- New York Times Science Times A lively, copiously researched treatise -- Nature Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love, by psychologists Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman, is a compendium of cutting-edge research into what makes people tick, romantically and sexually. -- NY Post Recommended to readers interested in evolutionary psychology and human sexuality. -- Library Journal

<br> Like a peer-reviewed version of 'The Game', this geeky treatise mines evolutionary and experimental psychology to help readers 'succeed in their own mating-relevant goals.' The authors' broad test of 'mating intelligence, ' originally devised as a magazine quiz, measures both desirable traits like creativity and kindness, and relationship skills like empathy, lie-detection... and even a bit of deception. -- New York Times Science Times<br><p><br> A lively, copiously researched treatise -- Nature<br><p><br> Mating Intelligence Unleashed: The Role of the Mind in Sex, Dating, and Love, by psychologists Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman, is a compendium of cutting-edge research into what makes people tick, romantically and sexually. -- NY Post<br><p><br> Recommended to readers interested in evolutionary psychology and human sexuality. -- Library Journal<br><p><br>

Author Information

Glenn Geher is Chair of the Psychology and Director of Evolutionary Studies at SUNY New Paltz, where he won the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Geher founded the NorthEastern Evolutionary Psychology Society (NEEPS) and is co-founder of the international Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) Consortium, funded by the National Science Foundation. He is particularly interested in how evolution can help us understand all facets of the human animal and his many publications help us move toward this goal. His work has been featured in many media outlets--ranging from Psychology Today to Cosmopolitan to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott Barry Kaufman is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University and co-founder of The Creativity Post. An award-winning authority on intelligence, creativity, and the arts, he is co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence with Robert J. Sternberg and The Psychology of Creative Writing with James C. Kaufman. His work has been covered in media outlets such as Psychology Today, Scientific American Mind and Men's Health. Additionally, he blogs for Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Scientific American, and Harvard Business Review.

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