Sexual strategies theory: Historical origins and current status

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-31

  Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; THEORY;

EID: 0031802136     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499809551914     Document Type: Review

References (43)

1. Andersson, M. (1994). Sexual selection. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
2. Betzig, L. (1989). Causes of conjugal dissolution: A cross-cultural study. Current Anthropology, 30, 654-676.
3. Buss, D. M. (1988a). The evolution of human intrasexual competition: Tactics of attraction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 616-628.
4. Buss, D. M. (1988b). From vigilance to violence: Tactics of mate retention. Ethology and Sociobiology, 9, 291-317.
5. Buss, D. M. (1989a). Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12, 1-49.
6. Buss, D. M. (1989b). Conflict between the sexes: Strategic interference and the evocation of anger and upset. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 735-747.
7. Buss, D. M. (1994). The evolution of desire: Strategies of human mating. New York: Basic Books.
8. Buss, D. M. (1995). Evolutionary psychology: A new paradigm for psychological science. Psychological Inquiry, 6, 1-49.
9. Buss, D. M., & Dedden, L. A. (1990). Derogation of competitors. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 7, 395-422.
10. Buss, D. M., Kirkpatrick, L., Shackelford, T., & Bennett, K. (1996). On the nature of sex differences in jealousy: Testing alternative hypotheses about origins. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin.
11. Buss, D. M., Larsen, R. J., Westen, D., & Semmelroth, J. (1992). Sex differences in jealousy: Evolution, physiology, and psychology. Psychological Science, 3, 251-255.
12. Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (1993). Sexual Strategies Theory: A contextual evolutionary analysis of human mating. Psychological Review, 100, 204-232.
13. Buunk, B. P., Angleitner, A., Oubaid, V., & Buss, D. M. (in press). Sex differences in jealousy in evolutionary and cultural perspective: Tests from the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States. Psychological Science.
14. Clark, R. D., & Hatfield, E. (1989). Gender differences in receptivity to sexual offers. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 2, 39-55.
15. Clutton-Brock, T. H. (1991). The evolution of parental care. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
16. Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (1994). Beyond intuition and instinct blindness: Toward an evolutionary rigorous cognitive science. Cognition, 50, 41-77.
17. Cosmides, L., Tooby, J., & Barkow, J. (1992). Introduction: Evolutionary psychology and conceptual integration. In J. Barkow, L. Cosmides, & J. Tooby (Eds.), The adapted mind (pp. 19-136). New York: Oxford University Press.
18. Cronin, H. (1991). The ant and the peacock. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
19. Daly, M., & Wilson, M. (1988). Homicide. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
20. Daly, M., Wilson, M., & Weghorst, S. J. (1982). Male sexual jealousy. Ethology and Sociobiology, 3, 11-27.
21. Darwin, C. (1859). On the origin of the species by means of natural selection, or preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: Murray.
22. Darwin, C. (1871). The descent of man and selection in relation to sex. London: Murray.
23. DeSteno, D. A., & Salovey, P. (in press). Evolutionary origins of sex-differences in jealousy? Questioning the "fitness" of the model. Psychological Science.
24. Ellis, B. J., & Symons, D. (1990). Sex differences in sexual fantasy: An evolutionary psychological approach. The Journal of Sex Research, 27, 527-556.
25. Fisher, R. A. (1930/1958). The genetical theory of natural selection. New York: Dover.
26. Gangestad, S. W., & Thornhill, R. (1994). Facial attractiveness, developmental stability, and fluctuating asymmetry. Ethology and Sociobiology.
27. Gladue, B. A., & Deleney, J. J. (1990). Gender differences in perception of attractiveness of men and women in bars. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16, 378-391.
28. Humphrey, N. K. (1976). The social function of intellect. In P. P. G. Bateson & R. A. Hinde (Eds.), Growing points in ethology. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
29. Johnson-Laird, P. N. (1983). Mental models. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
30. Lovejoy, C. O. (1981). The origin of man. Science, 211, 341-350.
31. Oliver, M. B., & Hyde, J. S. (1993). Gender differences in sexuality: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 114, 29-51.
32. Schmitt, D. P., & Buss, D. M. (1996). Mate attraction and competitor derogation: Context effects on perceived effectiveness. Journal of Personality and Social Psycholog, 70, 1185-1204.
33. Singh, D. (1993). Adaptive significance of female physical attractiveness: Role of waist-to-hip ratio. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 293-307.
34. Small, M. (1992). The evolution of female sexuality and mate selection in humans. Human Nature, 3, 133-156.
35. Symons, D. (1979). The evolution of human sexuality. New York: Oxford University Press.
36. Symons, D. (1987). If we're all Darwinians, what's the fuss about. In C. Crawford, D. Krebs, & M. Smith (Eds.), Sociobiology and psychology (pp. 121-145). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
37. Symons, D. (1992). On the use and misuse of Darwinism in the study of human behavior. In J. Barkow, L. Cosmides, & J. Tooby (Eds.), The adapted mind (pp. 137-162). New York: Oxford.
38. Symons, D. (1995). Beauty is in the adaptations of the beholder. In P. Abramson & S. D. Pinkerton (Eds.), Sexual nature, sexual culture (pp. 80-118). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
39. Thiessen, D. (1994). Environmental tracking by females. Human Nature, 5, 167-202.
40. Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. (1992). Psychological foundations of culture. In J. Barkow, L. Cosmides, & J. Tooby (Eds.), The adapted mind (pp. 19-136). New York: Oxford.
41. Trivers, R. (1972). Parental investment and sexual selection. In B. Campbell (Ed.), Sexual selection and the descent of man, 1871-1971 (pp. 136-179). Chicago: Aldine.
42. Wiederman, M. W., & Allgeier, E. R. (1993). Gender differences in sexual jealousy: Adaptationist or social learning explanation? Ethology and Sociobiology, 14, 115-140.
43. Williams, G. C. (1966). Adaptation and natural selection. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.