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David Buss

Evolutionary Psychology

American psychologist known for researching human sex differences in mate selection and for co-developing sexual strategies theory, considered one of the founders of evolutionary psychology. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1953 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
researching human sex differences in mate selection. He is considered one of the founders of evolutionary psychology. 1
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His cross-cultural mate-preference research is a landmark body of work in evolutionary psychology.

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Theories and Concepts Developed

Source Wikipedia: Sexual Strategies Theory
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    researching human sex differences in mate selection. He is considered one of the founders of evolutionary psychology.
  • Biography section
    Buss is the author of more than 200 scientific articles and has won many awards, including an APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in 1988 and an APA G. Stanley Hall Lectureship in 1990.
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Wikipedia: Sexual Strategies Theory
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Concepts Developed: Sexual Strategies Theory, Introduction
Quote, Theories and Concepts Developed: Sexual Strategies Theory, Introduction
SST defines the set of mating strategies that humans pursue, the adaptive problems that men and women face when pursuing these strategies, and the evolved solutions to these mating problems.
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