When Culture and Biology Collide : Why We are Stressed, Depressed, and Self-Obsessed /

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"Why do we do things that we know are bad for us? Why do we line up to buy greasy fast food that is terrible for our bodies? Why do we take the potentially lethal risk of cosmetic surgery to have a smaller nose, bigger lips, or a less wrinkled face? Why do we risk life and limb in a fit of road...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Euclid O.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociale verandering.
Probleemgedrag.
Gedragspatronen.
Evolutionaire biologie.
Risico nemen.
Verhalten
Physiologie
Evolution
Konfrontation
Umwelt
Humanbiologie
Social change.
Human evolution.
Human biology > Social aspects.
Social evolution.
71.60 social problems and social conflicts: general.
42.85 physical anthropology.
Changement social.
Évolution sociale.
Homme > Évolution.
Social Change
Human Body
Cultural Evolution
Hominidae > physiology
Hominidae > psychology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intersection of Biology and Culture
  • Road Rage, Stress, and Evolution
  • Beauty, Blepharoplasty, Barbie, and Miss America
  • Fat, Diet, and Evolution
  • Depression, Antidepressants, and Evolution
  • Welfare, Cooperation, and Evolution.

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