David Buss

thumb|David Buss David M. Buss (born April 14, 1953) is an American psychologist, and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, known for his evolutionary psychology research on human sex differences in mate selection. Quotes “The intensity of love a man feels for a woman is often mirrored in the intensity of his homicidal thoughts” - The Murderer Next Door “Beauty is in the adaptations of the beholder.” - The Murderer Next Door The huge human brain, approximately 1,350 cubic centimeters, is the most complex organic structure in the known world. Understanding the human mind/brain mechanisms in evolutionary perspective is the goal of the new scientific discipline called evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology focuses on four key questions: (1) Why is the mind designed the way it is—that is, what causal processes created, fashioned, or shaped the human mind into its current form? (2) How is the human mind designed—what are its mechanisms or component parts, and how are they organized? (3) What are the functions of the component parts and their organized structure—that is, what is the mind designed to do? (4) How does input from the current environment interact with the design of the human mind to produce observable behavior? Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind (6th ed., 2019), Chap. 1: The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology External links Category:1953 births Category:Academics from the United States Category:Living people Category:People from Indianapolis Category:Psychologists from the United States Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni