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Positive psychologists focus on ways that we can advance the lives of individuals and communities by studying the factors that increase positive outcomes such as life satisfaction and happiness. Evolutionary psychologists use the principles of evolution, based on Darwin's understanding of life, to help shed light on any and all kinds of psychological phenomena. This book brings together both fields to explore positive evolutionary psychology: the use of evolutionary psychology principles to help people and communities experience more positive and fulfilling lives.
Across eleven chapters, this book describes the basic ideas of both evolutionary and positive psychology, elaborates on the integration of these two fields as a way to help advance the human condition, discusses several domains of human functioning from the perspective of positive evolutionary psychology, and finally, looks with an eye toward the future of work in this emerging and dynamic field. Over the past few decades, evolutionary psychologists have begun to crack the code on such phenomena as happiness, gratitude, resilience, community, and love. This book describes these facets of the human experience in terms of their evolutionary origins and proposes how we might guide people to optimally experience such positive phenomena in their everyday lives.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Scott Barry Kaufman
Section I: Positive Evolutionary Psychology Defined
Chapter 1: What is Positive Evolutionary Psychology?
Chapter 2: Examples of Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 3: Ape Out of Water: Evolutionary Mismatch and The Nature of Who We Are
Section II: Domains of Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 4: The Democratic Ape: Evolved to Get Along
Chapter 5: The Bright Side of Religion
Chapter 6: Happiness, Gratitude, and Love
Chapter 7: Taking the High Road in Life
Chapter 8: An Evolutionary Psychology of Resilience
Section III: Applied Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 9: Healthy Living Reconsidered
Chapter 10: Building Darwin's Community
Section IV: Implications and the Future of Positive Evolutionary Psychology
Chapter 11: Darwin's Quick Tips for Living a Richer Life
Index
