Friendship : development, ecology, and evolution of a relationship

Friendship : development, ecology, and evolution of a relationship / Daniel J. Hruschka.

Friends-they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. In this fascinating multidisciplinary study, Daniel J. Hruschka synthesizes an a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hruschka, Daniel J., 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Series:Origins of human behavior and culture ; 5.
Subjects:
Friendship > Social aspects.
Kinship.
Human behavior.
Interpersonal relations.
kinship.
human behavior.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Friendship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Human behavior
Interpersonal relations
Kinship
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The adaptive significance of friendship
  • An outline of friendship
  • Friendships across cultures
  • Friendship and kinship
  • Sex, romance, and friendship
  • Friendship : childhood to adulthood
  • The development of friendships
  • Friendship, culture, and ecology
  • Playing with friends.

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