David M. Buss | |
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.JPG) Buss in 2011 | |
| Born | April 14, 1953 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Sexual strategies theory Strategic interference theory Error management theory Homicide adaptation theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Michigan University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | The act frequency analysis of interpersonal dispositions (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth H. Craik |
| Doctoral students | David Schmitt, Bruce Ellis, Todd Shackelford, Diana Fleischman |
| Website | labs |
David Michael Buss (born April 14, 1953) is an American evolutionary psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin, researching human sex differences in mate selection. He is considered one of the founders of evolutionary psychology.[1][2][3]
- ^ Steve Stewart-Williams (13 September 2018). The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve. Cambridge University Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-108-42504-9.
- ^ Marc Brysbaert; Kathy Rastle (2009). Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology. Pearson Education. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-273-71818-5.
- ^ Kevin N. Laland; Gillian R. Brown (7 April 2011). Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour. OUP Oxford. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-958696-7.