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David Buss
Across 1 conversation, David Buss ranges across social media impact, evolutionary psychology, mating strategies. David Buss argues that concealed ovulation in women is an evolutionary adaptation, empowering them in mate selection. Buss asserts that emotional instability is the most predictive personality trait for relationship breakups and divorces.
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previewBuss argues that concealed ovulation in humans evolved as an adaptation for women to better manage mate selection, contrasting with visible ovulation in other primates.
#282David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
The mate-switching hypothesis suggests women use affairs to transition from unsatisfactory partners, challenging the good genes hypothesis.
#282David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
Buss highlights that emotional instability is a key predictor of relationship dissolution, offering a specific trait to target in relationship counseling.
#282David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
The discussion on homicidal thoughts reveals a commonality in human psychology, suggesting evolutionary roots in aggression.
#282David Buss: Sex, Dating, Relationships, and Sex Differences
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The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Sex and Love
by David M. Buss
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