This is a timely, engaging, and well-written book on the application of evolutionary theory to an emerging and promising new field in clinical psychology. It constitutes a compelling and elegant example of how evolutionary theory has the potential to eventually influence and maybe even subsume the entire field of psychology."
Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Geher has won numerous awards in the domains of teaching and research, including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in both Teaching and Scholarship. An advocate of evolution education, Glenn has published extensively on various topics related to evolution and human behavior.
Nicole Wedberg served as the assistant for the Evolutionary Studies program and supervisor for the Evolutionary Psychology lab at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has won numerous awards in the domains of writing and research, including the SUNY New Paltz Award of Distinction for Excellence in Writing. As a researcher in evolutionary and positive psychology, she has published in various academic journals with work on the topics of the evolutionary origins of
homosexuality, the evolutionary function of orgasm, and the evolutionary underpinnings of warfare.