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- Title
Human reproductive strategies: An emerging synthesis?
- Authors
Del Giudice, Marco
- Abstract
In the first part of this response, commentators' critiques to the target article are reviewed and addressed. The main discussion topics are the role of attachment in developmental plasticity; the relationship between attachment, mating, and reproductive strategies; the existence, magnitude, and developmental timing of sex differences in attachment; the adaptiveness of insecure styles; and the neurobiology of attachment mad reproduction. The model's assumptions are clarified, and a number of methodological issues that can confound the interpretation of research findings are examined. In the second part, various proposals made by commentators are synthesized, and directions for future research and theoretical improvement are outlined. In addition, the issue of disorganized and fearful attachment is tentatively addressed. It is argued that different theoretical perspectives are converging toward a consistent and comprehensive theory of human reproductive strategies.
- Subjects
SEX differences (Biology); PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation; SEXUAL cycle; HUMAN reproduction; NEUROBIOLOGY; GENDER differences (Psychology); DEVELOPMENTAL biology
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2009, Vol 32, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X09000272