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Heroes, rogues, and lovers : testosterone and behavior / James McBride Dabbs with Mary Godwin Dabbs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0071376283
  • 9780071376280
Other title:
  • Heroes, rogues, and lovers : Testosterone and behaviour
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.405
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Beginnings -- Part 1. Human Nature -- Chapter 1.. The Animal Within -- Rascals, Heroes, and Colorful People -- Measuring Testosterone -- The Fetus -- Adolescence and Adulthood -- The Brain and the Mind -- Testosterone Is Like the Weather -- Chapter 2.. Two Sexes -- Two Sexes and Testosterone -- Evolution -- Natural Selection -- Sexual Selection -- Large Tools and Heavy Equipment -- The Truce Between the Sexes -- Individual Differences -- Chapter 3.. Testosterone, Mind, and Behavior -- "This Is Not What I Had Expected" -- Simple Thought and Action -- Spatial Skills -- Strength, Dominance, and Sex -- Panache: Looking the Part -- Part 2. Social Life -- Chapter 4.. Ruthless Creatures -- Hyenas -- Violent Men and Women -- Rambunctious People -- Winning and Losing -- Hyena Values and Human Values -- Chapter 5.. Love and Sex -- Love, Magic, and Molecules -- Better than Monkey Glands -- The Seasons of Love -- Testosterone and Marriage, Like a Rhino (or a Peacock) and a Carriage -- Why Do Good Women Marry Rascals? -- Courtship, or the Only Wheel in Town -- An Evolutionary Model -- Chapter 6.. Earning a Living -- At the Bar -- Trial by Combat -- "A Hard and Shifty Fellow" -- Tough Women and Tough Work -- When Should Testosterone Really Make a Difference? -- Actors and Other Men -- All the Jobs in the Country -- The Irony of Testosterone -- Part 3. Civilization -- Chapter 7.. Dear Ladies and Gentle Men -- A Kinder and Gentler World -- Smile! You've Got Low Testosterone! -- "Getting to Like You, Getting to Hope You Like Me" -- Two Kinds of People, Two Ways to Live -- When Your Level Is Too Low -- Related Hormones -- Altruism and Mixed Motives -- Chapter 8.. Heroic Altruism -- A Walk on the Crust of Hell -- Local Heroes -- Varieties of Heroic Altruism -- The Altruism Tax -- The Mixed Values of Love and War -- Values Supporting Heroic Altruism -- Positive Reinforcement -- Chapter 9.. The Taming of Testosterone -- Ares at Olympus -- Ancient and Modern Times -- Tribal Values -- Joining the Club -- Power and Legend -- Belonging and Behaving -- Too Many Men? -- "But We Have Free Will" -- Epilogue: The Circle -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Beginnings -- Part 1. Human Nature -- Chapter 1.. The Animal Within -- Rascals, Heroes, and Colorful People -- Measuring Testosterone -- The Fetus -- Adolescence and Adulthood -- The Brain and the Mind -- Testosterone Is Like the Weather -- Chapter 2.. Two Sexes -- Two Sexes and Testosterone -- Evolution -- Natural Selection -- Sexual Selection -- Large Tools and Heavy Equipment -- The Truce Between the Sexes -- Individual Differences -- Chapter 3.. Testosterone, Mind, and Behavior -- "This Is Not What I Had Expected" -- Simple Thought and Action -- Spatial Skills -- Strength, Dominance, and Sex -- Panache: Looking the Part -- Part 2. Social Life -- Chapter 4.. Ruthless Creatures -- Hyenas -- Violent Men and Women -- Rambunctious People -- Winning and Losing -- Hyena Values and Human Values -- Chapter 5.. Love and Sex -- Love, Magic, and Molecules -- Better than Monkey Glands -- The Seasons of Love -- Testosterone and Marriage, Like a Rhino (or a Peacock) and a Carriage -- Why Do Good Women Marry Rascals? -- Courtship, or the Only Wheel in Town -- An Evolutionary Model -- Chapter 6.. Earning a Living -- At the Bar -- Trial by Combat -- "A Hard and Shifty Fellow" -- Tough Women and Tough Work -- When Should Testosterone Really Make a Difference? -- Actors and Other Men -- All the Jobs in the Country -- The Irony of Testosterone -- Part 3. Civilization -- Chapter 7.. Dear Ladies and Gentle Men -- A Kinder and Gentler World -- Smile! You've Got Low Testosterone! -- "Getting to Like You, Getting to Hope You Like Me" -- Two Kinds of People, Two Ways to Live -- When Your Level Is Too Low -- Related Hormones -- Altruism and Mixed Motives -- Chapter 8.. Heroic Altruism -- A Walk on the Crust of Hell -- Local Heroes -- Varieties of Heroic Altruism -- The Altruism Tax -- The Mixed Values of Love and War -- Values Supporting Heroic Altruism -- Positive Reinforcement -- Chapter 9.. The Taming of Testosterone -- Ares at Olympus -- Ancient and Modern Times -- Tribal Values -- Joining the Club -- Power and Legend -- Belonging and Behaving -- Too Many Men? -- "But We Have Free Will" -- Epilogue: The Circle -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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