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Human reproductive strategies: An emerging synthesis?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Marco Del Giudice
Marco Del Giudice
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Center for Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, 10123 Torino, Italy. marco.delgiudice@unito.ithttp://www.psych.unito.it/csc/pers/delgiudice/delgiudice.html
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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 and 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.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 45 - 67
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