This theory built on studies of self-deception and parent-offspring conflict by R.L. Trivers.
This theory was used to study rape in a book by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer. An offshoot of this theory was founded in a book that attacks "SSSM"Â—the standard social science modelÂ—and was edited by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby. The popularizer of this theory was infamously accused of racism and genocide before having a (*) pitcher of ice water dumped over his head at a AAAS conference. This theory built on studies of self-deception and parent-offspring conflict by R.L. Trivers. Precursors of this theory include Kropotkin's Mutual Aid and W.D. Hamilton's work on the genetic basis of altruism through kin selection. Richard Lewontin's Not in Our Genes attacks the supposed genetic determinism of this theory's popularizer, E.O. Wilson. For 10 points, name this main subject of Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, the evolutionary study of social behavior.
This theory was used to study rape in a book by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer.
sociobiology [prompt on "evolutionary biology," "evolutionary psychology," "behavioral ecology," "social evolution," or "ethology"] 