David M. Buss

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evolutionary psychologist person psychologist

David M. Buss is an American psychologist renowned for his pioneering research and influential theories in evolutionary psychology, particularly on human mating strategies and sexual selection.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	evolutionary psychologist → person → psychologist →
academicDiscipline	psychology →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	University of California, Berkeley → University of Texas at Austin →
employer	University of Texas at Austin →
familyName	Buss →
fieldOfWork	evolutionary psychology → personality psychology → social psychology →
genre	academic writing → popular science writing →
givenName	David →
hasAcademicRank	professor →
hasNotableConcept	mate retention strategies → mate value → sexual strategies theory →
hasResearchFinding	evolutionary explanations of jealousy → links between personality traits and mating strategies → mate guarding and mate retention tactics → sex differences in mate preferences across cultures → strategies of long-term and short-term mating →
hasWebsite	https://www.davidbuss.com/ →
influencedBy	Charles Darwin → Donald Symons → George C. Williams → Robert Trivers →
knownFor	Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire (conceptual contributions) → evolutionary psychology of human mating → research on human mating strategies → theories of sexual selection in humans →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Psychological Association → Human Behavior and Evolution Society →
name	David M. Buss →
notableWork	Dangerous Passion → Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind → The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex → The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating → The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill →
occupation	psychologist →
researchInterest	human mating → jealousy → mate preferences → personality and evolution → sexual selection →
workLocation	Austin, Texas NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind →	author
evolutionary psychology →	hasKeyFigure
David M. Buss →	name