戴維·巴斯
進化心理學奠基人之一
"Human behavior is the product of evolved psychological mechanisms that process information from the environment."
人類行為是進化心理機制的產物，這些機制處理來自環(huán)境的信息。
"The major threats to survival that our ancestors faced - predators, starvation, disease - left their mark on our fears and anxieties."
我們祖先面臨的主要生存威脅 - 捕食者、饑餓、疾病 - 在我們的恐懼和焦慮中留下了印記。
"Parental investment is the key to understanding the origins of sex differences."
"We are all descendants of successful maters, not unsuccessful ones, and this has shaped our mating psychology in profound ways."
我們都是成功交配者的后代，而非失敗者的后代，這深刻塑造了我們的交配心理。
"The emotions are like a computer's output devices - they motivate action to solve specific adaptive problems."
情緒就像計算機的輸出設備 - 它們激發(fā)行動來解決特定的適應性問題。
"Human nature is not infinitely malleable; it comes with an inherent structure that channels development in certain directions."
人性不是無限可塑的；它帶有一種內在結構，引導發(fā)展朝向特定方向。
"Beauty is in the adaptations of the beholder."
美存在于觀察者的適應機制中。
"Jealousy is not a sign of love, but rather a defense against the threat of losing a valued relationship."
嫉妒不是愛的標志，而是對失去有價值關系的威脅的防御。
"Men and women differ in their desires for short-term mating because the reproductive benefits and costs differed for our ancestors."
男性和女性在短期擇偶欲望上存在差異，因為這對我們祖先的繁殖利益和代價不同。
"The human mind is a set of information-processing machines that were designed by natural selection to solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors."
人類心智是一套信息處理機制，這些機制由自然選擇設計來解決我們狩獵采集祖先面臨的適應性問題。