After reading Chapter 15, you should be able to:

1. List and discuss Darwin's key components to evolutionary theory.
2. Describe the evolutionary theory foundational background to Buss's work.
3. Discuss the term "evolutionary psychology" and the four basic questions that focus on the evolutionary perspective.
4. Explain the relationship of evolutionary theory to personality theory.
5. Describe Buss's model of personality and its relationship to McCrae and Costa's Big Five Model.
6. Discuss Buss's "origins of individual differences" and the four sources of difference.
7. List and describe Buss's key five personality dimensions.
8. Compare and contrast some of the current pros and cons to Buss's theory.
9. Describe the three general topics in Buss's related research.
10. Discuss and critique evolutionary theory in relationship to a concept of humanity.