Evolutionary Psychology: A Clinical IntroductionJohn Wiley & Sons, 31 мая 2013 г. - Всего страниц: 318 According to evolutionary biologists, we are the minders of our genes. But, as Christopher Badcock points out in this book, it is only recently that evolutionists have realized that minders need minds, and that evolution needs psychology to fill the yawning gap between genes and behaviour. Evolutionary Psychology assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and concentrates on the fundamental issues raised by the application of modern Darwinism to psychology. Basic concepts of evolution are explained carefully, so that the reader has a sound grasp of them before their often controversial application to psychology is discussed. The approach is a critical one, and the author does not hide the many difficulties that evolutionary psychology raises. Examples include the strange neglect of Darwin's own writings on psychology, and the fact that no existing theory has succeeded in explaining why the human brain evolved in the first place. The book is the first to give a non-technical account of remarkable new findings about the roles that conflicting genes play in building different parts of the brain. It is also the first to consider the consequences of this for controversies like those over nature/nurture, IQ, brain lateralization and consciousness. Evolutionary Psychology is based on many years experience of teaching evolution and psychology to social science students, and is intended for all who wish to get to grips with the basic issues of one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of modern science. |
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... social exchange Suggestionsforfurther reading 4 and Mind, Emotion Consciousness Antimentalism Autism and theoryof mind Darwin's threeprinciples ofthe expression ofthe emotions Evolutionary psychology andThe Expressionof the Emotions The ...
... Social geometry 3.2 How relatedness encourages altruism 3.3 ALL D, TITFORTAT andALLC in a territorial tournament 3.4 Cooperation triumphs 4.1 Hostility in a dog 4.2 Friendliness inadog 5.1 Sex and reproductive success 5.2 Sexual ...
... social science degrees. However, I have attempted to cover some difficult new material, and so I hope thatreaders who are knowledgeable in the field will not find thebookwithout interest or value. I must emphasize thatthis book isnot ...
... social. The culmination of this process at the sociallevel was human society,with thelargest, most integrated and complex societies representing itssupreme expression.However, science wasalsoa product oftheevolutionary imperative ...
... , inpartto escape the unfortunate associations brought toSpencer's slogan by Social Darwinism. Errors aboutthe meaning of 'fitness' underlie the worst excessesof some other nineteenth and twentiethcentury views of evolution. For instance,
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Genetics and Epigenetics | |
The Evolution and Psychology of Cooperation | |
and Mind Emotion Consciousness | |
Suggestions for further reading 6 Growth Developmentand Conflict | |
Nature Nurture Language andCulture Evolutionary psychology and theSSSM Memes | |
Glossary of TechnicalTerms | |
Notes | |
Index | |