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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... theory isthat normally individuals inaspecies willvary slightly inmany heritabletraits. This variationis necessary to providethe differences thatnatural selection – just likeartificial selection–might exploit. Commonobservation ...
... theory beginswith chance factors, but thewholepoint ofnatural selection isthat what is selectedisnot random, eventhough itmay be selected froma random set.Whatis selected isselected because ultimately it confers better than average ...
... theory. MacLean's'triune brain'theory has not beenaccepted by allauthorities, but, whateverreservations theymight have aboutitsdetails, you might have expected evolutionary psychologiststo be preparedto consider it– at least asa rough ...
... theories takeit forgranted that the evolutionary benefitsof whateverthey proposeexplain why the brain evolved to facilitate it.Theyassume that those with justa little moregrey matter devoted to toolmaking, talking, consciousness or ...
... theories to have been advanced recently is Robin Dunbar's theory linkingbrain growth, group size and language. According to him, animals cannot maintain the cohesion and integrity ofgroups larger than a size fixed by the ...
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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 | |