Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the MindAllyn and Bacon, 1999 - 456 pages Beginning with a historical introduction, the text logically progresses by discussing adaptive problems that humans face, and ends with a unifying chapter showing how the new field of evolutionary psychology encompasses all branches of psychology. *Contains state-of-the-art coverage, including many 1997, 1998, and 'in press' references *Clear and engaging writing style contains stories, media and cultural examples and illustrations, and applications to the personal lives of students |
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Page 52
... errors in selection . If you make an error in food selection , there is an array of mechanisms tailored to correcting that error . When you bite a piece of bad food , it may taste terrible , in which case you would spit it out . You may ...
... errors in selection . If you make an error in food selection , there is an array of mechanisms tailored to correcting that error . When you bite a piece of bad food , it may taste terrible , in which case you would spit it out . You may ...
Page 377
... errors and biases to which humans are predisposed . Following are two examples : 1. Base - rate fallacy : People tend to ... error , called the base - rate fallacy because people tend to ignore the actual mathe- matical proportion ( of ...
... errors and biases to which humans are predisposed . Following are two examples : 1. Base - rate fallacy : People tend to ... error , called the base - rate fallacy because people tend to ignore the actual mathe- matical proportion ( of ...
Page 378
... errors , simply because humans use crude and error - prone short cuts to make judgments under uncertainty ? An evolutionary perspective would give one pause before accepting this conclusion , if only because human ancestors had to do ...
... errors , simply because humans use crude and error - prone short cuts to make judgments under uncertainty ? An evolutionary perspective would give one pause before accepting this conclusion , if only because human ancestors had to do ...
Contents
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | 33 |
The Origins of Human Nature | 34 |
Fundamentals of Evolved | 46 |
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