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 32
... ideas and embraced a version of radical behaviorism - the idea that a few highly gen- eral principles of learning could account for the complexity of human behavior . At the same time the apparent discoveries of astonishing cultural ...
... ideas and embraced a version of radical behaviorism - the idea that a few highly gen- eral principles of learning could account for the complexity of human behavior . At the same time the apparent discoveries of astonishing cultural ...
Page 387
... idea that there are group - level adaptations that evolved through the differential reproduction and extinction of groups . After the publication of George Williams's ( 1966 ) critique of group selection , nearly all evolutionary ...
... idea that there are group - level adaptations that evolved through the differential reproduction and extinction of groups . After the publication of George Williams's ( 1966 ) critique of group selection , nearly all evolutionary ...
Page 406
... ideas compete for the limited attention spans of humans . Evolved psychological mechanisms in the receivers must sift through this barrage of ideas , selecting only a small subset for psychological reconstruction . The subset that is ...
... ideas compete for the limited attention spans of humans . Evolved psychological mechanisms in the receivers must sift through this barrage of ideas , selecting only a small subset for psychological reconstruction . The subset that is ...
Contents
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | 33 |
The Origins of Human Nature | 34 |
Fundamentals of Evolved | 46 |
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Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, Fifth Edition David Buss No preview available - 2014 |
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