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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... ourselves and chim- panzees , and so most people find it relatively easy to believe that human beings and chimps have a common ancestry . The paleontological record of skulls , although incom- plete , shows enough evidence of physical ...
... ourselves and chim- panzees , and so most people find it relatively easy to believe that human beings and chimps have a common ancestry . The paleontological record of skulls , although incom- plete , shows enough evidence of physical ...
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... ourselves . We now have stringent tests , reviewed later in this chapter , for determining whether a characteristic is an adaptation , a by - product , or merely a random effect . Despite scientific quibbles about the relative size of ...
... ourselves . We now have stringent tests , reviewed later in this chapter , for determining whether a characteristic is an adaptation , a by - product , or merely a random effect . Despite scientific quibbles about the relative size of ...
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... ourselves into believing that we help our friends out of the goodness of our hearts ? Tooby and Cosmides ( 1996 ) argue that we should attend to people's intuitions in these matters , for they provide a signal that friend- ships might ...
... ourselves into believing that we help our friends out of the goodness of our hearts ? Tooby and Cosmides ( 1996 ) argue that we should attend to people's intuitions in these matters , for they provide a signal that friend- ships might ...
Contents
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | 33 |
The Origins of Human Nature | 34 |
Fundamentals of Evolved | 46 |
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