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UNINA9910825518103321 |
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Titolo |
From mating to mentality : evaluating evolutionary psychology / / edited by Kim Sterelny and Julie Fitness |
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New York, : Psychology Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-43213-9 |
1-280-06428-5 |
0-203-62189-1 |
0-203-48470-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 p.) |
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Collana |
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Macquarie monographs in cognitive science |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FROM MATING TO MENTALITY Evaluating EvolutionaryPsychology; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Evolution of Evolutionary Psychology; 2 Evolutionary Cognitive Science: Adding What and Why to How the Mind Works; 3 Strategic Pluralism and Context-Specific Mate Preferences in Humans; 4 The Intimate Relationship Mind; 5 Evolving to Be Mentalists: The ""Mind-Reading Mums"" Hypothesis; 6 Uncertainty, Contingency, and Attachment: A Life History Theory of Theory of Mind; 7 Recursion as the Key to the Human Mind; 8 Reinterpreting the Mentality of Apes |
9 Does the Selection Task Detect Cheater-Detection?10 Clinical Psychology and Evolutionary Psychology: Strange Bedfellows?; 11 Evolutionary Psychology and the Challenge of Adaptive Explanation; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Covering a range of topics, from the evolution of language, theory of mind, and the mentality of apes, through to psychological disorders, human mating strategies and relationship processes, this volume makes a timely and significant contribution to what is fast becoming one of the most prominent and fruitful approaches to understanding the nature and psychology of the human mind. |
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