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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830008503321

Titolo

Characterizing human psychological adaptations [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : John WIley & Songs Ltd., 1997

ISBN

1-282-34804-3

9786612348044

0-470-51537-6

0-470-51538-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 208

Disciplina

150

155.7

Soggetti

Genetic psychology

Adaptability (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CHARACTERIZING HUMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; Contents; Participants; Introduction; The concept of an evolved adaptation; The genetic basis of human scientific knowledge; Evolutionary conflicts and adapted psychologies; Normative and descriptive models of decision making: time discounting and risk sensitivity; Mate choice: from sexual cues to cognitive adaptations; General discussion I; Tinkering with minds from the past; Dissecting the computational architecture of social inference mechanisms; Language as a psychological adaptation; Cross-species comparisons

Cross-cultural patterns and the search for evolved psychological mechanismsEvolutionary psychology and genetic variation: non-adaptive, fitness-related and adaptive; Evolution and human choice over time; Relationship-specific social psychological adaptations; Bird song learning as an adaptive strategy; Final general discussion; Index of contributors; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains chapters by some of the leading figures in the field of evolutionary psychology. The latest data are presented on evolutionary theories in perception, information, various aspects of social behaviour, language, learning and aggression. A common theme



running through the printed discussions in this book is the important problem of how we can develop and test rigorous characterizations of evolved mental adaptations.