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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974274503321

Titolo

The adapted mind : evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture / / edited by Jerome H. Barkow, Leda Cosmides, John Tooby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c1992

ISBN

9786610760824

9780190282813

0190282819

9781280760822

1280760826

9780195356472

0195356470

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (679 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarkowJerome H

CosmidesLeda

ToobyJohn

Disciplina

155.7

Soggetti

Behavior evolution

Cognition and culture

Genetic psychology

Sociobiology

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Evolutionary Psychology and Conceptual Integration; I. THE EVOLUTIONARY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; II. COOPERATION; III. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATING AND SEX; IV. PARENTAL CARE AND CHILDREN; V. PERCEPTION AND LANGUAGE AS ADAPTATIONS; VI. ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS; VII. INTRAPSYCHIC PROCESSES; VIII. NEW THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CULTURAL PHENOMENA; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of research essays is centred on the complex, evolved psychological mechanisms that generate human behaviour and culture. It aims to introduce the field of evolutionary psychology to a wider



audience and to show how the field connects evolutionary biology to social behaviour.