1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003756929707536

Autore

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich

Titolo

Die physiker / Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; erläuterungen und dokumente von Alexander Ritter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : Reclam, 1993

ISBN

3150081890

Descrizione fisica

243 p. : ill. ; 15 cm

Collana

Universal-bibliothek ; 8189

Altri autori (Persone)

Ritter, Alexander

Disciplina

832.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954233903321

Autore

LaFrenieÌre Peter

Titolo

Adaptive origins : evolution and human development / / Peter LaFrenieÌre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-94517-2

1-136-94518-0

1-283-03721-1

9786613037213

0-203-84799-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Disciplina

155.7

Soggetti

Evolutionary psychology

Developmental 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

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 Evolutionary Theory; CHAPTER 2 Contemporary Evolutionary Perspectives; CHAPTER 3 The Genetic Basis of Evolution and Behavior; CHAPTER 4 Human Origins; CHAPTER 5 Brain Evolution and Development; CHAPTER 6 Hormones and Behavior; CHAPTER 7 Facial Expressions and Basic Emotions in Infancy; CHAPTER 8 Attachment in Infancy; CHAPTER 9 Theory of Mind and Language; CHAPTER 10 Sex Differences; CHAPTER 11 Mate Choice and Reproductive Strategies; CHAPTER 12 Darwinian Medicine and Evolutionary Psychiatry

CHAPTER 13 Altruism, Cooperation, and CompetitionREFERENCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this text, students are invited to rethink psychology by grounding it in the natural sciences with the understanding that evolutionary and developmental processes work together with culture to solve problems of human adaptation. These processes are cast as interdependent: Development cannot be understood except in the light of evolutionary theory, and the best proof of evolution is the fact of development. For students of evolutionary psychology, all the central topics -- such as evolved mental modules for theory of mind or language -- require an understanding of the developmental proces