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200 00$aCharacterizing human psychological adaptations$b[electronic resource]
210   $aChichester, West Sussex $cJohn WIley & Songs Ltd.$d1997
215   $a1 online resource (306 p.)
225 1 $aCiba Foundation symposium ;$v208
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-471-97767-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCHARACTERIZING 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
327   $aCross-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
330   $aThis 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.
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606   $aGenetic psychology
606   $aAdaptability (Psychology)
615  0$aGenetic psychology.
615  0$aAdaptability (Psychology)
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