Adaptive origins : evolution and human development / / Peter LaFrenieÌre

• Autore: LaFrenieÌre Peter
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.7
• Soggetto topico: Evolutionary psychology; Developmental psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Adaptive origins
• ISBN: 1-136-94518-0; 1-283-03721-1; 9786613037213; 0-203-84799-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459257703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II