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Adaptive origins : evolution and human development / Peter LaFreniere.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Psychology Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 394 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203847992
  • 0203847997
  • 1283037211
  • 9781283037211
  • 9781136945182
  • 1136945180
  • 9781136945137
  • 113694513X
  • 9781136945175
  • 1136945172
  • 9781138988279
  • 1138988278
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Adaptive origins.DDC classification:
  • 155.7 22
LOC classification:
  • BF698.95 .L34 2010eb
NLM classification:
  • 2010 M-080
  • BF 698.95
Online resources:
Contents:
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 Psychology -- Chapter 13. Altruism, Cooperation, and Competition.
Summary: This textbook enables students to rethink traditional psychology by grounding it in the natural sciences with the understanding that evolutionary and developmental processes work together with culture to solve the key problems of human adaptation in any s.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Psychology -- Chapter 13. Altruism, Cooperation, and Competition.

This textbook enables students to rethink traditional psychology by grounding it in the natural sciences with the understanding that evolutionary and developmental processes work together with culture to solve the key problems of human adaptation in any s.

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