Essential evolutionary psychology

Essential Evolutionary Psychology introduces students to the core theories, approaches, and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of evolutionary psychology. It offers a sound, brief, and student friendly explication of how evolutionary theory has been and is applied in psychology. The book unpicks the very essence of human evolution, and how this knowledge is used to give evolutionary accounts of four of the central pillars of human behavior - cooperation, attraction, aggression, and family formation. It also covers evolutionary accounts of abnormal behavior, language and culture Table Of Contents: List of Figures ix List of Tables x List of Boxes xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xix Publisher's Acknowledgements xxi 1 Darwin's argument and three problems: heritability, sexual selection and altruism 1 2 Evolutionary approaches to thought and behaviour 16 3 The natural history of humans 37 4 Brains, minds and consciousness 57 5 Cooperation and interdependence 81 6 Families and parenting 96 7 Mate selection 114 8 Competition, aggression and violence 129 9 Evolution and language 145 10 Evolution and abnormal psychology 162 11 Evolution and culture 179 12 Some problems with evolutionary approaches 195 Glossary 211 References 231 Index 252 All Marketplace (--) New (--) Used (--) CLOSE X LOADING... We're sorry. Information from our Trusted Marketplace Sellers is currently unavailable. To try again, please visit the B&N Marketplace. Special Features: Essential Evolutionary Psychology