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Processes and adaptations revised second edition by steven j c gaulin editor online at alibris. Michelle sugiyama has published several articles that use darwinian anthro pology and evolutionary psychology to illuminate important issues in literary theory and especially in narrative. Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience covers all areas of cognitive neuroscience, from nonhuman brainbehavior relationships to human cognition and consciousness, and each section of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience addresses a different adaptive problem. Cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscienceevolutionary. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Grabo1 1department of experimental and applied psychology, vrije universiteit amsterdam, and 2institute for cognitive and evolutionary anthropology, university of oxford abstract many psychological studies have shown that facial appearance matters in the people we select as leaders. Since the publication of the awardwinning first edition of evolutionary psychology, there has been an explosion of research within the field. According to steven pinker, it is not a single theory but a large set of. His research involves a wide range of field and laboratory techniques and has been published in books and journals that span evolutionary theory. List of books and articles about evolutionary psychology.
Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture by jerome h. The evolutionary psychology of emotions and behavior martie g. Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traitssuch as memory, perception, or languageas adaptations, i. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Evolutionary psychology gaulin pdf myparis evolutionary psychology steven j. In recent decades, however, evolutionary ethics has found new support among both the darwinian and the spencerian traditions. Content topics are logically arrayed, starting with challenges of survival, mating, parenting, and kinship.
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An essential reference for the new discipline of evolutionary cognitive neuroscience that defines the fields approach of applying evolutionary theory to guide brainbehavior investigations. Designed to set the standard for handbooks in the field, the handbook of evolutionary psychology is an indispensable reference tool for every evolutionary psychologist and student. Applications of evolutionary psychology to other disciplines. Since darwin we have known that evolution has shaped all organisms and that biological organsincluding the brain and the highly crafted animal nervous systemare subject to the pressures of natural. The purpose of evolutionary psychology is to identify evolved. Four reasons why evolutionary psychology is controversial.
Peters saint marys university abstract evolutionary psychology defines the human mind as comprising innate and domainspecific informationprocessing mechanisms that were designed to solve specific evolutionary problems of our pleistocene past. Evolutionary psychology approach mark van vugt1,2 and allen e. As an example, critics point out that many current traits likely evolved to serve different functions from those they do now, confounding attempts to make backward inferences into history. Sep 05, 2015 an afterword by richard dawkins provides some final thoughts from the renowned writer and exponent of evolutionary theory. Buss and others published evolutionary psychology, the handbook of find, read and cite all the. The cambridge handbook of evolutionary ethics edited by. Neglecting neurobiology in defining the mind brad m.
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Provides students with more comprehensive material on perception, consciousness, intelligence, and personality. Cite this publication steven j c gaulin at university of california, santa barbara. Caring for others, and not just for oneself, seems to be a decrease of fitness. The second edition of evolutionary psychology is the only book on the market that shows the relevance of evolutionary thinking to the entire range of. They accept the that over evolutionary time the hun. The handbook of evolutionary psychology wiley online books.
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Department of anthropology university of california, santa. The author of more than 300 scientific articles and 6 books, buss has won. Matrilateral biases in the investment of aunts and uncles springerlink. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes. Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in the social and natural sciences that examines psychological structure from a modern evolutionary perspective. What are the best books about evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology by mcburney, steven j c gaulin. Gaulin has done field research on voles and nonhuman primates, and experimental research with both voles and humans.
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