
Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development
Kevin B. MacDonald(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 23. September 2011
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XV, 405 pages
978-1-4612-8338-6 (ISBN)
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Examines the importance of evolutionary biology for key issues in human development. Illustrates the power of socio- biological approaches in understanding developmental pheno- mena and their importance in generating new, empirically verifiable predictions.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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XV, 405 p.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
734 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4612-8338-6 (9781461283386)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-3760-0
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Kevin B. MacDonald
Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development
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12/1987
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Content
I. Theoretical Issues.- 1 The Interfaces Between Sociobiology and Developmental Psychology.- 2 Resources and Resource Acquisition During Ontogeny.- 3 Toward a Developmental Evolutionary Ecology of Humans.- II. The Domains of Children's Behavior: The Self, Moral Development, Altruism, Aggression, Peer Relations, and Cognition.- 4 On the Evolution of Self-Knowledge and Self-Deception.- 5 Sociobiology and the Cognitive-Developmental Tradition in Moral Development Research.- 6 Cooperation, Competition, and Altruism in Human Twinships: A Sociobiological Approach.- 7 Observations on Adolescence.- 8 Psychological Development: Epigenetic Rules and Gene-Culture Coevolution.- III. The Sociobiology of Parent-Child Interactions.- 9 Research in Developmental Sociobiology: Parenting and Family Behavior.- 10 Ultimate and Proximate Determinants of Child Maltreatment: Natural Selection, Ecological Instability, and Coercive Interpersonal Contingencies.- 11 Socialization in the Context of the Family: A Sociobiological Perspective.- 12 A Sociobiological Perspective on the Development of Human Reproductive Strategies.- 13 Father Involvement, Reproductive Strategies, and the Sensitive Period.