From Mating to Mentality
Evaluating Evolutionary Psychology
Published on 13. November 2003
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-84169-096-4 (ISBN)
Description
Covering a range of topics, from the evolution of language, theory of mind, and the mentality of apes, through to psychological disorders, human mating strategies and relationship processes, this volume makes a timely and significant contribution to what is fast becoming one of the most prominent and fruitful approaches to understanding the nature and psychology of the human mind.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84169-096-4 (9781841690964)
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Persons
Kim Sterelny (Edited by) , Julie Fitness (Edited by)
Content
Preface. Kim Sterelny, Julie Fitness, Introduction: The Evolution of Evolutionary Psychology. Douglas T. Kenrick, D. Vaughn Becker, Jonathan Butner, Norman P. Li, Jon K. Maner, Evolutionary Cognitive Science: Adding What and Why to How the Mind Works. Jeffry A. Simpson and Minda Orina, Strategic Pluralism and Context-Specific Mate Preferences in Humans. Garth J.O. Fletcher and Megan Stenswick, The Intimate Relationship Mind. Raewyn Brockway, Evolving to be Mentalists: The 'Mind-Reading Mums' Hypothesis. James S. Chisholm, Uncertainty, Contingency and Attachment: A Life History Theory of Theory of Mind. Michael C. Corballis, Recursion as the Key to the Human Mind. Thomas Suddendorf, Andrew Whiten, Reinterpreting the Mentality of Apes. Dan Sperber, Vittorio Girotto, Does the Selection Task Detect Cheater-Detection? Richard Siegert, Clinical Psychology and Evolutionary Psychology: Strange Bedfellows? Russell D. Gray, Megan Heaney, Scott Fairhall, Evolutionary Psychology and the Challenge of Adaptive Explanation.