Evolutionary Principles Of Human Adolescence
Published on 31. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-8133-3318-2 (ISBN)
Description
An exploration of human adolescence, this book is unique because of its ethological perspective. The author presents a comprehensive treatment of adolescent development from a functional, evolutionary point of view, providing a research-based description of human adolescence. He also offers a comparative perspective, describing adolescence in other species, human cultures, and historical periods.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3318-2 (9780813333182)
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Person
Glenn Weisfeld is associate professor of psychology at Wayne State University. He is the coeditor, with Nancy L. Segal and Carol C. Weisfeld, of Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integrative Perspectives on Human Development (1997) and editor of the Human Ethology Bulletin.
Content
* The Biological Approach * Motives * Social Motivation * Pride and Shame * Sex Differences in Reproductive Behavior * The Social Context of Human Adolescence * Puberty Rites * Pubertal Changes in Primates * Pubertal Changes in Boys * Pubertal Changes in Girls * Boys Peer Relations * Girls Peer Relations * Sexual Relations * Parent-Adolescent Relations * A Model of Human Adolescence