【2010】 Adaptive Origins: Evolution and Human Development
Book 图书名称: Adaptive Origins: Evolution and Human Development
Author 作者: Peter LaFrenière
Publisher 出版社:Psychology Press
Page 页数: 408
Publishing Date 出版时间: Sep 22, 2010
Language 语言: English
Size 大小: 3 MB
Format 格式: pdf 文字版
ISBN: 0805860126, 9780805860122
Edition: 第1版 搜索过论坛,没有该文档
In this text, students are invited to rethink psychology by grounding it in the natural sciences with the understanding that evolutionary and developmental processes work together with culture to solve problems of human adaptation. These processes are cast as interdependent: Development cannot be understood except in the light of evolutionary theory, and the best proof of evolution is the fact of development. For students of evolutionary psychology, all the central topics -- such as evolved mental modules for theory of mind or language -- require an understanding of the developmental processes that lead to their expression. Genes, as important as they are, are never the whole story.
The role of biological factors is explored in chapters outlining evolution, development, genetics, human origins, hormones and the brain. Then, the integrative value of this evolutionary/developmental vision in understanding key topics in psychology is illustrated by applying it to traditional area of inquiry including infancy and attachment, emotions and their expression, social relations with peers, cognitive and language development, sex differences, courtship and mating, violence and aggression, and cooperation and competition.