Essential Evolutionary Psychology

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SAGE Publications, Jan 20, 2010 - Psychology - 258 pages

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`It is refreshing, in the wake of the sometimes uncritical enthusiasm for evolutionary psychology, to read a thoughtful and balanced account of the problems as well as the benefits of an evolutionary perspective on human behaviour' -Professor Anne Campbell, Durham University

 

Essential Evolutionary Psychology introduces students to the core theories, approaches, and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of the evolutionary psychology.

 

It offers a sound, brief and student friendly explication of how evolutionary theory has been and is applied in psychology. The book unpicks the very essence of human evolution, and how this knowledge is used to give evolutionary accounts of four of the central pillars of human behaviour - cooperation, attraction, aggression, and family formation. It also covers evolutionary accounts of abnormal behaviour, language and culture.

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Contents

01Hampton3985Ch01
1
02Hampton3985Ch02
16
03Hampton3985Ch03
37
04Hampton3985Ch04
57
05Hampton3985Ch05
81
06Hampton3985Ch06
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07Hampton3985Ch07
114
08Hampton3985Ch08
129
09Hampton3985Ch09
145
10Hampton3985Ch10
162
11Hampton3985Ch11
179
12Hampton3985Ch12
195
13Hampton3985Glossary
211
14Hampton3985References
231
15Hampton3985Index
252
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