Evolutionary thought in psychology : a brief history / Henry Plotkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plotkin, H. C. (Henry C.)

Series:

Blackwell brief histories of psychology ; 2.

Blackwell brief histories of psychology ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolutionary psychology--History.

Evolutionary psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2004.

Summary:

Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History traces the history of evolutionary thought in psychology in an accessible and lively fashion and examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory. First book to trace the history of evolutionary thinking in psychology from its beginnings to the present day in an accessible and lively fashion. Focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology. Explains evolutionary thought's banishment by behaviorism

Contents:

Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 CURIOUS HISTORIES; CHAPTER 2 BEFORE DARWIN; Preliminaries; Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck; Herbert Spencer; CHAPTER 3 PSYCHOLOGY BORN AND THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION; The New Science of Mind; The Darwinian Revolution; Darwin's Immediate Successors; Early Psychology in the United States; CHAPTER 4 THE NEAR DEATH OF DARWINISM IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; Evolution after Darwin; Behaviorism Takes Hold in Psychology; The Rise of Cultural Anthropology; CHAPTER 5 AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; The Fundamental Problem; A New Factor in Evolution; Evolutionary Epistemology; Fall and Decline

CHAPTER 6 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED: ETHOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGYClassical Ethology; Sociobiology; CHAPTER 7 CONTEMPORARY EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; Evolutionary Theory from 1959; Necessary Precursors in the Main Discipline; Evolutionary Psychology Reborn; Which Side is Bringing Science into Disrepute?; A Natural Science of Culture; CHAPTER 8 FUTURE PROSPECTS; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.

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OCLC:

244448760