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Essential evolutionary psychology / Simon Hampton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hampton, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 258 p.) : ill., ports.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2009.
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work introduces students to the core theories, approaches and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of evolutionary psychology. It looks at how the theory is applied and covers evolutionary accounts of abnormal behaviour, language and culture.
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF BOXES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 - DARWIN'S ARGUMENT AND THREE PROBLEMS: HERITABILITY, SEXUAL SELECTION AND ALTRUISM; 2 - EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHESTO THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOUR; 3 - THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HUMANS; 4 - BRAINS, MINDS AND CONSCIOUSNESS; 5 - COOPERATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE; 6 FAMILIES AND PARENTING; 6 - FAMILIES AND PARENTING; 7 - MATE SELECTION; 8 - COMPETITION, AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE; 9 - EVOLUTION AND LANGUAGE; 10 - EVOLUTION AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY; 11 - EVOLUTION AND CULTURE
- 12 - SOME PROBLEMS WITH EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHESGLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-251) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613288783
- 9781446242629
- 1446242625
- 9781446214862
- 1446214869
- 9781446257746
- 1446257746
- 9781283288781
- 1283288788
- 9781446203163
- 1446203166
- OCLC:
- 781482946
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