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Gaining control : how human behavior evolved
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aunger, Robert, Author.
- Curtis, Valerie, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Behavior evolution.
- Human behavior.
- Human evolution.
- Behavior.
- Biological Evolution.
- Physiology.
- Biological Phenomena.
- Biological Science Disciplines.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Genetic Phenomena.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Psychology.
- Occupations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavior.
- Biological Evolution.
- Physiology.
- Biological Phenomena.
- Biological Science Disciplines.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Genetic Phenomena.
- Natural Science Disciplines.
- Psychology.
- Occupations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Gaining control' tells the story of how human behavioural capacities evolved from those of other animal species. Exploring what is known about the psychological capacities of other groups of animals, the authors reconstruct a fascinating history of our own mental evolution.
- Contents:
- Section 1. The Basic Argument. 1. Producing behavior
- Section 2. An Evolutionary Narrative. 2. Living in the moment ; 3. Getting directions ; 4. Changing the world for the better ; 5. Imagining the future
- Section 3. Philosophical Perspectives. 6. Natural kinds of behavior ; 7. Neural transitions
- Section 4. Concluding Thoughts. 8. Applications ; 9. Implications.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 26, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-179933-5
- OCLC:
- 911195044
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