Adaptive origins evolution and human development
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 un...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Psychology Press
2010.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798192306719 |
| Sumario: | 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 proces |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136945175 9781136945182 9781283037211 9786613037213 9780203847992 |
