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Essential Evolutionary Psychology - Hardcover

Hampton, Simon

 
9781412935845: Essential Evolutionary Psychology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1412935849 ISBN 13: 9781412935845
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

`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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Accessible, lively and rich with the latest research ideas this textbook introduces students to the core theories, approaches, and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of evolutionary psychology

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1412935849
ISBN 13 
9781412935845
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
280