Evolutionary Psychology

This textbook enables students to rethink traditional psychology by grounding it in the natural sciences with the understanding that evolutionary and developmental processes work together with culture to solve the key problems of human adaptation in any society and in any era...

First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

There is a growing number of scholars who are challenging the assumption that we are little more than our bodies and animal origins. This volume brings together a review of these emerging critiques expressed by an international range of senior academics from across the social sciences. This book was..

Placing evolutionary psychology in context with the core areas of psychology – developmental, cognitive and social – this ideal introductory textbook explores the principles of natural selection and addresses controversial debates in the field...

Placing evolutionary psychology in context with the core areas of psychology – developmental, cognitive and social – this ideal introductory textbook explores the principles of natural selection and addresses controversial debates in the field...

Gives a complete overview of research and theory on evolutionary approaches to the understanding of social psychological topics...

Gives a complete overview of research and theory on evolutionary approaches to the understanding of social psychological topics...

A uniquely balanced, cutting-edge evaluation of the field of evolutionary cognitive psychology...

This book seeks to combine the study of human social cognition – the way we think, decide, plan and analyze social situations – within an evolutionary framework considering these activities in light of evolutionary adaptations for solving problems of survival faced by our ancestors over many generat..

Sir John Eccles tells the story of how we came to be, not only as animals at the end of the hominid evolutionary line, but also as humans possessed of reflective consciousness...

This volume provides an up-to-date review of the ideas, issues, and applications of contemporary evolutionary psychology. It is suitable for senior undergraduates, first year graduate students, or professionals who wish to become conversant with the major issues currently shaping the emergence of th..

Originally published in 1974, this volume is primarily devoted to what is known about human infancy from an ethological, evolutionary viewpoint...