Kurzbeschreibung
Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient problems, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with the problems people face in the modern world. Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of altruism, moral behavior, family violence, sexual aggression, warfare, aesthetics, the nature of language, and gender differences in mate choice and perception. It is helping us understand the relationship between cognitive science, developmental psychology, behavior genetics, personality, and social psychology. Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology 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 this dynamic new field. It will be interesting to psychologists, cognitive scientists, and anyone using new developments in the theory of evolution to gain new insights into human behavior.
Synopsis
Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the stresses that existed in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient stresses, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with the stresses of the modern world. Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of moral behaviour, family violence, sexual aggression, warfare, aesthetics, the nature of language, and gender differences in mate choice and perception. It is helping us understand the relationships between cognitive science, developmental psychology, behaviour genetics, psychoanalysis and social personality psychology. This book provides an updated introduction to the ideas, issues and applications of evolutionary and/or Darwinian psychology. It is suitable for fourth year undergraduates, first year graduate students, or professionals who wish to become conversant with the major issues currently shaping the emergence of this field of psychology.
It should be of interest to psychologists, anthropologists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and anyone interested in using Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to gain insights into human behaviour.
