Evolutionary Perspectives On Human Development

Author : Robert G. Burgess,Kevin MacDonald
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0761927905

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development by Robert G. Burgess,Kevin MacDonald Pdf

Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development's Comprehensive coverage on current thinking about the impact of evolutionary theory on human development provides students with the most thorough grounding available in this area. Contributions by leading scholars and researchers expose students first-hand to the thinking of widely recognized experts and the exciting contributions they have been making to this field. To ensure accessibility in classroom settings, chapters have been written according to uniform guidelines for length and format, with cross-references between chapters and a style appropriate to upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate psychology students. To further facilitate the use of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development as supplemental classroom reading, the volume editors provide an introductory overview chapter and a concluding chapter that sums up the book.

Author : Zeev Hochberg,Benjamin C. Campbell
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782889667482

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Growth and Development by Zeev Hochberg,Benjamin C. Campbell Pdf

Author : David C. Geary,Daniel B. Berch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319299860

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education by David C. Geary,Daniel B. Berch Pdf

This stimulating volume assembles leading scholars to address issues in children’s cognitive, academic, and social development through the lens of evolutionary psychology.Debates and controversies in the field highlight the potential value of this understanding, from basic early learning skills through emerging social relationships in adolescence, with implications for academic outcomes, curriculum development, and education policy.Children’s evolved tendency toward play and exploration fuels an extended discussion on child- versus adult-directed learning, evolutionary bases are examined for young learners’ moral development, and contemporary theories of learning and memory are viewed from an evolutionary perspective.Along the way, contributors’ recommendations illustrate real-world uses of evolution-based learning interventions during key developmental years. Among the topics covered: The adaptive value of cognitive immaturity: applications of evolutionary developmental psychology to early education Guided play: a solution to the play versus learning dichotomy Adolescent bullying in schools: an evolutionary perspective Fairness: what it isn’t, what it is, and what it might be for Adapting evolution education to a warming climate of teaching and learning The effects of an evolution-informed school environment on student performance and wellbeing Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education will interest researchers and graduate students working in diverse areas such as evolutionary psychology, cultural anthropology, human ecology, developmental psychology, and educational psychology. Researchers in applied developmental science and early education will also find it useful.

Author : Kevin N. Laland,Gillian R. Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199586967

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Sense and Nonsense by Kevin N. Laland,Gillian R. Brown Pdf

This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world.

Author : Sybil L. Hart,David F. Bjorklund
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030760007

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Infancy by Sybil L. Hart,David F. Bjorklund Pdf

This unique volume is one of the first of its kind to examine infancy through an evolutionary lens, identifying infancy as a discrete stage during which particular types of adaptations arose as a consequence of certain environmental pressures. Infancy is a crucial time period in psychological development, and evolutionary psychologists are increasingly recognizing that natural selection has operated on all stages of development, not just adulthood. The volume addresses this crucial change in perspective by highlighting research across diverse disciplines including developmental psychology, evolutionary developmental psychology, anthropology, sociology, nutrition, and primatology. Chapters are grouped into four sections: Theoretical Underpinnings Brain and Cognitive Development Social/Emotional Development Life and Death Evolutionary Perspectives on Infancy sheds new light on our understanding of the human brain and the environments responsible for shaping the brain during early stages of development. This book will be of interest to evolutionary psychologists and developmental psychologists, biologists, and anthropologists, as well as scholars more broadly interested in infancy.

Author : Virgil Zeigler-Hill,Lisa L. M. Welling,Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319126975

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology by Virgil Zeigler-Hill,Lisa L. M. Welling,Todd K. Shackelford Pdf

This wide-ranging collection demonstrates the continuing impact of evolutionary thinking on social psychology research. This perspective is explored in the larger context of social psychology, which is divisible into several major areas including social cognition, the self, attitudes and attitude change, interpersonal processes, mating and relationships, violence and aggression, health and psychological adjustment, and individual differences. Within these domains, chapters offer evolutionary insights into salient topics such as social identity, prosocial behavior, conformity, feminism, cyberpsychology, and war. Together, these authors make a rigorous argument for the further integration of the two diverse and sometimes conflicting disciplines. Among the topics covered: How social psychology can be more cognitive without being less social. How the self-esteem system functions to resolve important interpersonal dilemmas. Shared interests of social psychology and cultural evolution. The evolution of stereotypes. An adaptive socio-ecological perspective on social competition and bullying. Evolutionary game theory and personality. Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Psychology has much to offer students and faculty in both fields as well as evolutionary scientists outside of psychology. This volume can be used as a primary text in graduate courses and as a supplementary text in various upper-level undergraduate courses.

Author : David F. Bjorklund,Anthony D. Pellegrini
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1557988781

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The Origins of Human Nature by David F. Bjorklund,Anthony D. Pellegrini Pdf

The origins of human nature offers readers the first book-length attempt to define the field of evolutionary developmental psychology -- the application of the principle of natural selection to explain contemporary human development. The authors point out that an evolutionary -- developmental perspective allows one to view gene -- environment interactions, the significance of individual differences, and the role of behavior and development in evolution in much greater depth. The authors also focus on how an evolutionary perspective can foster a better understanding of human development and how developmental processes may have influenced the course of human evolution. Of particular interest are chapters that explore factors influencing parenting and other aspects of family life; the role of play; and the interacting roles of an extended juvenile period, a big brain, and a complex social structure in human cognitive evolution. The authors present a hybrid approach to evolution and development, pointing out that though underlying assumptions held by evolutionary and developmental psychologists have been at odds, each field has much to offer the other.

Author : Kevin B. MacDonald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461237600

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Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development by Kevin B. MacDonald Pdf

Examines the importance of evolutionary biology for key issues in human development. Illustrates the power of socio- biological approaches in understanding developmental pheno- mena and their importance in generating new, empirically verifiable predictions.

Author : Daniel G. Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317210498

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Human Infancy by Daniel G. Freedman Pdf

Originally published in 1974, this volume is primarily devoted to what is known about human infancy from an ethological, evolutionary viewpoint. Included are discussions of pan-specific traits, presumably shared by all infants; individual genetic variations on these behaviours (as judged by twin-studies); sex differences, presumably shared by infants of all ethnic groups; and genetically based ethnic differences. However, the author favours neither biological determinism nor cultural determinism, and does not consider ‘interactionism’ to be a viable solution. Instead, a monistic position is taken, stressing the inseparability of the innate and the acquired, of genetics and environment, and of biology and culture. The heredity-environment issue is tackled head-on throughout the volume. The interaction between the two (an implied dualism) is described as a statistical abstraction from measured populations, while the position here is that heredity and environment are not separable in any single organism. In the same vein, the author argues that on logical grounds everything one does, every ‘cultural’ act, has within it some biological component.

Author : Lance Workman,Will Reader,Jerome H. Barkow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1316642828

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The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior by Lance Workman,Will Reader,Jerome H. Barkow Pdf

The transformative wave of Darwinian insight continues to expand throughout the human sciences. While still centered on evolution-focused fields such as evolutionary psychology, ethology, and human behavioral ecology, this insight has also influenced cognitive science, neuroscience, feminist discourse, sociocultural anthropology, media studies, and clinical psychology. This handbook's goal is to amplify the wave by bringing together world-leading experts to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of evolution-oriented and influenced fields. While evolutionary psychology remains at the core of the collection, it also covers the history, current standing, debates, and future directions of the panoply of fields entering the Darwinian fold. As such, The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior is a valuable reference not just for evolutionary psychologists but also for scholars and students from many fields who wish to see how the evolutionary perspective is relevant to their own work.

Author : Bruce J. Ellis,David F. Bjorklund
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1593851030

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Origins of the Social Mind by Bruce J. Ellis,David F. Bjorklund Pdf

Applying an evolutionary framework to advance the understanding of child development, this volume brings together leading figures to contribute chapters in their areas of expertise. Researcher- and student-friendly chapters adhere to a common format.

Author : David M. Buss
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195372090

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The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences by David M. Buss Pdf

Capturing a scientific change in thinking about personality and individual differences, this volume provides theories and empirical evidence which suggest that personality and individual differences are central to evolved psychological mechanisms and behavioural functioning.

Author : Peter LaFrenière
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136945175

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Adaptive Origins by Peter LaFrenière Pdf

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 processes that lead to their expression. Genes, as important as they are, are never the whole story. The role of biological factors is explored in chapters outlining evolution, development, genetics, human origins, hormones and the brain. Then, the integrative value of this evolutionary/developmental vision in understanding key topics in psychology is illustrated by applying it to traditional area of inquiry including infancy and attachment, emotions and their expression, social relations with peers, cognitive and language development, sex differences, courtship and mating, violence and aggression, and cooperation and competition.

Author : David F. Bjorklund
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781108853866

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Child Development in Evolutionary Perspective by David F. Bjorklund Pdf

Natural selection has operated as strongly or more so on the early stages of the lifespan as on adulthood. One evolved feature of human childhood is high levels of behavioral, cognitive, and neural plasticity, permitting children to adapt to a wide range of physical and social environments. Taking an evolutionary perspective on infancy and childhood provides a better understanding of contemporary human development, predicting and understanding adult behavior, and explaining how changes in the early development of our ancestors produced contemporary Homo sapiens.

Author : Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford,Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781493903146

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Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior by Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford,Todd K. Shackelford Pdf

This volume in the Springer Series in Evolutionary Psychology presents a state of the art view of the topic of sexuality and sexual behavior drawing on theoretical constructs and research of noted individuals in the field. Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary, this book seeks to provide a broad overview without sacrificing the complexity of a multi-faceted approach. The book is framed by introductory and closing sections that provide a context for the range of ideas contained within. Ample space is provided in designated sections that focus on key areas of sexuality from both male and female perspectives and that include information from primate studies. This volume can serve as a graduate text in sexual behavior in evolutionary terms and as a guide for further research.