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Author LaFreniere, Peter.

Title Adaptive origins : evolution and human development / Peter LaFreniere
Published New York : Psychology Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 394 pages) : illustrations
Contents Chapter 1. Evolutionary Theory -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Evolutionary Perspectives -- Chapter 3. The Genetic Basis of Evolution and Behavior -- Chapter 4. Human Origins -- Chapter 5. Brain Evolution and Development -- Chapter 6 Hormones and Behavior -- Chapter 7. Facial Expressions and Basic Emotions in Infancy -- Chapter 8. Attachment in Infancy -- Chapter 9. Theory of Mind and Language -- Chapter 10. Sex Differences -- Chapter 11. Mate Choice and Reproductive Strategies -- Chapter 12. Darwinian Medicine and Evolutionary Psychology -- Chapter 13. Altruism, Cooperation, and Competition
Summary 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 s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Evolutionary psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Evolution (Biology)
Psychology.
Biological Evolution
Psychology
Human Development
evolution.
psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
Psychology
Evolution (Biology)
Developmental psychology
Evolutionary psychology
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010020434
ISBN 9780203847992
0203847997
1283037211
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