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Origins of Intelligence - The Evolution of Cognitive Development in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,040
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Origins of Intelligence - The Evolution of Cognitive Development in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans (Paperback, New Ed): Sue Taylor...

Origins of Intelligence - The Evolution of Cognitive Development in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans (Paperback, New Ed)

Sue Taylor Parker, Michael L. McKinney

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Since Darwin's time, comparative psychologists have searched for a good way to compare cognition in humans and nonhuman primates. In "Origins of Intelligence, " Sue Parker and Michael McKinney offer such a framework and make a strong case for using human development theory (both Piagetian and neo-Piagetian) to study the evolution of intelligence across primate species. Their approach is comprehensive, covering a broad range of social, symbolic, physical, and logical domains, which fall under the all-encompassing and much-debated term "intelligence."

A widely held theory among developmental psychologists and social and biological anthropologists is that cognitive evolution in humans has occurred through juvenilization--the gradual accentuation and lengthening of childhood in the evolutionary process. In this work, however, Parker and McKinney argue instead that new stages were added at the end of cognitive development in our hominid ancestors, coining the term "adultification by terminal extension" to explain this process.

Drawing evidence from scores of studies on monkeys, great apes, and human children, this book provides unique insights into ontogenetic constraints that have interacted with selective forces to shape the evolution of cognitive development in our lineage.

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Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2000
First published: 2002
Authors: Sue Taylor Parker (Professor) • Michael L. McKinney (Associate Professor)
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 424
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-6671-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Developmental biology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Mammals > Primates
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LSN: 0-8018-6671-5
Barcode: 9780801866715

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