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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.
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.
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