{"product_id":"evolutionary-psychology-a-critical-introduction-hardback-9780745622057","title":"Evolutionary Psychology; A Critical Introduction (Hardback) 9780745622057","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEvolutionary Psychology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Badcock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745622057, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 October 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.9 cm, 0.576 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Christopher Badcock has produced the most thorough integration of modern genetics and human behaviour to appear. This stimulating book will be valued by those who want an up to date treatment of modern genetics and human behaviour and who value a bit of controversy and a touch of speculation in their reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCharles Crawford, Simon Fraser University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Once again Christopher Badcock has written a compulsively readable book on an important topic. The application of Darwinian evolutionary biology to our understanding of the human mind and our social behaviour is producing cutting-edge science, and Badcock explains the advances made and the problems remaining with skill and insight. Knowledgeable both about the social sciences and the discoveries of modern biology, this book offers a penetrating analysis of the interactions between the branches of science. Written in a clear and understandable style, \u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e will surely be a standard work on the subject for years to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichael Ruse, University of Guelph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Christopher Badcock's \u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e has got to be one of the better introductory texts out there. It is a way into what can often be perceived as an intimidating and overly science-based endeavour. It fact it is extremely informed from within the natural sciences, but it is also intensely fascinating ... Christopher Badcock has done an excellent job introducing the public to a field that is often mired in high academia and scientific obfuscation.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... it contains excitement and vision that, when tempered by a mature critic such as a teacher or tutor, make this book stand out as one from which I should love to teach.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePaul Harvey, Head of Zoology, University of Oxford, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to evolutionary biologists, we are the minders of our genes. But, as Christopher Badcock points out in this book, it is only recently that evolutionists have realized that minders need minds, and that evolution needs psychology to fill the yawning gap between genes and behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and concentrates on the fundamental issues raised by the application of modern Darwinism to psychology. Basic concepts of evolution are explained carefully, so that the reader has a sound grasp of them before their often controversial application to psychology is discussed. The approach is a critical one, and the author does not hide the many difficulties that evolutionary psychology raises. Examples include the strange neglect of Darwin's own writings on psychology, and the fact that no existing theory has succeeded in explaining why the human brain evolved in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is the first to give a non-technical account of remarkable new findings about the roles that conflicting genes play in building different parts of the brain. It is also the first to consider the consequences of this for controversies like those over nature\/nurture, IQ, brain lateralization and consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e is based on many years experience of teaching evolution and psychology to social science students, and is intended for all who wish to get to grips with the basic issues of one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of modern science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Selection and Adaptation 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe concept of evolution 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural selection 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurvival of the fittest 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree assumptions about adaptations 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe EEA 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigner Darwinism 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign flaws in evolution 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Swiss army knife model of the mind 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe triune brain 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe benefits of human brain evolution 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe costs of human brain evolution 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe evolutionary psychology of evolutionary psychology 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Genetics and Epigenetics 38\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInheritance of acquired characteristics 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlending inheritance and mutation 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMendel 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe discovery of DNA 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe genetic code 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment and preformation 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpigenesis 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe role of the single gene 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic and environmental determinism 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe problem with programming behaviour 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpigenetic agents 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Evolution and Psychology of Co-operation 72\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuper-organisms and group selection 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividualism in groups 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe problem of altruism 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHamilton's inequality 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKin altruism 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInclusive fitness 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrisoner's dilemma 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIterated prisoner's dilemma 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamiliarity and reputation 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe evolved psychology of reciprocity 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive adaptations for social exchange 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Mind, Emotion and Consciousness 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnti-mentalism 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutism and theory of mind 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDarwin's three principles of the expression of the emotions 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolutionary psychology and The Expression of the Emotions 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe pleasure principle 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreud and Darwin 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrivers's evolutionary psychodynamics of consciousness 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivided consciousness 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMental topography and brain lateralization 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Sex, Mating and Parental Investment 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex and parental investment 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariance of reproductive success 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMating systems 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivorce and remarriage 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman sexual adaptations 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMating preferences 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex, scent and the selfish gene 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex ratios 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSex discrimination, abortion and infanticide in humans 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Growth, Development and Conflict 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParent-offspring conflict 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenomic imprinting 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflict in pregnancy 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImprinted genes and brain development 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostnatal depression 208 Weaning conflicts 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychological conflict between parent and child 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic conflict and Freudian psychodynamics 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe evolution of ambivalence 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Nature, Nurture, Language and Culture 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolutionary psychology and the SSSM 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemes 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConditioning 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nurture assumption 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurner's syndrome 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of nurture 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Technical Terms 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 274\u003c\/p\u003e 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