Psychology

For use in introductory psychology courses.

• This is the first text to show the relevance of evolutionary thinking to the entire range of psychological phenomena, and it does so at a level appropriate for introductory students.
• The authors-representing the disciplines of both psychology and anthropology-have taken special care to present their material in a way that parallels the organization of a standard introductory text. After they lay out the fundamentals of modern evolutionary theory, they systematically apply this theory to questions from every domain of psychology: learning, cognition, perception, emotion, development, pathology and more.
• Appropriate as a core text or supplement for any introductory or upper-division psychology course with an emphasis on evolution.

• Organization is parallel to that of a standard psychology text.

  • Enables professors to easily switch their class notes to assign this book as the core text or as a supplement to a more traditional text. Ex.___

• The differences between evolutionary psychology and more traditional approaches are mapped in Chapter 1.

  • Outlines for students the differences between the major approaches to psychology. Ex.___

• Meaning of evolution is defined.

  • Explains for students the basics of modern evolutionary theory. Ex.___

• The central topics of modern psychology are discussed.

  • Discusses in detail how evolutionary psychology reorients the study of the mind and behavior. Ex.___

• Clear, integrative viewpoint on all of psychology.

  • Provides students with clear focus to study of psychology. Ex.___

• Trail Markers feature.

  • Points out areas where students have traditionally had trouble so as to prevent potential pitfalls. Ex.___

• Summaries at end of each chapter.

  • Provides students with ease of study and review. Ex.___

 1. Introduction: What Is Psychology Like without Evolution?


 2. Evolutionary Theory.


 3. The Genetic Basis of Evolution.


 4. Implications of Neo-Darwinism for Psychology.


 5. Sensation and Perception.


 6. Consciousness.


 7. Learning: How Experience Modifies Behavior.


 8. Cognition.


 9. Individuality: Intelligence and Personality.


10. The Psychology of Human Mating.


11. Families and Development.


12. Motivation and Emotion.


13. Health.


14. Abnormal Psychology.


15. Social Behavior.


16. Culture.


Glossary.


References.


Index.

Evolutionary Psychology  (Psychology)

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  Evolutionary Psychology, 2/E
  Gaulin & McBurney
  ©2004 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 416 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131115294 | ISBN-13: 9780131115293
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  For the Evolutionary Psychology course. Could also be used in Human Evolution, Sociobiology, and certain Anthropology courses on the origins of human behavior.

  The second edition of Evolutionary Psychology is the only text on the market that shows the relevance of evolutionary thinking to the entire range of psychological phenomena, and it does so at a level appropriate for students new to the field. The authors—representing the disciplines of both psychology and anthropology—present their material in the manner similar to a traditional introductory text: they first provide the foundation for understanding the fundamentals of modern evolutionary theory; then systematically apply this theory to learning, cognition, perception, emotion, development, pathology, and more. Each chapter deals with the particular topic by illustrating how an evolutionary approach illuminates behavior as a response to problems faced by humans in our evolutionary past.

In 1858 Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace changed forever the way we think about living things. Their theory of evolution by natural selection solved life's greatest mystery—why it all looks so well designed. Wherever we look in the living world, no matter the species, nor the level of magnification, we see integrated complexity, all of it finely tuned to specific functions. Darwin and Wallace explained that this elegant machinery of life comes about as nature sorts through existing designs, allowing only the best to be passed to future generations.

This theory, long the cornerstone of biology, is now beginning to reshape the social and human sciences. Just as selection has sculpted hearts, lungs and livers for specific functions, the human mind too can best be understood in the light of what it was designed to do. This text is the first to show the relevance of evolutionary thinking to the entire range of psychological phenomena, and it does so at a level appropriate for introductory students.

Drawing on their considerable interdisciplinary expertise, Gaulin and McBurney first lay out the fundamentals of modern evolutionary theory. Then they systematically apply this theory to questions from every domain of psychology: learning, cognition, perception, emotion, development, pathology, and more.

This approach has three significant benefits; It forms a bridge that joins psychology with the rest of the life sciences; it provides a powerful and easily mastered basis for hypothesis generation; and it offers an explanatory framework that, for the first time, unites all of psychology. The result is a text that is exciting for both student and professor.

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