Child Development in Evolutionary Perspective

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-79150-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 140 g

Reihe: Elements in Child Development

Natural selection has operated as strongly or more so on the early stages of the lifespan as on adulthood. One evolved feature of human childhood is high levels of behavioral, cognitive, and neural plasticity, permitting children to adapt to a wide range of physical and social environments. Taking an evolutionary perspective on infancy and childhood provides a better understanding of contemporary human development, predicting and understanding adult behavior, and explaining how changes in the early development of our ancestors produced contemporary Homo sapiens.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bjorklund, David F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. How Can an Understanding of our Species' Evolution Help Us Better Understand Children, Development, and the Adults We Become?; 3. How Can an Understanding of Human Development Help Us Better Understand Human Evolution?; 4. Children, Childhood, and Development in Evolutionary Perspective.