Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 588 g
Psychological Perspectives on Hominid Evolution
Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 588 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-263259-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
To most people it seems obvious that there are major mental differences between ourselves and other species, but there is considerable debate over exactly how special our minds are, in what respects, and which were the critical evolutionary events that have shaped us. Some researchers claim language as a solely human, even defining, attribute, while others claim that only humans are truly conscious. These questions have been explored mainly by archaeologists and anthropologists until recently, but this volume aims to show what psychologists have to say on the evolution of mind. The book begins with a thorough overview of what is known of the non-primate mind and its evolution. Following this, an international range of experts discuss in temporal sequence the human mind at various stages of evolution, beginning with the pre-hominids of 20 million years ago and ending with contemporary human behaviour. Accessible to students and researchers alike in psychology, anthropology, evolution, archaeology, and ethology, The Descent of Mind provides a range of provocative answers to the timeless question of what it means to be human.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Soziobiologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1: M.C. Corballis, and S.E.G. Lea: Are Humans Special? a history of psychological perspectives
- 2: S.E.G. Lea: The Background to Hominid intelligence
- 3: M.C. Corballis: Phylogeny from Apes to Humans
- 4: R.W. Byrne: Human Cognitive Evolution
- r 5: M.J. Beran, K.R. Gibson, and D.M. Rumbaugh: Predicting Hominid Intelligence from Brain Size
- 6: J.E. King, D.M. Rumbaugh, and E.S. Savage Rumbaugh: Perception of Personality Traits and Semantic Learning in Evolving Hominids
- 7: P.F. MacNeilage: Whatever Happened to Articulate Speech?
- 8: M. Donald: Preconditions for the Evolution of Protolanguages
- 9: S. Goldin-Meadow and D. McNeill: The Role of Gesture and Mimetic Representation in Making Language the Province of Speech
- 10: A. Whiten: The Evolution of Deep Social Mind in Humans
- 11: I.C. McManus: Handedness, Cerebral Lateralization, and the Evolution of Language
- 12: T. Suddendorf: The Rise of the Metamind
- 13: S. Baron-Cohen: The Evolution of a Theory of Mind
- 14: D. Kelemen: Beliefs About Purpose: On the Origins of Teleological Thought
- 15: P. Bloom: The Evolution of Certain Novel Human Capacities
- 16: D. Thiessen: Social Influences on Human Assortative Mating
- 17: A. Lock: On the Recent Origin of Symbolically-Mediated Language and its Implications for Psychological Science
