The Evolution of Cognition

Book Overview

In the last decade, "evolutionary psychology" has come to refer exclusively to research on human mentality and behavior, motivated by a nativist interpretation of how evolution operates. This book encompasses the behavior and mentality of nonhuman as well as human animals and a full range of evolutionary approaches. Rather than a collection by and for the like-minded, it is a debate about how evolutionary processes have shaped cognition. The debate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262082861
• ISBN13: 9780262082860
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher