Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History

This book traces the history of evolutionary thought in psychology in an accessible and lively fashion. The book focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology. Evolutionary thought’s banishment in the early 20th century by behaviorism and cultural anthropology is explained, along with its eventual re–emergence through ethology and sociobiology. Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgments.
Preface.
1. Curious Histories.
2. Before Darwin.
3. Psychology Born and the Darwinian Revolution.
4. The Near Death of Darwinism in the Social Sciences.
5. An Exceptional Case.
6. Lessons To Be Learned: Ethology and Sociobiology.
7. Contemporary Evolutionary Psychology.
8. Future Prospects.
References.
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Henry Plotkin is Professor of Psychobiology at University College London. He is the author of Darwin Machines (1994), Evolution in Mind (1997) and most recently The Imagined World Made Real (2002)."

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This book traces the history of evolutionary thought in psychology in an accessible and lively fashion. The book focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology. Evolutionary thought’s banishment in the early 20th century by behaviorism and cultural anthropology is explained, along with its eventual re–emergence through ethology and sociobiology. Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.