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Evolutionary Psychology and Violence: A Primer for Policymakers and Public Policy Advocates (Psychological Dimensions to War and Peace) by Richard W. Bloom, Nancy Dess, 2003-03-30

Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (Oxford Handbooks)

Studies in the Evolutionary Psychology of Feeling by Hiram Miner Stanley, 2010-10-14

Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches by Steven J. Scher, Frederick Rauscher, 2002-11-30

Motivation and Emotion: Evolutionary, Physiological, Cognitive, and Social Influences (Advanced Psychology Text Series) by Mr David Edwards, 1998-07-23

Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology by David F. Bjorklund, Anthony D. Pellegrini, 2001-12-15

Evolutionary Psychology: The Ultimate Origins of Human Behavior by Jack A. Palmer, Linda K. Palmer, 2001-10-25

Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology) by Robert C. Richardson, 2010-03-31

Evolutionary Aesthetics

The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture

Decision Making: Towards an Evolutionary Psychology of Rationality (Philosophy) by Mauro Maldonato, 2010-10

Evolutionary Explanations of Human Behaviour by John H. Cartwright, 2007-03-16

Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction by Christopher Badcock, 2000-10-26

In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series) by John Teehan, 2010-05-03

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Evolutionary Psychology Primer By Leda Cosmides And John Tooby
evolutionary psychology A Primer. Leda Cosmides John Tooby CoDirectors Centerfor evolutionary psychology University of California, Santa Barbara.
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/EP/EP-primer.html

Extractions: A Primer Co-Directors Center for Evolutionary Psychology INTRODUCTION The goal of research in evolutionary psychology is to discover and understand the design of the human mind. Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology, in which knowledge and principles from evolutionary biology are put to use in research on the structure of the human mind. It is not an area of study, like vision, reasoning, or social behavior. It is a way of thinking about psychology that can be applied to any topic within it. In this view, the mind is a set of information-processing machines that were designed by natural selection to solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors. This way of thinking about the brain, mind, and behavior is changing how scientists approach old topics, and opening up new ones. This chapter is a primer on the concepts and arguments that animate it. Debauching the mind: Evolutionary psychology's past and present In the final pages of the Origin of Species , after he had presented the theory of evolution by natural selection, Darwin made a bold prediction: "In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation." Thirty years later, William James tried to do just that in his seminal book
Evolutionary Psychology
This article attempts to describe evolutionary psychology and the challenge it poses to traditional Category Science Social Sciences Psychology evolutionary psychology and participate in the formulation of natural theories within the evolutionary sciences .Theycan propose evolutionary psychology theories explaining why
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Evolution/PSCF9-98Zimmer.html

Extractions: Chicago, IL 60629 Evolutionary psychology is a new multidisciplinary field which promises to irrevocably change the traditional social sciences. This article introduces evolutionary psychology, explains how it challenges current social science, then discusses the opportunities it presents for Christian apologetics. To show that evolutionary psychology theories may be complementary, rather than antagonistic, to Christian views, a hypothesis within the Darwinian paradigm is proposed to explain the evolution of human awareness of supernature. Human awareness of supernature may be founded on the logical relationship between evolutionarily recent psychological adaptations in response to novel hominid social arrangements and more ancient mammalian psychologies. The hypothesis, though based on naturalism, paradoxically eclipses atheistic natural philosophy. Awareness of something beyond nature may be integral to human survival. Once again, there is much ado about Darwinism in the popular press
This Page Has Moved!
Folk psychology; nativism and modularity; intentional content; evolutionary psychology; cognitive architecture; consciousness; natural language in human cognition.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~phil/department/staff/Carruthers.html
Biological Anthropology @ UCLA
Graduate program focusing on evolutionary theory, primate behavior, hominid evolution, and evolutionary psychology and ecology. Features faculty interests and current research.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/bioanthro/

Extractions: Human beings are the products of millions of years of evolution by natural selection. Sometime in the last 5 million years, natural selection created a creature with a very large brain that walked upright, was adept at making and using tools, developed language, and came to rely heavily on imitation, social learning, and culture. Biological anthropologists study all facets of this process. Biological anthropology is interesting and important because an evolutionary perspective provides a rich source of insight about why we are the way we are. The program in biological anthropology at UCLA focuses on four areas of research: Evolutionary theory: Mathematical studies of how evolutionary processes work. Primate Behavior: Field studies of free ranging primates that aim to show how natural selection has molded the bodies and behavior of our closest living relatives. Hominid Evolution: Studies of the fossil and archaeological record which help us understand the ecological and social factors that have shaped human evolutionary history. Evolutionary psychology and ecology: Field and laboratory studies of of contemporary human psychology and behavior rooted in the evolutionary paradigm.
The Evolution Of Evolutionary Psychology
The Evolution of evolutionary psychology From Sociobiology to EvolutionaryPsychology. Sociobiology Versus evolutionary psychology.
http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/seltin.html

Extractions: Melissa Seltin Northwestern University The theory of evolutionary psychology has generated much debate among both psychologists and philosophers. Therefore it is imperative that evolutionary psychology be evaluated in detail. In doing so, one is forced to examine its forerunner, sociobiology, and also question the concept of a good theory. Metatheory dictates that a good theory should be simple, accurate, fruitful, consistent, etc. Sociobiology, although strong in its Darwinian foundations, is highly criticized as being limited in scope and difficult to falsify. Evolutionary psychology is also criticized as being difficult to falsify, but scientists commend this theory for its fruitfulness and its ability to encompass many different fields of psychology while connecting psychology to the more hardcore sciences. Sociobiology is the study of the biological determinants of social behavior, based on the theory that such behavior is often genetically transmitted and subject to evolutionary processes. It stresses the importance of behavior and is committed to the theories of the adaptationist program. The adaptationist program assumes that certain creatures or groups of creatures currently exist because their past relatives possessed certain phenotypic traits that they were able to pass on to future generations. In 1975, Wilson published Sociobiology, which was highly debated among theorists of the time. However, one no longer hears that psychology will be encompassed by sociobiology; rather psychology has incorporated some sociobiological theses while rejecting the more extreme assertions (Anker, 1987, p. 426). This is evident to those who have taken courses in various fields of psychology. Since 1975, evidence of genetic influence on behavior and acceptance of the theory has increased steadily. However, because of the general form of sociobiological argument, many remain skeptical.
Essay On Sociobiology And The Meaning Of Life
An interesting summary of some of the issues.
http://www.geocities.com/evo_psych

Extractions: Web site created: Feb 16, 2001 evo_psych@yahoo.com Essay Sections: Introduction Since the publication of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" The Mind is the Body Mental ailments were once distinguished either as psychological or neurological disorders. Media reports of new scientific studies, though, are now routinely rife with a blurring in the distinction between the two. Increasingly, behavioral problems like compulsive gambling, alcoholism, drug addiction, anorexia, violence (and other criminal behavior) are now being linked to physiological "disorders" in the human brain. To be blunt, though, the traditional distinction between the "mind" and body (brain) has always been suspect (possibly even ludicrous). It's simply been the case that the physical mechanisms of the brain have never been understood unlike, say, the heart or kidney. The human brain has been and remains the ultimate "black box" in medicine and engineering. And this is no surprise, since the most complex, modern supercomputer, which can only now be understood barely on a system level by an individual, remains a "tinker-toy" compared to the human brain let alone, say, the brain of a cockroach. In fact, understanding all aspects of the human brain may simply be beyond human understanding. The remarkable progress seen in technology, particularly in the semiconductor IC industry, is misleading - some people now think "nothing's imppossible" anymore. However, despite all of the "miraculous" progress of the 20th century, there are and always will be fundamental limitations. Some things are impossible and will remain so, no matter how much scientific progress we make (e.g., fundamental thermodynamic limitations).
Evolutionary Psychology
Notebooks evolutionary psychology. Recommended The evolutionary psychology sectionof CogPrints; Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea Review by Danny Yee;
http://bactra.org/notebooks/evol-psych.html

Extractions: Down deep inside The study of how our minds have evolved, and the traces left by that evolution. The most important seems to be that we don't have a general, content-neutral intelligence, but a gang or collection of specialized intelligences bent and stretched into unnatural poses for things like math. Logically, all this is quite separate from the question of whether or not we use evolutionary processes in our thinking, whether the mind is a Darwin machine, but I think all the advocates of the latter support evolutionary psychology as well. It should be obvious that, if we have inherited a tendency or bias towards Q from our ancestors, this doesn't mean we should Q, and everyone accepts this without question when it comes to logic and reasoning. Certain popularizers (e.g. Gazzaniga, and especially Wright) forget this when it comes to things like the relations between the sexes: predictable, but depressing nonetheless. (Finding an evolutionary explanation for this bias is left as an exercise for the student.) Fortunately Pinker is an excellent corrective to this. Cf.
UC Santa Barbara Psychology
The Department specializes in these related areas cognitive and perceptual sciences, developmental and evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience and behavior. For undergraduate students, it offers a B.S. in biopsychology.
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/
BioMedNet Journal Collection
evolutionary psychology, neurobiology, and sociobiology. Professional journal. Abstracts, archives, selected fulltext articles at no charge. Complete articles downloadable for a fee. BioMedNet registration required.
http://www.biomednet.com/library/bbe
Evolutionary Psychology
Papers on evolutionary psychology.Category Science Social Sciences Psychology evolutionary psychologyPapers on evolutionary psychology. You may click on some of theseto view the paper 1. Have auditors evolved? 2. On the detection
http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~evans/evol/wpevol.htm
Dan Sperber's Web Site
Researcher at CREA, Paris, France. Specialties include anthropology, evolutionary psychology, philosophy of language . Site includes numerous fulltext publications.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/sperber/
Frank McAndrew
This is the home page for Frank McAndrew, a psychology professor at Knox College with research interests in social psychology, evolutionary psychology, and environmental psychology.
http://faculty.knox.edu/fmcandre
Behavior OnLine - Evolutionary Psychology Forum
Please visit our sponsor. evolutionary psychology James Brody Posta Message New forum software. Welcome to the EP Forum and Credo
http://www.behavior.net/forums/evolutionary/
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BBC - Science - Human Body - TV Programmes - Human Instinct
Investigates the science of evolutionary psychology. Includes programme information and details plus interactive instinct tests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/tv/humaninstinct/
The (Im)moral Animal
A controversial outline of evolutionary psychology by Frank Miele of Skeptic Magazine.Category Science Social Sciences Publications Articles skeptic.com). The (Im)moral Animal A Quick Dirty Guide to EvolutionaryPsychology the Nature of Human Nature. By Frank Miele. Is
http://www.skeptic.com/04.1.miele-immoral.html

Extractions: From Skeptic vol. 4, no. 1, 1996, pp. 42-49. A special Internet introductory subscription rate to Skeptic is available. For more information, contact Jim Lippard (lippard@skeptic.com). Is "the fault, dear Brutus, not in our stars but in ourselves?" In our genes? Or in our jeans? Why do some "bestride the narrow world like a Colossus" while other "petty men [most of us] peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves"? Are not men, as Shakespeare suggested in Julius Caesar , at least sometimes "masters of their fates"? Or, as Jack Nicholson's "average horny little devil" asks about the differences between men and women, in the film version of Updike's The Witches of Eastwick Do you think God knew what he was doing...or do you think it was just another of his minor mistakeslike tidal waves, earthquakes, floods....When we make mistakes, they call it evil; God makes mistakes, they call it nature. A mistake? Or did he do it on purpose? Because if it's a mistake, maybe we can do something about itfind a cure; invent a vaccine; build up our immune system. Throughout most of human history, the answers to these questions have come from myth or literature. Starting with the Enlightenment, however, the answers have usually been couched in the allegedly "objective findings" of either history or science. Since the end of World War II, the "standard model of social science," as summarized by Robert Wright in his very readable introduction to evolutionary psychology, skeptically (if not cynically) titled
Evolutionary Psychology At The University Of Texas, Austin
http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Group/BussLAB/
Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned By Rober
Book review of Alas Poor Darwin, by Robert Kurzban. Assesses five charges against evolutionary psycholog Category Science Social Sciences Publications Reviews If evolutionary psychology were guilty of the sins of which it was accused, the Rosesand their contributors could be considered to have produced an important
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/apd.html

Extractions: Home - Human Nature Review The Human Nature Daily Review Online Dictionary Of Mental Health What is New? Search Feedback Guestbook Free Electronic Books Darwin and Darwinism Science as Culture Free Associations Human Relations, Authority and Justice Kleinian Studies Against All Reason Burying Freud The Seduction Theory Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk The Origin of Species The Expression of the Emotions The Voyage of the Beagle The Descent of Man T.H.Huxley Autobiography Discourse on the Method The Varieties of Religious Experience Proposed Roads to Freedom The Warfare of Science with Theology Psychoanalytic Aesthetics Unfree Associations Mind, Brain and Adaptation Darwin's Metaphor Mental Space The Culture of British Psychoanalysis Whatever Happened to Human Nature? Group Relations Lost for Words The Story of a Mental Hospital Victims of Memory Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge The Evolution of Human Sex Differences How the Mind Works Fashionable Nonsense The Biotech Century Process Press Robert M. Young - Home Page Robert M. Young - Index of Papers Evolutionary Psychology Mental Health Research Radical Science Human Nature Books Human Nature Information Object Relations European Psychotherapy Psychoanalytic Studies Science as Culture Human Nature Review ISSN 1476-1084 Table of Contents What's New Search Feedback ... Search for papers by Kurzban, R.
AnthroGlobe Evolutionary Psychology
Links to evolutionary psychology The Human Nature Daily Review editedby Ian Pitchford News, Research, Book reviews, Articles
http://darwin.anthroglobe.com/users/evopsyche.shtml

Extractions: The Human Nature Daily Review edited by Ian Pitchford - News, Research, Book reviews, Articles, Essays, Commentary, Audio and Video, Book store: Human Nature: Born or Made?: Human Nature: Born or Made? Related Articles Part Two of This Article The New York Times on the Web: Science Forums Join a Discussion on Mental Health and Treatment Join a Discussion on Health in the News By ERICA GOODE W hen two scientists proposed in a recent book that rape was best viewed as a sexual act with its roots in evolution, it set off a squall of protest from feminists and social scientists, won the researchers appearances on programs like NBC's "Dateline," and became... Rob Boyd's Home Page: Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology: Darkness in El Dorado: Anthropological Niche Darkness in El Dorado Information. Amazon Controversy National Geographic (4/02) Amazon s War of Words Revisited MSNBC (3/29/02) Yanomami Tribe Faces Risks American Anthropological Association (12/12/01) The Yanomami of Venezuela: New Findings and Concerns American Anthropological Association (12/12/01) Response to Allegations against James V. Neel in Darkness in El Dorado, by Patrick Tierney American Society of Human Genetics (11/19/01) Preliminary Report... Napoleon Chagnon Responds to Darkness in El Dorado by Patrick Tierney: For the complete report, click here. Jane Hill, past president of the American Anthropological Association, chair of the El Dorado Task Force, and an expert in transcription of audiotaped conversation has also released a report on 'Tierney's use of the Asch sound out-take tapes as evidence': Quote: To summarize my conclusions, I transcribed seven conversations that are important for Tierney's argument that Neel and his co-workers believed that their vaccines might be causing measles,...
MFTSource Theory: Evolutionary Psychology
MFTSource.com Theory Page on evolutionary psychology organizes useful clinical resources for working Category Science Social Sciences Psychology evolutionary psychologyTheories evolutionary psychology. Selected Readings. The evolutionary psychology A Critical Introduction by Christopher Badcock. Evolutionary
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Extractions: Theories: Evolutionary Psychology Selected Readings The Adapted Mind : Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture by Jerome H. Barkow (Editor), Leda Cosmides (Editor), John Tooby (Editor) Alas, Poor Darwin : Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology by Steven P. R. Rose (Editor), Hilary Rose (Editor), Charles Jencks Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations) by Robert J. Richards Divided Labours : An Evolutionary View of Women at Work (Darwinism Today) by Kingsley Browne Evolutionary Principles of Human Adolescence (Lives in Context) by Glenn Weisfeld Evolutionary Psychiatry : A New Beginning by Anthony Stevens, John Price Evolutionary Psychology : A Critical Introduction by Christopher Badcock Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind by David M. Buss Evolution in Mind : An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology by Henry Plotkin Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology : Ideas, Issues, and Applications

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