Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief HistoryISBN: 978-1-4051-1378-6
Paperback
184 pages
July 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History traces
the history of evolutionary thought in psychology in an accessible
and lively fashion and examines the complex and changing relations
between psychology and evolutionary theory.
- First book to trace the history of evolutionary thinking in
psychology from its beginnings to the present day in an accessible
and lively fashion.
- Focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck
and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology.
- Explains evolutionary thought’s banishment by behaviorism
and cultural anthropology in the early 20th century, along with its
eventual re-emergence through ethology and sociobiology.
- Examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.