Summary
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Essential Evolutionary Psychology introduces students to the core theories, approaches, and findings that are the necessary foundations for developing an understanding of evolutionary psychology. It offers a sound, brief, and student friendly explication of how evolutionary theory has been and is applied in psychology. The book unpicks the very essence of human evolution, and how this knowledge is used to give evolutionary accounts of four of the central pillars of human behavior - cooperation, attraction, aggression, and family formation. It also covers evolutionary accounts of abnormal behavior, language and culture.
Brains, Minds and Consciousness
Brains, Minds and Consciousness
Some of the questions addressed in this chapter:
- How does the central nervous system develop after conception?
- What is the functional anatomy of the adult brain?
- What is the mind–body problem?
- How has the mind–body problem been addressed?
- Can the brain be taken as an information-processing device?
- Why would we be self-conscious?
Some Key Terms and Concepts
Classical cascade; Computational metaphor; Consciousness; Dualism; Idealism; Intentional stance; Materialism; Self-consciousness.
Learning Objectives
Having studied this chapter you should be better able to:
- Describe the development and final form of the human brain.
- Appreciate some of the issues that arise from the distinction between brain and mind.
- Detail some of the ways evolutionary psychology utilises the computational metaphor.
Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to outline ways in which evolutionary accounts think about thought. To ...
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