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Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Chapters in this Handbook address theory and research that integrates evolutionary psychology with other life, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as with the humanities. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences. Part 1: Integration within Psychology; Part 2: Integration with other Life, Social, and Behavioral Sciences; and Part 3: Integration with the Humanities.
Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
Development (embryology) was initially important for understanding evolution for most early evolutionary theorists, including Charles Darwin (Darwin, 1860). However, the advent of genetics at the beginning of the 20th century, and the corresponding modern synthesis later on, displaced development from that central spot in biology (Gilbert, 2017). As a result, relations between development and evolution were seen as inconsequential for evolution (Dawkins, 1976). Conversely, evolutionary theory was important and inspiring for understanding development at the scientific beginnings of developmental psychology (child psychology) (Morss, 1990). Yet its influence on the discipline faded during the 20th century for different reasons (Charlesworth, 1992), with consideration of evolution being almost incidental in the second half ...
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