- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1840466685
- ISBN-13: 978-1840466683
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 630,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Donald Symons, Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 21 (2000), Elsevier Science
" ... by making the fundamental tenets of evolutionary psychology accessible to a wide audience, Evans and Zarate perform an important service."
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Using evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology as well as anthropolgy, primatology and archaeology, characters such as Dawkins, Gould and Dennett are beginning to piece together the first truly scientific account of human nature.
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Cognitive psychology is the most powerful theory of the mind ever developed. Read the first page
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a very good introduction if you want to learn about the subject in an hour or so. It won't take you much longer to read it cover to cover.
As a consequence, if you already know anything at all about the subject, you are unlikely to learn anything new.
It is difficult to fault this book on this basis, since it does after all advertise itself as an introduction, but readers looking for even a moderate development of the ideas should look elsewhere.
As a consequence, if you already know anything at all about the subject, you are unlikely to learn anything new.
It is difficult to fault this book on this basis, since it does after all advertise itself as an introduction, but readers looking for even a moderate development of the ideas should look elsewhere.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a very clear introduction to Evolutionary Psychology. Once you have digested it then you will be ready for the texts on the recommended reading list.
Well and appropriately illustrated.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Introducing Evolutionary Psychology by Dylan Evans and Oscar Zarate
Why are we what we are? What makes the minds of Apes different from those of Humans? What makes males and females different 'Psychologically'?
These are the questions that the relatively new field of Evolutionary Psychology is currently attempting to answer. It is a field that attempts to compare and combine the work of scientists from such diverse disciplines as psychology, anthropology and archaeology (amongst others). By doing so it offers new and convincing explanations for what exactly it means to be a Human.
The narrative of this book is thoroughly engrossing and together with the excellent illustrations of Oscar Zarate, this book provides a good introduction to this complex and constantly 'Evolving' science.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys short, succinct and informative books!
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Short and sweet
If you only have a couple of hours spare in your life, and you'd like a quick, fun (and fully illustrated) introduction into one of the hottest (and occasionally, most... Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2007 by John Hepburn
A theory, which remains a theory!
An 'interesting' book if you accept all the assumptions of evolutionary theory. It is a quick and 'light' introduction to the field of evolutionary 'theory' and tends to gloss over... Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2002 by Dr. T. Irvine
Provocative introduction which inspires further study
Having read Richard Dawkin's Selfish Gene, and being interested in psychology, I was naturally inclined towards this book. Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2000 by S. A. Richards
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