Origins of Intelligence The Evolution of Cognitive Development in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans

Name: Origins of Intelligence The Evolution of Cognitive Development in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
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ISBN: 9780801866715

ISBN-10: 0801866715

ISBN-13: 9780801866715

Edition: 2002

Authors: Sue Taylor Parker, Michael L. McKinney

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Since Darwin's time, comparative psychologists have searched for a good way to compare cognition in humans and nonhuman primates. In Origins of Intelligence, Sue Parker and Michael McKinney offer such a framework and make a strong case for using human development theory (both Piagetian and neo-Piagetian) to study the evolution of intelligence across primate species. Their approach is comprehensive, covering a broad range of social, symbolic, physical, and logical domains, which fall under the all-encompassing and much-debated term intelligence. A widely held theory among developmental psychologists and social and biological anthropologists is that cognitive evolution in humans has occurred…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/19/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Cognitive Development in Human and Nonhuman Primates



Comparative Developmental Studies of Primate Cognition



Development of Physical Cognition in Children, Apes, and Monkeys



Development of Logical-Mathematical Cognition in Children, Apes, and Monkeys



Development of Social Cognition in Children, Apes, and Monkeys



Development of Language in Young Children and Apes



Comparing Primate Cognition across Domains: Integration or Isolation?



Cognitive Development in the Context of Life History



The Evolution of Cognitive Development



Development and Evolution: A Primer



The Evolution of Human Mental Development



Cognitive Adaptations of Apes and Humans



Comparing Adaptive Scenarios for Primate Cognition



The Evolution and Development of the Brain



Cognitive Complexity and Progress in Evolution


References


Index