Evolutionary Thought in Psychology A Brief History

Name: Evolutionary Thought in Psychology A Brief History
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ISBN: 9781405113786

ISBN-10: 1405113782

ISBN-13: 9781405113786

Edition: 2004

Authors: Henry C. Plotkin

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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. …

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List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



Curious Histories



Before Darwin


Preliminaries


Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck


Herbert Spencer



Psychology Born and the Darwinian Revolution


The New Science of Mind


The Darwinian Revolution


Darwin's Immediate Successors


Early Psychology in the United States



The Near Death of Darwinism in the Social Sciences


Evolution after Darwin


Behaviorism Takes Hold in Psychology


The Rise of Cultural Anthropology



An Exceptional Case


The Fundamental Problem


A New Factor in Evolution


Evolutionary Epistemology


Fall and Decline



Lessons to be Learned: Ethology and Sociobiology


Classical Ethology


Sociobiology



Contemporary Evolutionary Psychology


Evolutionary Theory from 1959


Necessary Precursors in the Main Discipline


Evolutionary Psychology Reborn


Which Side is Bringing Science into Disrepute?


A Natural Science of Culture



Future Prospects


References


Index