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- Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer (UC Santa Barbara) The goal of research in evolutionary psychology is to discover and understand the design of the human mind. Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology, in which knowledge and principles from evolutionary biology are put to use in research on the structure of the human mind.
- The Handbook of Culture and Biology The Handbook of Culture and Biology is a comprehensive resource that focuses on theory and research in culture and biology interplay.
- "Evolutionary Psychology," in Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories This entry has three sections. The first concerns the beginnings of evolutionary psychology in the late nineteenth century. The second briefly provides a historical background, set between 1900 and 1975, for the third section, which concerns evolutionary psychology from about 1975 to mid-2010.
- "Evolutionary Psychology," in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Cognitive Science The article presents several models of evolutionary psychology.
- "Evolutionary Psychology," in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy In its broad sense, the term “evolutionary psychology” stands for any attempt to adopt an evolutionary perspective on human behavior by supplementing psychology with the central tenets of evolutionary biology.
- "Evolutionary Psychology," in Annual Review of Anthropology Studying human behavior in the light of evolutionary theory involves studying the comparative evolutionary history of behaviors (phylogeny), the psychological machinery that generates them (mechanisms), and the adaptive value of that machinery in past reproductive competition (natural selection).
- The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 1 : Foundations The indispensable reference tool for the groundbreaking science of evolutionary psychology Why is the mind designed the way it is? How does input from the environment interact with the mind to produce behavior? These are the big, unanswered questions that the field of evolutionary psychology seeks to explore. The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is the seminal work in this vibrant, quickly-developing new discipline.
- The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2 : Integrations The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2, Integrations provides students and researchers with new insight into how EP draws from, and is applied in, fields as diverse as economics, anthropology, neuroscience, genetics, and political science, among others.
- The handbook of culture and biology The Handbook of Culture and Biology is a comprehensive resource that focuses on theory and research in culture and biology interplay.
- Handbook of Paleoanthropology Guided by an editorial team of global stature, the contributions reflect the best of today’s scholarship. Each volume covers core constituents of the subject: basic principles and methods, primate evolution and human origins, and the phylogeny of hominins.
- The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience Comprehensive and authoritative, The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary Neuroscience unifies the diverse strands of an interdisciplinary field exploring the evolution of brains and cognition.
- A Companion to Biological Anthropology An extensive overview of the rapidly growing field of biological anthropology. Offers discussions of current issues, controversies, and future directions within the area. Presents coverage of the many recent innovations and discoveries that are transforming the subject.
- The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences The Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (EPID) is organized into four volumes that look at the many likenesses and differences between individuals.
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution This is an introduction to the human species that places modern humans squarely in evolutionary perspective and treats evolution itself as a continuing genetic process in which every one of us is involved. Over seventy scholars worldwide have collaborated on the Encyclopedia, which is divided into ten main sections.
- Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory The Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory provides the most complete context possible for understanding the 65-million-year story of humankind's origins. The Encyclopedia gathers the work of 49 internationally recognized scholars, each a leading authority writing under the guidance of a distinguished team of editors from the American Museum of Natural History. They have prepared over 800 entries, ranging from brief definitions of technical terms to in depth, lengthy essays on broad topics such as evolutionary theory, genetics and Paleolithic archaeology.
- The Oxford Handbook of Molecular Psychology Determining the biological bases for behavior—and the extent to which we can observe and explain their neural underpinnings—requires a bold, broadly defined research methodology. The interdisciplinary entries in this handbook are organized around the principle of “molecular psychology,” which unites cutting-edge research from such wide-ranging disciplines as clinical neuroscience and genetics, psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and neuroethology.
- A dictionary of animal behaviour Covering every aspect of animal behaviour from adaptation to warning, this accessible A-Z also includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology.
