Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History Tapa blanda - 2004 - 1st Edición

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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.
• Examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.

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