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Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Development Attachment, Evolution, and the Psychology of Religion by Lee A. Kirkpatrick PhD, 2004-10-18 An Evolutionary Psychology of Sleep and Dreams by Patrick McNamara, 2004-12-30 Evolutionary Psychology (The International Library of Essays on Evolutionary Thought) by Stefan Linquist, Neil Levy, 2010-07-01 Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 2000, Volume 47: Evolutionary Psychology and Motivation by Nebraska Symposium, 2001-09-01 Evolutionary Social Psychology Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development Evolutionary Agents (Leary, Timothy) by Timothy Leary, 2004-08-28 Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour by Kevin N. Laland, Gillian Brown, 2002-06-20 Information Behavior: An Evolutionary Instinct (Information Science and Knowledge Management) by Amanda Spink, 2010-05-18 Evolutionary Psychology by Alan Clamp, 2001-06-01 Educating the Evolved Mind: Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology (PB) (Psychological Perspectives on Contemporary Educational Issues) Evolution in Mind: An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology by Henry Plotkin, 2000-05-05 Human Infancy: An Evolutionary Perspective (Child psychology) by Daniel G. Freedman, 1975-03-12

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61. Skeptic Magazine
    Skeptic Volume 4, Number 1 (1996) evolutionary psychology 1996 Skeptic Conference On evolutionary psychology and Humanistic Ethics; $500000 Psychic  
    http://www.skeptic.com/04.1.contents.html

62. Index Hormones & Behaviour
    evolutionary psychology (PY505). Module Guide. Glossary. Lecture Notes. Lecture 1 Hominid Evolution Lecture 2 evolutionary psychology  
    http://psychology.unn.ac.uk/nick/indexevol.htm

63. Economics And Evolutionary Psychology*
    Researchers in evolutionary psychology, starting with these assumptions, have generated It follows that the assumptions of evolutionary psychology give  
    http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/econ_and_evol_psych/economics_and_evol_ps
    
    Extractions: Researchers in evolutionary psychology, starting with these assumptions, have generated and tested predictions ranging from differences in male and female special abilities to the timing of morning sickness. What Evolutionary Psychology Adds Evolutionary psychology adds two modifications to the rationality assumption. The first is an increase in its precision. Economists assume that individuals have objectives. But economic theory does not tell us what those objectives are, although observation and introspection provide at least a rough idea of what they are likely to be. Evolutionary biologists, on the other hand, know the objective of genes A true phyloprogenitive gene, one that made reproductive success a high priority of every individual, would confer an enormous reproductive advantage on its carriers and rapidly spread through the population. The absence of such a gene is presumably due to the difficulty of such precise programming of an organism as complicated as a human being, plus the short time that has passed since the developments that make that tactic for reproductive success so much superior to less direct approaches.

64. Essay On Sociobiology And The Meaning Of Life
    Essay presents an overview of the field of evolutionary psychology. Features links to related sites.  
    http://www.geocities.com/evo_psych
    
    Extractions: Web site created: Feb 16, 2001 evo_psych@yahoo.com Essay Sections: Introduction Since the publication of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species" The Mind is the Body Mental ailments were once distinguished either as psychological or neurological disorders. Media reports of new scientific studies, though, are now routinely rife with a blurring in the distinction between the two. Increasingly, behavioral problems like compulsive gambling, alcoholism, drug addiction, anorexia, violence (and other criminal behavior) are now being linked to physiological "disorders" in the human brain. To be blunt, though, the traditional distinction between the "mind" and body (brain) has always been suspect (possibly even ludicrous). It's simply been the case that the physical mechanisms of the brain have never been understood unlike, say, the heart or kidney. The human brain has been and remains the ultimate "black box" in medicine and engineering. And this is no surprise, since the most complex, modern supercomputer, which can only now be understood barely on a system-level by an individual, remains a "tinker-toy" compared to the human brain let alone, say, the brain of a cockroach. In fact, understanding all aspects of the human brain may simply be beyond human understanding. The remarkable progress seen in technology, particularly in the semiconductor IC industry, is misleading: some people now think "nothing's impossible" anymore. However, despite all of the "miraculous" progress of the 20th century, there are and always will be fundamental limitations. Some things are impossible and will remain so, no matter how much scientific progress we make (e.g., fundamental thermodynamic constraints).

65. So You Think You're Logical?
    An online implementation of one of the most famous experiments in social/evolutionary psychology.  
    http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/logic_task.htm

66. Ketelaar And Ellis Have Provided A Remarkably Clear And Succinct Statement Of La
    Ketelaar and Ellis have provided a remarkably clear and succinct statement of Lakatosian philosophy of science and have also argued compellingly that  
    http://philosophy.wisc.edu/forster/papers/Lakatos.htm
    
    Extractions: Note : If you want to print this article, then there is a PDF version , which will print better. Ketelaar and Ellis have provided a remarkably clear and succinct statement of Lakatosian philosophy of science and have also argued compellingly that the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution fills the Lakatosian criteria of progressivity. We find ourselves in agreement with much of what Ketelaar and Ellis say about Lakatosian philosophy of science, but have some questions about (1) the place of evolutionary psychology in a Lakatosian framework, and (2) the extent to which evolutionary psychology truly predicts new findings. Lakatos, as Ketelaar and Ellis observe, conceives of research programs as having two levels: a hard core consisting of fundamental meta-theoretical assumptions and a protective belt containing auxiliary assumptions. Together, the hard core and the protective belt produce hypotheses and predictions that, ultimately, can confirm or disconfirm the assumptions in the hard core. Typically, however, failed predictions do not call into question the meta-theoretical assumptions of the hard core. This is so, for hypotheses and predictions derive from the hard core and the auxiliary assumptions of the protective belt. Consequently, given recalcitrant data, one can always place the blame on the assumptions in the protective belt, leaving untarnished the meta-theoretical assumptions of the hard core. It is only when the protective belt begins to function simply as a device for explaining away anomalies and does little by way of generating new predictions that the time comes to suspect the assumptions of the hard core.

67. Daniel M.T. Fessler
    evolutionary psychology, emotion, sex and reproduction, food and eating, violence and risktaking, conformity and cooperation (University of California at Los Angeles).  
    http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/fessler/
    
    Extractions: Evolutionary Anthropology / Evolutionary Psychology I approach a variety of aspects of human behavior, experience, and physiology from an integrative perspective in which humans are viewed as both the products of complex evolutionary processes and the possessors of acquired cultural idea systems and behavioral patterns (for a brief review of my ideas concerning the relationship between evolutionary psychology and general anthropology, click here ). My research, itself an ever-evolving process, currently focuses on a number of domains including: emotion; sex and reproduction; food and eating; violence and risk-taking; and conformity and cooperation. For a fuller treatment of my research interests, click here. Graduate Students and Colleagues Here are links to selected reprints of publications, and related web links

68. Evolutionary Psychology And Behavioural Psychology Research Group
    evolutionary psychology and Behavioural Ecology Research Group. Research programme Group members MSc in evolutionary psychology Seminars  
    http://www.liv.ac.uk/www/evolpsyc/main.htm

69. Buss, David
    evolutionary psychology of human mating strategies; conflict between the sexes; prestige, status, and social reputation; the emotion of jealousy; homicide; antihomicide defenses; and stalking (University of Texas).  
    http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/BussD/bussD.html

70. Evolutionary Psychology - Psychological Aspects Of Human Evolution
    Evolutionary perspectives on human psychology form part of the more general To understand evolutionary psychology, it is necessary to have a basic  
    http://www.wilderdom.com/personality/L7-1EvolutionaryPsychology.html
    
    Extractions: 01 Sep 2003 How can we understand the phenomenon of obesity in Western society? How can we understand the phenomenon of anorexia nervosa in Western society? ... References In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. William D. Hamilton "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. It is not an area of study, like vision, reasoning, or social behavior. It is a way of thinking about psychology that can be applied to any topic within it."

71. Symons, Don
    Human evolutionary psychology as applied to sexual fantasy and sexual attractiveness (University of California at Santa Barbara).  
    http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/symons/index.html

72. Dylan Evans' Homepage
    Drawing on the insights of evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology, Introducing evolutionary psychology is the perfect introduction to this  
    http://www.dylan.org.uk/evpsych.html
    
    Extractions: THE MATRIX : This book was required reading for the main actors in The Matrix - as Keanu Reeves says in this extract from The Matrix Revisited. See also my article, Smash the Windows How did the mind evolve? How does the human mind differ from the minds of our ancestors, and from the minds of our nearest relatives, the apes? What are the universal features of the human mind, and why are they designed the way they are? If our minds are built by selfish genes, why are we so cooperative? Can the differences between male and female psychology be explained in evolutionary terms? These questions are at the centre of a rapidly growing research programme called evolutionary psychology. Drawing on the insights of evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology, as well as data from anthropology, primatology and archaeology, evolutionary psychologists are beginning to piece together the first truly scientific account of human nature. Introducing Evolutionary Psychology is the perfect introduction to this exciting new field. Clearly and concisely written by Dylan Evans, and superbly illustrated by award-winning artist Oscar Zarate, it offers a fascinating view of the history of the mind.

73. This Web Site Has Moved
    evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, human reproductive behaviour (Dalhousie University, Canada).  
    http://is.dal.ca/~barkow/home.htm

74. Synthetic Evolutionary Psychology
    evolutionary psychology is an approach to the study of the mind based on So, far most research in evolutionary psychology has used methods that are  
    http://www.dylan.org.uk/syntheticEP14.html
    
    Extractions: Dylan Evans Walter de Back Abstract: 174 words Main text: 10,575 words References: 905 words Entire text: 11,770 Synthetic Evolutionary Psychology Dylan Evans and Walter de Back Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY United Kingdom d.evans@bath.ac.uk http://www.dylan.org.uk Institute of Information and Computing Sciences Robotics Lab Utrecht University Utrecht 3508 TB The Netherlands walter@aisland.org Evolutionary psychology is an approach to the study of the mind based on principles drawn from evolutionary biology.

75. Weekly Book Reviews And Literary Criticism From The Times Literary Supplement
    evolutionary psychology and the persistent quest for human nature evolutionary psychology (when spelled with capitals) is the name of a galaxy of  
    http://www.the-tls.co.uk/this_week/story.aspx?story_id=2111529

76. Rob Boyd's Home Page
    evolutionary psychology of the mechanisms that give rise to and shape human culture (University of California at Los Angeles).  
    http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/boyd/
    
    Extractions: Unlike other organisms, humans acquire a rich body of information from others by teaching, imitation, and other forms of social learning, and this culturally transmitted information strongly influences human behavior. Culture is an essential part of the human adaptation, and as much a part of human biology as bipedal locomotion or thick enamel on our molars. My research is focused on the evolutionary psychology of the mechanisms that give rise to and shape human culture, and how these mechanisms interact with population dynamic processes to shape human cultural variation. I have done much of this work in collaboration with Peter J. Richerson. Dept. of Anthropology University of California Los Angeles , CA 90095 rboyd@anthro.ucla.edu phone: 310 206 8008 fax: 310 206 7833 A new book entitled Not by Genes Alone: How culture transformed human evolution gives a nonmathematical treatment of this work, and is now available from the University of Chicago Press. Richard McElreath and I also now have a draft of our new book entitled Modeling the Evolution of Social Behavior which is an introduction to evolutionary game theory for readers with modest training in mathematics. Contact me for access to this manuscript.

77. Evolutionary Psychology: Entry
    This portrays evolutionary psychology as a field of inquiry, which is so broad Instead, this is a Guided Tour of evolutionary psychology, the paradigm.  
    http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/ep.htm
    
    Extractions: 1. What Is Evolutionary Psychology? The term "evolutionary psychology" is sometimes used simply as "a shorthand for 'psychological theorizing informed by modern evolutionary theory'" (Daly & Wilson , p. 7), a shorthand for "understanding the human mind/brain mechanisms in evolutionary perspective" (Buss , p. 3). This portrays evolutionary psychology as a field of inquiry , which is so broad as to cover work ranging from studies of the optimality of foraging and birth spacing in hunter-gatherer societies to studies of encephalization (the progressive increase in brain size relative to body size in the human lineage) and the evolution of altruism and language. This broad range of work varies significantly in fundamental theoretical and methodological commitments, and it is united only by a very general commitment to the idea that human cognition, emotion, and behavior can be understood from an evolutionary perspective. Many researchers in this field often deliberately resist the "evolutionary psychology" label, however, preferring to classify their work as, for example, human sociobiology, human ethology, human behavioral ecology, or evolutionary anthropology. The reason is that the term "evolutionary psychology" is increasingly being used to designate only work conducted within a specific set of theoretical and methodological commitments shared by a prominent and influential group of researchers (most notably the psychologists David M. Buss, Leda Cosmides, and Steven Pinker and the anthropologists Donald Symons and John Tooby). This group is united in the belief that adoption of an evolutionary perspective on human psychology immediately entails a number of very specific theoretical and methodological commitments. These commitments have been forcefully articulated in two important manifestos (Barkow, Cosmides, and Tooby's

78. Cosmides, Leda
    evolutionary psychology, cognition, domainspecific reasoning (University of California, Santa Barbara).  
    http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/cosmides/index.php

79. The New York Review Of Books: Evolutionary Psychology: An Exchange
    An article by Stephen Jay Gould from The New York Review of Books, October 9, 1997.  
    http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1070
    
    Extractions: @import "/css/default.css"; Home Your account Current issue Archives ... Email to a friend Exchange In response to Darwinian Fundamentalism June 12, 1997 To the Editors Evolutionary psychology is the attempt to understand our mental faculties in light of the evolutionary processes that shaped them. Stephen Jay Gould [ NYR , June 12 and June 26] calls its ideas and their proponents "foolish," "fatuous," "pathetic," "egregiously simplistic," and some twenty-five synonyms for "fanatical." Such language is not just discourteous; it is misguided, for the ideas of evolutionary psychology are not as stupid as Gould makes them out to be. Indeed, they are nothing like what Gould makes them out to be. So where's the controversy? Gould claims his targets invoke selection to explain everything indiscriminate pluralists. Gould blurs his own distinction when he writes, It shouldn't, of course, but then most researchers aren't trying to explain the entire "complex and various world." Many of them are should In the case of the human brain, Gould accuses evolutionary psychologists of ignoring an alternative:

80. Steven Pinker
    Language, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology (MIT).  
    http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/

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