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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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This book traces the history of evolutionary thought in psychology in an accessible and lively fashion. The book focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology. Evolutionary thought's banishment in the early 20th century by behaviorism and cultural anthropology is explained, along with its eventual re-emergence through ethology and sociobiology. Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.

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  • Title Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History
  • Author Henry Plotkin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 169
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Date 2004-07-23
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781405113786 / 1405113782
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.4 x 0.56 in (21.64 x 13.72 x 1.42 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Evolutionary psychology - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003028027
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.7

About the author

Henry Plotkin is Professor of Psychobiology at University College London. He is the author of Darwin Machines (1994), Evolution in Mind (1997) and most recently The Imagined World Made Real (2002)."
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