Evolution and Psychology

Auteur

Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton, PhD earned his BSc and MSc in Biology at Queen s University in Canada. He then moved to the Johns Hopkins University to complete his PhD in Psychology, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Dr. MacDougall-Shackleton has been at the Department of Psychology at Western University in London, Canada, since 2002 where he is Professor and has served as Chair of the Department. His research uses evolutionary and ecological approaches to study the mechanisms of bird behaviour, and he has published extensively on topics including vocal learning, seasonal changes in brain and behaviour, and the levels of analysis. He has taught courses on evolution and psychology for two decades.

Contenu

Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Introduction to Evolution and Human Behaviour
Chapter 2: Natural and Sexual Selection
Chapter 3: Human Origins
Chapter 4: Evolutionary Approaches to the Study of Human Behaviour
Chapter 5: Development as a Central Process
Part II: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Social Behaviour
Chapter 6: Reproductive Behaviour and Mate Choice
Chapter 7: Social Development & Kin-directed Behaviour
Chapter 8: Families & Groups: Cooperation and Conflict
Part III: Evolutionary Perspectives on Cognition
Chapter 9: Perception and Action
Chapter 10: Evolution and Cognition
Chapter 11: Language
Part IV: Evolutionary Perspectives on Psychopathology, Motivation and Emotion, Individual Differences, and Culture
Chapter 12: Evolution and Psychopathology
Chapter 13: Motivation, Emotion, and Individual Differences
Chapter 14: Culture and Evolution