Steven A. Peterson Evolutionary Approaches in the Behavioral Sciences (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Evolutionary Approaches in the Behavioral SciencesCondition: NewSubtitle: Toward a Better Understanding of Human NatureEAN: 9780762307692ISBN: 9780762307692Publisher: JAI Press Inc.Format: HardbackRelease Date: 04/18/2001Description: "Evolutionary Approaches in the Behavioral Sciences" examines perhaps the single most important post-World War II development in the Behavioral Sciences - the emergence of a group of practitioners who advocate 'a more biologically oriented' approach to their discipline's subject matter. This contention directly challenges the basic tenets underlying the long-dominant standard social science model. Advocates of this model believe that human behavior is not meaningfully influenced by our evolutionary background, but is instead learned. Consequently, the possibility that our behavior is genetically influenced is often ignored.The advocates of a 'more biologically oriented' approach are attempting, in effect, an intellectual revolution. Part I of this ground breaking volume examines, discipline by discipline, the history of the evolutionary thrust, leading figures and key literature, the degree of acceptance (or rejection) within each discipline, and the likely future prospects. Part II discusses the biobehavioral approach on a geographic basis, with experts assessing the status of evolutionary behavioral science across a number of countries and regions. The contributing authors are social scientists who have personally played an important role in the developments that they discuss.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 19mmItem Weight: 625gContributor: Steven A. Peterson (Edited by), Albert Somit (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesBook Series: Research in BiopoliticsAuthor: Steven A. PetersonRelease Year: 2001 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Evolutionary Approaches in the Behavioral Sciences

Publication Name: Evolutionary Approaches in the Behavioral Sciences

Title: Evolutionary Approaches in the Behavioral Sciences

Subtitle: Toward a Better Understanding of Human Nature

EAN: 9780762307692

ISBN: 9780762307692

Publisher: JAI Press Inc.

Format: Hardback

Release Date: 04/18/2001

Release Year: 2001

Language: English

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Item Height: 234mm

Item Length: 156mm

Item Width: 19mm

Item Weight: 625g

Contributor: Albert Somit (Edited by)

Genre: Society & Culture

Topic: Social Sciences

Series: Research in Biopolitics

Author: Steven A. Peterson