Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the MindAllyn and Bacon, 2004 - 455 páginas Focuses on the field of evolutionary psychology. This second edition offers a logical progression of topics by discussing adaptive problems that humans face. It integrates material on cognition and language throughout the text. It includes stories, media and cultural examples and illustrations, and applications to the personal lives of students. |
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... solve , and ( b ) why it was designed to solve that problem . ( p . 44 ) By itself , computational theory is not enough to establish precisely how a mechanism goes about actually solving an adaptive problem because any particular ...
... solve , and ( b ) why it was designed to solve that problem . ( p . 44 ) By itself , computational theory is not enough to establish precisely how a mechanism goes about actually solving an adaptive problem because any particular ...
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... solve complex natural tasks , many of which have defied attempts to be modeled in artificial intelligence systems . In vision , object recognition , grammar induction , and speech perception , people easily surpass the performance of ...
... solve complex natural tasks , many of which have defied attempts to be modeled in artificial intelligence systems . In vision , object recognition , grammar induction , and speech perception , people easily surpass the performance of ...
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... solving abilities of humans are riddled with errors and biases ( Cummins & Allen , 1998 ) . Evolutionary psychological analysis is helpful in identifying the sorts of adaptive problems the human mind was designed to solve . This ...
... solving abilities of humans are riddled with errors and biases ( Cummins & Allen , 1998 ) . Evolutionary psychological analysis is helpful in identifying the sorts of adaptive problems the human mind was designed to solve . This ...
Índice
PART ONE Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology | 1 |
The Scientific Movements Leading to Evolutionary Psychology | 2 |
The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology | 36 |
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