The Origin of Mind by David C Geary
Darwin considered an understanding of the evolution of the human mind and brain to be of major importance to the evolutionary sciences. This groundbreaking book sets out a comprehensive, integrated theory of why and how the human mind has developed to function as it does. Geary proposes that human motivational, affective, behavioral, and cognitive systems have evolved to process social and ecological information (e.g., facial expressions) that covaried with survival or reproductive options during human evolution. Further, he argues that the ultimate focus of all of these systems is to support our attempts to gain access to and control of resources - more specifically, the social (e.g., mates), biological (e.g., food), and physical (e.g., territory) resources that supported successful survival and reproduction over time. In this view, Darwin's conceptualization of natural selection as a struggle for existence becomes, for us, a struggle with other human beings for control of the available resources. This struggle provides a means of integrating modular brain and cognitive systems such as language with those brain and cognitive systems that support general intelligence. findings in cognitive science and neuroscience as well as primatology, anthropology, and sociology. The book also explores a number of issues that are of interest in modern society, including how general intelligence relates to academic achievement, occupational status, and income. Readers will find this book a thought-provoking read and an impetus for new theories of mind.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781591471813 |
| ISBN 10 | 1591471818 |
| Title | The Origin of Mind |
| Author | David C Geary |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (Apa) |
| Year published | 2004-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 459 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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