Brain, Behaviour and Evolution

David Oakley; H. C. Plotkin

ISBN 10: 0416712703 / ISBN 13: 9780416712704

Published by Methuen, 1979

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Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brain, Behaviour and Evolution
• Publisher: Methuen
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0416712703
• ISBN 13: 9780416712704
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published
• Weight: 10 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • PSYCHOLOGY

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Synopsis

"Brain, Behaviour and Evolution" provides readers with an example of the ways in which an evolutionary perspective can rephrase and clarify traditional questions and issues in psychology. The format provides the reader firstly with the minimal amount of basic information in neuroanatomy, genetics and modern evolutionary theory in a form which is readily related to the remainder of the volume. The book then goes on to consider the relationships between different forms of explanation in biology, and the role of brain behaviour students in these relationships. Finally, the reader is given an opportunity to follow the reasoning which stems from a biological approach when applied to topics in human behaviour such as learning, dreaming, sleeping, exploration, anxiety, reasoning, intelligence and consciousness. Modern evolutionary biology places man in a broader context than does traditional psychology, and this new perspective reduces our tendency to view life solely from a human standpoint. The significance as well as the uniqueness of some traditionally "human" attributes are challenged by this approach.