The origin of mind
This 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 cov...
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| Glavni autor: | Geary, David C. (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
cop. 2005.
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- Introduction and overview
- Natural and sexual selection
- Hominid evolution and the motivation to control
- Evolution and development of brain and cognition
- Modular domains of the human mind
- Heuristics and controlled problem solving
- Evolution of control-related mental models
- Evolution of general intelligence
- General intelligence in modern society