Evolutionary Psychology – A Clinical Introduction Badcock Hardback Polity Press

Evolutionary PsychologyA Critical Introduction\nAuthor(s): Christopher Badcock\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745622057, 978-0745622057\nSynopsis\nEvolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction\n\n According to evolutionary biologists, we are the minders of our genes. But, as Christopher Badcock points out in this book, it is only recently that evolutionists have realized that minders need minds, and that evolution needs psychology to fill the yawning gap between genes and behaviour.\n\n Evolutionary Psychology assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and concentrates on the fundamental issues raised by the application of modern Darwinism to psychology. Basic concepts of evolution are explained carefully, so that the reader has a sound grasp of them before their often controversial application to psychology is discussed. The approach is a critical one, and the author does not hide the many difficulties th.