The Origin Of The Mind

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Pub. Date: 2004-10-30
Publisher(s): Amer Psychological Assn
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Summary

This groundbreaking book sets out a comprehensive, integrated theory of why and how the human mind has developed to function as it does.

Author Biography

David C. Geary is department chair and professor of psychological sciences at the University of Missouri and from 2000 to 2003 was Middlebush Professor of Psychological Sciences.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
vii
Preface xi
Introduction and Overview
3(20)
Natural and Sexual Selection
23(22)
Hominid Evolution and the Motivation to Control
45(38)
Evolution and Development of Brain and Cognition
83(42)
Modular Domains of the Human Mind
125(38)
Heuristics and Controlled Problem Solving
163(38)
Evolution of Control-Related Mental Models
201(52)
Evolution of General Intelligence
253(54)
General Intelligence in Modern Society
307(22)
Afterword 329(14)
References 343(76)
Author Index 419(18)
Subject Index 437(22)
About the Author 459

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