Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development
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Until now, evolutionary psychologists have focused largely on understanding adult behavior, giving little sustained attention to childhood. Developmental psychologists, for their part, have been wary of the perceived genetic determinism of evolutionary thinking. This important volume brings together an array of prominent developmental scientists whose work is explicitly driven by evolutionary concerns. Presenting sophisticated new models for understanding gene-environment interactions, the authors demonstrate how evolutionary knowledge can enhance our understanding of key aspects of cognitive, social, and personality development. Tightly edited chapters examine how different developmental mechanisms have evolved and what role they play in children's functioning and their adaptation to adult life. Essential topics covered include parent-child relationships, aggression, puberty, infant perception and cognition, memory, language, and more.
I. Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Developmental Psychology: Core Issues and Approaches1. Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development: An Emerging Synthesis, David F. Bjorklund and Bruce J. Ellis2. Ontogeny and Evolution of the Social Child, Mark V. Flinn and Carol V. Ward3. The Role of Developmental Plasticity in the Evolution of Human Cognition: Evidence from Enculturated, Juvenile Great Apes, David F. Bjorklund and Justin S. Rosenberg4. Early Stress: Perspectives from Developmental Evolutionary Ecology, James S. Chisholm, Victoria K. Burbank, David A. Coall, and Frank Gemmiti5. Developmental Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology: Tying the Theoretical and Empirical Threads, Nancy L. Segal and Elizabeth M. HillII. Personality and Social Development6. Differential Susceptibility to Rearing Influence: An Evolutionary Hypothesis and Some Evidence, Jay Belsky7. Determinants of Pubertal Timing: An Evolutionary Developmental Approach, Bruce J. Ellis8. Some Functional Aspects of Human Adolescence, Glenn E. Weisfeld and Heather C. Janisse9. Sex Differences in Competitive and Aggressive Behavior: A View from Sexual Selection Theory, Anthony D. Pellegrini and John Archer10. Social Behavior and Personality Development: The Role of Experiences with Siblings and with Peers, Judith Rich Harris11. Play: Types and Functions in Human Development, Peter K. Smith12. Evolutionary Origins and Ontogenetic Development of Incest Avoidance, Irwin Silverman and Irene BevcIII. Cognitive Development13. Infant Perception and Cognition: An Evolutionary Perspective on Early Learning, David H. Rakison14. Evolution and Development of Human Memory Systems, Katherine Nelson15. Language Evolution and Human Development, Brian MacWhinney16. The Evolutionary History of an Illusion: Religious Causal Beliefs in Children and Adults, Jesse M. Bering17. Cognitive Development and the Understanding of Animal Behavior, H. Clark Barrett18. The Empathizing System: A Revision of the 1994 Model of the Mindreading System, Simon Baron-Cohen19. Folk Knowledge and Academic Learning, David C. Geary
