| Social and Personality Development: An Evolutionary Synthesis 1988 Edition Contributor(s): MacDonald, Kevin B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1475702949 ISBN-13: 9781475702941 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Psychology | Developmental - Child |
| Dewey: 303.32 |
| Series: Perspectives in Developmental Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 7" W x 10" (1.40 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is an attempt to integrate the theory and data of social and personality development within a modem evolutionary framework. The various chapters are not meant to be read in isolation from one another but rather are intended to form an integrated whole. There is thus a great deal of cross-referencing between chapters and to some extent they all stand or fall together. This also suggests that the accuracy (or usefulness) of a particular chapter cannot be judged until the book is comprehended as a whole. Chapter 1 deals with the theoretical foundations of this enterprise, and the focus is on the compatibility of mainstream approaches within the field to a modem evolutionary approach. Chapters 2-4 concern what I view to be the fundamental proximal mechanisms underlying social and personality development. Chapter 2, on temperament and person- ality development, is particularly central to the rest of the volume because these processes are repeatedly invoked as explanatory concepts at later points in the volume. |
