The Origin Of The Mind: Evolution Of Brain, Cognition, And General Intelligence

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Amer Psychological Assn. New. 2004. Hardcover. 1591471818 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- 459 pages -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: Ch. 1 Introduction and overview 3 * Ch. 2 Natural and sexual selection 23 * Ch. 3 Hominid evolution and the motivation to control 45 * Ch. 4 Evolution and development of brain and cognition 83 * Ch. 5 Modular domains of the human mind 125 * Ch. 6 Heuristics and controlled problem solving 163 * Ch. 7 Evolution of control-related mental models 201 * Ch. 8 Evolution of general intelligence 253 * Ch. 9 General intelligence in modern society 307. -- DESCRIPTION: -- "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 covaried with survival or reproductive options during human evolution. In this view, Darwin's conceptualization of natural selection as a "struggle for existence" becomes, for us, a struggle with other human beings for control of the available resources. This struggle provides a means of integrating modular brain and cognitive systems such as language with those brain and cognitive systems that support general intelligence. To support his arguments, Geary draws on an array of recent findings in cognitive science and neuroscience as well as primatology, anthropology, and sociology." Geary also explores a number of issues that are of interest in modern society, including how general intelligence relates to academic achievement, occupational status, and income. -- with a bonus offer-- .