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E-book
Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief HistoryISBN: 978-0-470-77540-0
E-book
184 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- First book to trace the history of evolutionary thinking in psychology from its beginnings to the present day in an accessible and lively fashion.
- Focuses on the rise of evolutionary theories begun by Lamarck and Darwin and the creation of the science of psychology.
- Explains evolutionary thought’s banishment by behaviorism and cultural anthropology in the early 20th century, along with its eventual re-emergence through ethology and sociobiology.
- Examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory.



