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Title Sociobiological perspectives on human development / Kevin B. MacDonald, editor
Published New York : Springer-Verlag, [1988]
©1988

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Description xiv, 405 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Contents: Theoretical Issues: The Interfaces Between Sociobiology and Developmental Psychology. Resources and Resource Acquisition during Ontogeny. Toward a Developmental Evolutionary Ecology of Humans.- The Domains of Children's Behavior: The Self, Moral Development, Altruism, Aggression, Peer Relations, and Cognition: On the Evolution of Self-Knowledge and Self-Deception. Sociobiology and the Cognitive-Developmental Tradition in Moral Development Research. Cooperation, Competition, and Altruism in Human Twinships: A Sociobiological Approach. Observations on Adolescence. Psychological Development: Epigenetic Rules and Gene-Culture Coevolution.- The Sociobiology of Parent-Child Interactions: Research in Developmental Sociobiology: Parenting and Family Behavior.- Ultimate and Proximate Determinants of Child Maltreatment: Natural Selection, Ecological Instability, and Coercive Interpersonal Contingencies. Socialization in the Context of the Family: A Sociobiological Perspective.- A Sociobiological Perspective on the Development of Human Reproductive Strategies.- Father Involvement, Reproductive Strategies, and the Sensitive Period.- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Behavior
Developmental psychology.
Human behavior.
Human growth.
Psychology.
Sociobiology.
Behavior.
Human Development.
Psychology.
Sociology.
Author MacDonald, Kevin B.
LC no. 87028369
ISBN 0387965815