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1 online resource (833 pages) |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. A Legacy from the Past: The Role of Human Nature; Historical Background; Evolution in the Social Context; Evolution of Biosocial Goals and Social Strategies; Biosocial Goals; A Rough Classification; Models for the Interaction of Cognition, Behaviour and Affect; Concluding Comments; 3. The Mapping of Human Nature; Jung's Theory of Archetypes; Ethological Approaches to Human Nature; The Evolution of Social Roles; Interpersonal Approaches to Human Nature; The Cognitive Approach |
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Concluding Comments4. The Psychobiology of Some Basic Mechanisms; Defence; Safety; The Neurobiology of Go-Stop Processes; Neuropsychological Aspects of Defence and Safety; Concluding Comments; 5. The Psychobiology of Peripheral Systems; The Endocrinology of Defensive Go States; Defensive Stop States; The Psychobiology of Changing States; Concluding Comments and the Defensive Drift Hypothesis; 6. Care Eliciting and Attachment Strategies; Attachment Theory; The Importance of the Infant's Experience of Mediators; The Psychobiology of Separation; Conflict in Early Relationships |
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Concluding Comments7. Care Eliciting and Theories of Psychopathology; Early Interactions with Mediators; Theories of Vulnerability; Care Eliciting and Psychopathology; Developmental Issues Revisited; The Relationship of Personality Disorder to Depression and Anxiety; Concluding Comments; 8. Care Giving and Nuturance; Dimensions of Care Giving; Evolution; Affects Related to Care Giving; Psychotherapeutic Points; Concluding Comments; 9. Disorders of Care Giving; Child-Adult Interactions; Adult-Adult Relationships; Concluding Comments; 10 Co-operation; Human Co-operativeness; Evolution |
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Issues in Co-operative RelationshipsTransaction in Interpersonal Relationships; Concluding Comments: Co-operating Versus Competing; 11. Co-operation: Some Blocks and Pathologies; Deception; Guilt; The Relationship of Guilt to Shame; Belief Systems Derived from Co-operation and Reciprocal Altruism; Concluding Comments; 12. Competition: Status, Power and Dominance; Status; Power and Dominance; Submission; The Psychobiology of Status, Power and Dominance; Gender: Status, Dominance and Power; Competition and Sibling Rivalry; Concluding Comments |
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13. Some Psychopathologies of Status, Power and DominanceTheories of Psychopathology; Type A Personality; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Concluding Comments; 14. Beyond the Power of Reason; Social Mentalities; The Self; The Mind as a System; Psychotherapy Implications; Concluding Comments; 15. Conclusion and Reflections; An Overview; Personal Reflections; References; Appendix 1; The Monoamine System; The Distribution of Monoamine Pathways; Early Neurochemical Insights; Current Ideas on Neurobiological Mechanisms; Appendix 2; Homeostasis and Beyond |
| Summary |
This volume explores the implications of humans as evolved social animals. Gilbert suggests that evolution has given rise to a varied set of social competencies which form the basis of our personal knowledge and understanding. These competencies are classified as: a) Care eliciting b) Care giving c) Co?operating and d) Competing. Each of these are seen as core schemata, or archetypal potentials around which knowledge is built, and from which, our propensity for suffering flow. For example our predisposition to think of ourselves as superior or inferior to others comes from innate competencies |
| Notes |
Oscillating Systems Within the Central Nervous System |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317775430 |
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1317775430 |
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