Child Development in Evolutionary Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781108791502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

BJORKLUND DAVID F.

Opis

An evolutionary perspective provides better understanding of how changes in the development of our ancestors produced modern humans.

Recenzje

'Child Development in Evolutionary Perspective (part of the Cambridge Elements Series) is a short summary that would add a very valuable dimension to any course on child development.' Melvin Konner, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. How Can an Understanding of our Species' Evolution Help Us Better Understand Children, Development, and the Adults We Become?; 3. How Can an Understanding of Human Development Help Us Better Understand Human Evolution?; 4. Children, Childhood, and Development in Evolutionary Perspective.