The Adapted Mind

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book evolutionary psychology book non-fiction book psychology book

The Adapted Mind is a foundational book in evolutionary psychology that argues the human mind consists of numerous evolved, domain-specific psychological mechanisms shaped by natural selection.

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"The Adapted Mind" 1
"The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture" 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
evolutionary psychology book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
psychology book ⓘ
academicReception widely cited in evolutionary psychology literature ⓘ
arguesAgainst blank slate view of the mind ⓘ
general-purpose learning mechanisms as sole basis of cognition ⓘ
centralClaim culture is generated and constrained by evolved psychological mechanisms ⓘ
the human mind consists of many evolved, domain-specific psychological mechanisms shaped by natural selection ⓘ
contains chapters ⓘ
countryOfPublication United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discipline anthropology ⓘ
cognitive science ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
evolutionary psychology ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
editor Jerome H. Barkow ⓘ
John Tooby ⓘ
Leda Cosmides ⓘ
format edited volume ⓘ
fullTitle The Adapted Mind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture
hasImpact helped establish evolutionary psychology as a distinct field ⓘ
hasPerspective interdisciplinary ⓘ
hasSubject culture ⓘ
domain-specific psychological mechanisms ⓘ
evolved psychological adaptations ⓘ
human cognition ⓘ
human evolution ⓘ
modularity of mind ⓘ
natural selection ⓘ
influencedField anthropology ⓘ
cognitive psychology ⓘ
evolutionary psychology ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableConcept domain specificity ⓘ
environment of evolutionary adaptedness ⓘ
evolved psychological modules ⓘ
massively modular mind ⓘ
publicationYear 1992 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
targetAudience academics ⓘ
graduate students ⓘ
researchers in psychology and related fields ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation Darwinian ⓘ
adaptationist ⓘ
usesMethodology integration of findings from multiple disciplines ⓘ
theoretical analysis ⓘ

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evolutionary psychology → hasKeyText → The Adapted Mind ⓘ
Leda Cosmides → notableWork → The Adapted Mind ⓘ
The Adapted Mind → fullTitle → The Adapted Mind self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture
John Tooby → notableWork → The Adapted Mind ⓘ
Jerome H. Barkow → coEditorOf → The Adapted Mind ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture"
Jerome H. Barkow → notableWork → The Adapted Mind ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Adapted Mind"