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