John Tooby
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John Tooby is an American anthropologist and one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, known for his influential work on the evolutionary basis of the human mind and behavior.
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| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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evolutionary psychologist → person → |
| citizenship |
American
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| coAuthorWith |
Jerome H. Barkow
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Leda Cosmides → |
| coFounderOf |
Center for Evolutionary Psychology
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Stanford University → |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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cognitive science → evolutionary biology → evolutionary psychology → |
| gender |
male
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| hasAcademicAdvisor |
John H. Rowe
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| hasWebsite |
Center for Evolutionary Psychology website
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| influenced |
researchers in evolutionary psychology
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| influencedBy |
Charles Darwin
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George C. Williams → Noam Chomsky → William D. Hamilton → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| movement |
evolutionary psychology
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| notableConcept |
environment of evolutionary adaptedness
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evolved psychological mechanisms → reverse engineering of the mind → |
| notableFor |
founding evolutionary psychology as a field
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work on the evolutionary basis of human behavior → work on the evolutionary basis of the human mind → |
| notableWork |
Evolutionary psychology: A primer
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The Adapted Mind → |
| occupation |
academic
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anthropologist → researcher → |
| positionHeld |
professor at University of California, Santa Barbara
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| researchInterest |
cognitive architecture of the human mind
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emotion as an adaptation → human universals → social exchange and cooperation → |
| spouse |
Leda Cosmides
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| theoreticalContribution |
argument for domain-specific cognitive adaptations
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concept of massively modular mind → distinction between evolutionary and cultural explanations of behavior → integration of evolutionary biology with cognitive psychology → |
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Leda Cosmides
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The Adapted Mind
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evolutionary psychology
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Leda Cosmides
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spouse |