An exploration of human adolescence, this book is unique because of its ethological perspective. The author presents a comprehensive treatment of adolescent development from a functional, evolutionary point of view, providing a research-based description of human adolescence. He also offers a comparative perspective, describing adolescence in other species, human cultures, and historical periods.
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Glenn Weisfeld is associate professor of psychology at Wayne State University. He is the coeditor, with Nancy L. Segal and Carol C. Weisfeld, of Uniting Psychology and Biology: Integrative Perspectives on Human Development (1997) and editor of the Human Ethology Bulletin.
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Great book and professor,
This review is from: Evolutionary Principles Of Human Adolescence (Lives in Context) (Paperback)
I actually have taken two courses with Dr. Weisfeld at Wayne State University. He loves relating all facets of psychology to evolutionary theory. His lectures and writing are very clear and coherent. I highly recommend this book for everyone who wants to know the origin of various behaviors. I hope he updates this book soon.
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This review is from: Evolutionary Principles Of Human Adolescence (Lives in Context) (Paperback)
It is not easy to find a great book about adolescence and evolution! Glenn Weisfeld helped enormously to the understanding of this period of changes and the human development, specially for the human behavior evolution student.
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The study of adolescent behavior has traditionally concentrated on individual and cultural differences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dominance hierarchy model, specieswide traits, dominance hierarchization, pubertal maturity, maternal punitiveness, human adolescence, female inhibition, juvenile primates, evolved basis, behavioral sex differences, basic human motives, terrestrial primates, puberty rites, submission displays, pubertal changes, phylogenetic continuity, vicarious emotion, most traditional cultures, peer success, evolved behavior, early maturers, dominance competition, kin altruism, reproductive maturation, peer competition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The study of adolescent behavior has traditionally concentrated on individual and cultural differences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dominance hierarchy model, specieswide traits, dominance hierarchization, pubertal maturity, maternal punitiveness, human adolescence, female inhibition, juvenile primates, evolved basis, behavioral sex differences, basic human motives, terrestrial primates, puberty rites, submission displays, pubertal changes, phylogenetic continuity, vicarious emotion, most traditional cultures, peer success, evolved behavior, early maturers, dominance competition, kin altruism, reproductive maturation, peer competition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Blurton Jones, World War, Old World, Industrial Revolution, New World, United Kingdom, North America New!
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