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Psychology and Evolution: The Origins of Mind

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Once you've escaped from college, how often do you even LOOK AT another textbook? If you're interested in evolution or recent research in psychology, this one is well worth reading for its reliable broad perspective on the evolutionary psychology and how its ideas can/should be the basis for psychology as a field. Not that the physical evolution of the brain is all we need to consider, but that without that psychology continues to be such a slush of barely related ideas. I'd already read other books about emerging neuroscience, but Bridgeman's helped me better understand how that work is more and more infusing the study of mental and overt behavior. The book isn't overly long on topics, and it isn't encyclopedic and short on depth like most recent introductory textbooks, and it's always readable, often entertaining too. It'll let you know where psychology is ultimately headed. Nutty to Meet You! Dr. Peanut Book #1