Evolutionary Psychology: The Ultimate Origins of Human Behavior by Jack A. Palmer and Linda K. Palmer
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Description: Evolutionary psychology (EP) is barely a decade old, yet already there are several textbooks available designed to give students an overview of the discipline. This is a worthy addition to the range - according to Neil Levy.
Neil Levy reviews Evolutionary Psychology: The Ultimate Origins of Human Behavior by Jack A. Palmer and Linda K. Palmer Send a response to this article Search the web for related items 2002 Volume 2: 378-381 ( 17 September )
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| Page title: | Neil Levy reviews Evolutionary Psychology: The Ultimate Origins of Human Behavior by Jack A. Palmer and Linda K. Palmer |
| Keywords: | Human Nature Review,book reviews,evolutionary psychology, standard social sciences model, modularity, adaptation, just so stories |
| Description: | Evolutionary psychology (EP) is barely a decade old, yet already there are several textbooks available designed to give students an overview of the discipline. This is a worthy addition to the range. Its ten chapters cover most of the issues and information required by students of EP, from an overview of Darwinian theory and its synthesis with genetics, to its applications to understanding mating strategies of contemporary human beings. It is, for the most part, well-written and clear (though it shows signs of careless computer-generated spell-checking), and it is frequently fascinating. How successful is it overall? The answer to this question depends on what one believes the aim of a textbook should be. If you think textbooks should strive to communicate clearly an overview of the general state of play in a field, then it succeeds admirably. But if you think a textbook should be generally free of significant obscurities and confusions, then it fails. Palmer and Palmer’s confusions and obscurities are not unique to them: they are those of their field. |
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