Origins of the social mind: evolutionary psychology and child development

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Part I: Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Developmental Psychology: Core Issues and Approaches. D.F. Bjorklund, B.J. Ellis, Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development: An Emerging Synthesis. M.V. Flinn, C.V. Ward, Ontogeny and Evolution of the Social Child. D.F. Bjorklund, J.S. Rosenberg, The Role of Developmental Plasticity in the Evolution of Human Cognition: Evidence from Enculturated, Juvenile Great Apes. J.S. Chisholm, V.K. Burbank, D.A. Coall, F. Gemmiti, Early Stress: Perspectives from Developmental Evolutionary Ecology. N.L. Segal, E.M. Hill, Developmental Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology: Tying the Theoretical and Empirical Threads. Part II: Personality and Social Development. J. Belsky, Differential Susceptibility to Rearing Influence: An Evolutionary Hypothesis and Some Evidence. B.J. Ellis, Determinants of Pubertal Timing: An Evolutionary Developmental Approach. G.E. Weisfeld, H.C. Janisse, Some Functional Aspects of Human Adolescence. A.D. Pellegrini, J. Archer, Sex Differences in Competitive and Aggressive Behavior: A View from Sexual Selection Theory. J.Rich Harris, Social Behavior and Personality Development: The Role of Experiences with Siblings and with Peers. P.K. Smith, Play: Types and Functions in Human Development. I. Silverman, I. Bevc, Evolutionary Origins and Ontogenetic Development of Incest Avoidance. Part III: Cognitive Development. D.H. Rakison, Infant Perception and Cognition: An Evolutionary Perspective on Early Learning. K. Nelson, Evolution and Development of Human Memory Systems. B. MacWhinney, Language Evolution and Human Development. J.M. Bering, The Evolutionary History of an Illusion: Religious Causal Beliefs in Children and Adults. H. Clark Barrett, Cognitive Development and the Understanding of Animal Behavior. S. Baron-Cohen, The Empathizing System: A Revision of the 1994 Model of the Mindreading System. David C. Geary, Folk Knowledge and Academic Learning.