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Social and Personality Development

An Evolutionary Synthesis

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  1. Kevin B. MacDonald

    1. California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, USA

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Part of the book series: Perspectives in Developmental Psychology (PDPS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Theoretical Considerations

    • Kevin B. MacDonald
    Pages 1-39

  3. Temperament and Personality Development

    • Kevin B. MacDonald
    Pages 41-76

  4. The Development of the Emotions

    • Kevin B. MacDonald
    Pages 77-115

  8. Moral and Altruistic Development I

    • Kevin B. MacDonald
    Pages 237-262

  9. Moral and Altruistic Development II

    • Kevin B. MacDonald
    Pages 263-287

  10. Development in a Wider Context

    • Kevin B. MacDonald
    Pages 289-312

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 313-349
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About this book

This volume is an attempt to integrate the theory and data of social and personality development within a modem evolutionary framework. The various chapters are not meant to be read in isolation from one another but rather are intended to form an integrated whole. There is thus a great deal of cross-referencing between chapters and to some extent they all stand or fall together. This also suggests that the accuracy (or usefulness) of a particular chapter cannot be judged until the book is comprehended as a whole. Chapter 1 deals with the theoretical foundations of this enterprise, and the focus is on the compatibility of mainstream approaches within the field to a modem evolutionary approach. Chapters 2-4 concern what I view to be the fundamental proximal mechanisms underlying social and personality development. Chapter 2, on temperament and person­ ality development, is particularly central to the rest of the volume because these processes are repeatedly invoked as explanatory concepts at later points in the volume.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, USA

    Kevin B. MacDonald

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social and Personality Development

  • Book Subtitle: An Evolutionary Synthesis

  • Authors: Kevin B. MacDonald

  • Series Title: Perspectives in Developmental Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0292-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0294-1Published: 20 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-0292-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 340

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

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