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Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Nature

Paperback • 2013 • English

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Nature

By Douglas T. Kenrick

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“Kenrick writes like a dream.”—Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Biology and Neurology, Stanford University; author of A Primate’s Memoir and Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers What do sex and murder have to do with the meaning of life? Everything.In Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life, social psychologist Douglas Kenrick exposes the selfish animalistic underside of human nature, and shows how it is intimately connected to our greatest and most selfless achievements. Masterfully integrating cognitive scie...Show more

Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
Psychological methodology
Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

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9780465032341

Publisher

Basic Books

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Nature

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Paperback

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