Definitions and levels of analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18933335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Theodore P Beauchaine (0000-0002-0938-945X, corresponding author), Theodore Beauchaine |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 439-440 |
| Publication date | 1999-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-066X • E-ISSN: 1935-990X |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0003-066x.54.6.439 |
| OpenAlex | W2060299793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
topic that deserves mainstream attention in psychology, I am concerned about their arti-cle on several grounds. My main concern is with their interpretations of Gould’s (1987 1991, 1997) writings. Buss et al. suggested that Gould (1991) was inconsistent in his usage of the term exaptation, and that his “stated definitions seem to require that these effects and culturally useful features (exaptations) must contribute to fitness and have specifiable biological functions [italics added] to qualify as exaptations ” (p.541). Yet nowhere in Gould’s (1987 1991, 1997) writings did he suggest that the function performed by an exaptation needs to be
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 2004 - 2011 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |