Efficient cognition : the evolution of representational decision making

Efficient cognition : the evolution of representational decision making / Armin W. Schulz.

An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schulz, Armin W. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Decision making.
Human behavior.
Behavioral assessment.
decision making.
human behavior.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Behavioral assessment
Decision making
Human behavior
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundations
  • Investigating the evolution of representational decision making
  • The nature and reality of representational decision making
  • A moderate evolutionary psychology
  • The need for a new account of the evolution of representational decision making
  • The evolution of cognitive representational decision making
  • The evolution of conative representational decision making
  • Extended representational decision making : a synthesis
  • Specialist vs. generalist decision making
  • The psychological underpinnings of helping behaviors
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Notes
  • Index.

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