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The Modern Scholar: Evolutionary Psychology I

By: Prof. Allen D. MacNeill
Narrated by: Allen D. MacNeill
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“Why do we do what we do?” In this thought-provoking series of lectures, Professor Allen D. MacNeill examines the surprising - and sometimes unsettling - answers to this most basic of human questions. The remarkable new field of evolutionary psychology takes a scientific approach to the evolution of human nature. Analyzing human behavior in relation to food, clothing, shelter, health care, and sex, Evolutionary Psychology proves an immensely stimulating exploration of human endeavor.

©2010 Allen D. MacNeill (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC
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Good overview

As a novice in this subject, I found the lectures interesting and engaging. Great stuff to listen to while vacuuming the house. The downside of course is inaccessibility of any appendix or bibliography. Finally the www.modernscholar.com website mentioned in the course does not seem to exist as of July, 2021.

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Great primer on Evolutionary Psychology

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The subject was covered with interesting examples and theories that could explain why things are the way they are in our minds and, if they are true, what that means in our modern day environments.Obviously evolutionary pyschology will be about what adaptations our mind has evolved to help us survive and reproduce and I thought the author did a good job keeping to that central theme while exploring briefly ideas that venture from certain conclusions. The author is humorous at times and I thought the book was well read. I'm looking forward to the next segment!

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Wow...

I really don't understand the handful of bad reviews for this book. I thought it was a wonderful and clear introduction to evolutionary psychology: in a nutshell, that all our motivations are shaped to serve our survival in current circumstances. After reading this, one could certainly go on with more certainty to writers like Pinker, Wright and Dawkins.

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Very entertaining and interesting

Narrator was very good and helped get through some of the dryer material. I was familiar with most of the material and have heard most of the concepts in the past but it still kept my attention very well.

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A must read for anyone who wants to understand Us!

The best book I read this year. It is very instructive and well organized. It deals with a lot of sensitive subjects, but in my opinion should be part of mandatory reading in school. I only regret I did not read it before and would gladly recommend it to my friends.

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one of the best

Would you listen to The Modern Scholar: Evolutionary Psychology I again? Why?

this is an ammazing book that u must read/hear . i will be listening to it again and again , there is so much information that one cannot takein in one read
it has explaind so much to me and made me understand so many things about who we are as humans

Who was your favorite character and why?

no characters , ths is not fiction . this is ammazing reality

Which character – as performed by the narrator – was your favorite?

see above

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

know they self

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the quetions for the review dont match the book type

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Excellent!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading both part 1 & 2 of this series. The author does a great job of narrating.

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Decent, I just thought the moral animal was better

The problem with evolutionary psychology books is that 80% of the material is going to be identical to every other book.

I think this ones just ok, had a few tid
bits I hadn't heard before.

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Good solid science

As long as you realise that this is going to be a set of lectures, just as if you were sitting in a lecture theatre at college, then you will enjoy this very much. It does exactly what it says on the tin. ie it teaches you about evolutionary psychology, in a very interesting and clear way.

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Everybody Should Listen to This

My husband and I have listened to this twice thus far. We had already read and thought a lot about evolutionary psychology and evolutionary brain science (we teach it in church and public contexts, and for some, this understanding is "salvific"), but this audiobook is a superb -- and entertaining -- overview. Our only disappointment was that Part 2 was not immediately available.

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