思考の起源：シンボル、言語、知性の進化 The First Idea : How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans

Greenspan, Stanley/ Shanker, Stuart

Da Capo Press Inc（2006/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 512 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780306814495
• DDC分類 153.7

基本説明

進化心理学の立場（著者の専門は精神医学・小児科・幼児言語・サル言語）から、言語や象徴的思考、社会的能力は遺伝や自然選択で説明されるものではなく、各世代における文化的選択を通して育まれてきたものであると主張する。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2004. The authors trace the development of language skills and personality from birth to old age with a 16-stage hierarchy of what they call "functional emotional development capabilities" ranging from "Regulation and Interest in the Word" to "Wisdom of the Ages."

Full Description

In the childhood of every human being and at the dawn of human history there is an amazing and, until now, unexplained leap from simple genetically programmed behaviour to language, symbolic thinking, and culture. In The First Idea , Stanley Greenspan and Stuart Shanker explore this missing link and offer brilliant new insights into two longstanding questions: how human beings first create symbols and how these abilities evolved and were transmitted across generations over millions of years. From fascinating research into the intelligence of both human infants and apes, they identify certain cultural practices that are vitally important if we are to have stable and reflective future societies.