Origins of intelligence
Subtitle: the evolution of cognitive development in monkeys, apes, and humans
By: Sue Taylor Parker and Michael L. McKinney.
Contributors: McKinney, Michael L.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Cognition; Cognition in animals; Animal intelligence; Genetic psychology; Psychology, Comparative
Description: Since Darwin's time, comparative psychologists have searched for a good way to compare cognition in humans and nonhuman primates. In Origins of Intelligence, Sue Parker and Michael McKinney offer such a framework and make a strong case for using human development theory (both Piagetian and neo-Piagetian) to study the evolution of intelligence across primate species.

Their approach is comprehensive, covering a broad range of social, symbolic, physical, and logical domains, which fall under the all-encompassing and much-debated term intelligence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-391) and index.