Machiavellian Intelligence II
Subtitle: Extensions and Evaluations
Contributors: Andrew Whiten (Editor); Richard W. Byrne (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 13, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780521550871
Subjects: Animal behaviour; Evolution; Intelligence; Primates; Machiavellianism (Psychology); Nature; Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Primates--Behavior; Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology; Apes & Monkeys; Animal Intelligence; Behavior; Intellect
First sentence: After a very slow germination in the more than 20 years leading up to 1988, the 'Machiavellian intelligence hypothesis' has subsequently been evoked as an explanatory theory in a wide range of contexts: neurophysiology (Brothers, 1990), social anthropology (Goody, 1995), medicine (Crow, 1993), and even news broadcasting (Venables, 1993), in addition to its impact on psychology and studies of primate evolution.