Title: Nature's mind
First published: 1992
Description: In a treatise that takes the nature vs. nurture controversy to a new extreme, the author, using selection theory, dismantles psychoanalysis, chides doctors for not heeding the body's innate wisdom, and offers explanations for drug addiction, alcoholism, dieting, hypersexed behavior and compulsions. He advises parents to "set a context for opportunity" and to let the child do the rest. Emphasizing "feeling-in-control" as a key to well-being, he suggests that "disempowering" institutions such as welfare and homes for the elderly can be detrimental. Photos.
Subjects: Natural selection, Nature and nurture, Genetic psychology, Neuropsychology, Evolutionary psychology, Behavioral Genetics, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical, Brain, Evolution, Physiologische Psychologie, Cognitie, Biologische aspecten, Fysiologische aspecten, Neuropsicologia, Evolucao humana, Genetic Selection
LC classification: BF701 .G33 1992