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Author Henrich, Joseph Patrick, author.

Title The WEIRDest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Henrich.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  153 HENRICH    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  153 HENRICH    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  153 HENRICH    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  153 HENRICH    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  153 HENRICH    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  153 HE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [585]-656) and index.
Summary "Harvard University's Joseph Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, delivers a bold, epic investigation into the development of the Western mind, global psychological diversity, and its impact on the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents WEIRD psychology -- Making a cultural species -- Clans, states, and why you can't get here from there -- The gods are watching, behave! -- WEIRD families -- Psychological differences, families, and the church -- Europe and Asia -- WEIRD monogamy -- Of commerce and cooperation -- Domesticating the competition -- Market mentalities -- Law, science, and religion -- Escape velocity -- The dark matter of history.
Summary Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. If so, you're rather psychologically peculiar. Henrich illuminates the origins and evolution of family structures, marriage, and religion, and the profound impact these cultural transformations had on human psychology. Mapping these shifts through ancient history and late antiquity, Henrich reveals that the most fundamental institutions of kinship and marriage changed dramatically under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church. It was these changes that gave rise to the WEIRD psychology that would lay the foundation for the modern world. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Cognitive psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Social interaction.
Human evolution.
PSYCHOLOGY / General.
Cognitive psychology. (OCoLC)fst00866541
Developmental psychology. (OCoLC)fst00891816
Human evolution. (OCoLC)fst00963030
Social interaction. (OCoLC)fst01122562
ISBN 9780374173227 (hardcover)
0374173222 (hardcover)
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