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Machiavellian Intelligence II: Extensions and Evaluations » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Machiavellian Intelligence II: Extensions and Evaluations by Andrew Whiten

Authors: Andrew Whiten (Editor), Richard W. Byrne
ISBN-13: 9780521559492, ISBN-10: 0521559499
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: September 1997
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Andrew Whiten

Book Synopsis

Extends and evaluates the Machiavellian Intelligence Hypothesis for intelligence's social basis.

Table of Contents

Preface
1Machiavellian intelligence1
2Friendships, alliances, reciprocity and repair24
3Why Machiavellian intelligence may not be Machiavellian50
4Social intelligence and success: Don't be too clever in order to be smart86
5Minding the behaviour of deception112
6The Machiavellian mindreader144
7Exploiting the expertise of others174
8Primates' knowledge of their natural habitat: As indicated in foraging207
9Evolution of the social brain240
10The modulatory of social intelligence264
11The Technical Intelligence hypothesis: An additional evolutionary stimulus to intelligence?289
12Protean primates: The evolution of adaptive unpredictability in competition and courtship312
13Egalitarian behaviour and the evolution of political intelligence341
14Social intelligence and language: Another Rubicon365
Index397

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