Hope & despair : how perceptions of the future shape human behavior
Bridging many disciplines, Hope and Despair is a major contribution to our knowledge of human behavior.
Print Book, English, ©2004
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Mar., ©2004
xiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801879487, 0801879485
300287107
The anatomy of expectation. The nature of hope
Predicting the future
The internal representation of the external world
The machinery of the mind. The processing of information
The role of learning and memory
The impact of consciousness
Emotion as information
A blueprint for uniqueness. The evolution of human behavior
The gift of language
The development of symbolic thought
The concept of time
The human condition. Science and religion as ways of knowing
Shared expectations
Despair
Human nature : it's about time