Continuing Education for Psychologists

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305 pages
14 CE credits

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THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 3rd Edition

Robert Ornstein
Malor Books, 2022

DESCRIPTION

Based on his life's research, the author of the bestseller "The Psychology of Consciousness" provides a provocative look at the evolution of the mind. He explains that we are not rational but adaptive, and that it is Darwin, not Freud, who is the central scientist of the brain. Photographs and line art throughout.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The reader will be able to:
• Describe how the mind "evolved" the way it has
• Determine how rational the mind is
• Explore the "central mystery of the mind"
• Examine the basic relationships of the brain, body and nervous system
• Review Darwinian views on biological evolution and "fitness"
• Review brain-size knowledge of early humans, Neanderthal, and Cro-Magnon, and how this applies to current brain studies
• Relate what "flexibility" of the brain means to the evolution of the mind
• Describe the connection of stress and brain development
• Illustrate the growth of the brain from infants to adulthood
• Describe what "neural selection" means
• Study the role of consciousness in directing behavior
• Review research on memory
• Define what the author calls "mind shifts"

AUTHOR

Robert Ornstein was a noted psychologist and a leading expert on the brain. Founder and president of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge, Ornstein wrote more than 20 books on the brain, mind, and consciousness emphasizing our urgent need and ability to develop perceptions beyond our biological inheritance.