NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wendel, Paul J. – Science & Education, 2011
In a regional young-earth creationist museum, objects are presented as if they speak for themselves, purportedly embodying proof that the earth is less than 10,000 years old, that humans have lived on earth throughout its history, and that dinosaurs and humans lived simultaneously. In public lectures, tours, and displays, museum associates…
Descriptors: Observation, Paleontology, Museums, Creationism
Gibbons, Wendy – Science News, 1991
Identifies a plant species found in California that is probably related to a now extinct continental ancestor of a species found on the Hawaiian Islands. Discussed are the implications about how plants worldwide came to be where they are. (KR)
Descriptors: Classification, Endangered Species, Evolution, Plants (Botany)
Hesse, Petra – 1987
A family resemblance model of emotions is proposed which uses Darwin's discussion of emotions and Eleanor Rosch's and the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's work on family resemblances. In Darwin's discussion of emotions, certain core features are thought to be widely shared by the members of the respective families of emotions, and more marginal…
Descriptors: Classification, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Evolution
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Millon, Theodore – American Psychologist, 2003
The aims in this article are to connect the conceptual structure of clinical psychological science to what the author believes to be the omnipresent principles of evolution, use the evolutionary model to create a deductively derived clinical theory and taxonomy, link the theory and taxonomy to comprehensive and integrated approaches to assessment,…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Psychopathology, Clinical Psychology, Evolution