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Beyond the justification hypothesis: A broader theory of the evolution of self-consciousness

✍ Scribed by Simine Vazire; Richard W. Robins

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 46 KB
Volume: 60
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9762
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20072

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Abstract

We evaluate Henriques' Justification Hypothesis (JH; this issue) and argue that his explanation for the evolution of self‐consciousness is overly narrow and the evolutionary sequence of events is backwards. Instead, we propose a broader theory of the evolution of self‐consciousness, with four categories of adaptive functions: (a) self‐regulation, (b) selective information processing, (c) understanding others, and (d) identity formation. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.

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