evolutionary psychology
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Evolutionary psychology is a field of psychology that explains human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as adaptations shaped by natural selection over our species’ evolutionary history.
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research program
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scientific discipline → subfield of psychology → theoretical framework → |
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Darwinian natural selection
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adaptationism → evolutionary theory → gene-centered view of evolution → inclusive fitness theory → sexual selection → |
| coreClaim |
human cognition contains domain-specific mechanisms shaped by natural selection
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many human psychological traits are evolved adaptations → ultimate evolutionary explanations complement proximate psychological explanations → understanding ancestral environments helps explain modern behavior → |
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adaptationist just-so stories
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potential political and ethical implications → underestimating cultural and social influences → |
| emergedIn | late 20th century → |
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aggression
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cooperation → cultural phenomena → human behavior → human cognition → human emotion → human motivation → mating behavior → moral judgment → parenting behavior → personality → social behavior → |
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David M. Buss
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John Tooby → Leda Cosmides → Margo Wilson → Martin Daly → Steven Pinker → |
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Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind
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The Adapted Mind → The Blank Slate → |
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research on cooperation and altruism
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research on human mating strategies → research on jealousy and infidelity → research on language evolution → research on moral psychology → research on parental investment → research on risk-taking and aggression → |
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anthropology
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behavioral ecology → behavioral genetics → cognitive psychology → social psychology → sociobiology → |
| usesConcept |
domain-specific cognitive mechanisms
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environment of evolutionary adaptedness → modularity of mind → proximate causes of behavior → psychological adaptation → ultimate causes of behavior → |
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behavioral genetics
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comparative methods → computational modeling → cross-cultural studies → experimental psychology methods → hypothesis-driven research → survey research → |
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