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II. Exaptation, Adaptation, and Evolutionary Psychology – The Standard Reading In a famous attack on the methodology of evolutionary psychology, Stephen Jay Gould criticised the program for being overly “adaptationist”. He claimed that, due to their focus on adaptations,
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the practical value of applied evolutionary psychology. The article concludes with a discussion of the limitations of current evolutionary psychology. Keywords: evolutionary psychology, misconceptions, ad-aptation, psychological mechanisms, natural selection T he goal of evolutionary psychology is to study human behavior as the product of ...
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Evolutionary psychologists believe that he can. Evolutionary psychology is the application of evolutionary theory to the study of human behaviour and makes the claim that our minds evolved to solve specific problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors in a period known as the EEA (Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation or Adaptedness). This ...
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Karin Machluf, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Email: kmachluf@fau.edu (Corresponding author). James R. Liddle, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL, USA. David F. Bjorklund, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Abstract: Evolutionary de...
Childhood context: Early family This special issue begins by highlighting the classical findings that catalyzed the field of evolutionary developmental psychology. Webster, Graber, Gesselman, Crosier, and Schember (this issue) present a meta-analysis examining the age of menarche in girls from father-absent homes. Menarche is used as a clear indica...
Evolutionary and developmental theory have not always been on the same page, but now more than ever researchers are acknowledging the importance of both ontogeny and phylogeny and working to understand the complex ways in which they interact to influence behavior across the lifespan. Both evolutionary psychologists and developmental psychologists c...
Evolutionary Psychology THIRD EDITION Written for undergraduate psychology students, and assuming little knowledge of evolutionary science, the third edition of this classic textbook provides an essential introduction to evolutionary psychology. Fully updated with the latest researchandnewlearningfeatures,itprovidesathought-provokingoverviewof
Evolutionary Psychology While evolutionary psychology is a fascinating science, it is also often misunderstood. In this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook, Workman and Reader assume no prior knowledge of evolution and instead carefully guide students towards a level of understanding where they
It is activated by interactions with others, so it be-longs to social psychology. Individual infants differ in the intensity of stranger anxiety, so it falls within the province of personality psychology. The mechanism can malfunction in a minority of infants, so it’s relevant to clinical psychology.
