evolutionary psychology
collocation in Englishmeaningsofevolutionaryandpsychology
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evolutionary
adjective
uk/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ər.i/us/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.er.i/
relating to the way in which living things develop over millions ...
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psychology
noun[U]
uk/saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/us/saɪˈkɑː.lə.dʒi/
the scientific study of the way the human mind works and how it influences behaviour, or the influence of a particular person's character on their ...
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(Definition ofevolutionaryandpsychologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The field ofevolutionarypsychologycould benefit greatly from more attention to this issue.
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If we did, constructivism would greatly resemble adaptationism orevolutionarypsychology.
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Can developmental disorders be used to bolster claims fromevolutionarypsychology?
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It therefore offers no panacea toevolutionarypsychology, where inferences of genetically based behavioral attributes are problematic, particularly as applied to extinct hominids.
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It also leads towards a foundation for many of the processes that underlieevolutionarypsychologyand behavioral ecology.
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Isevolutionarypsychologyto explain feelings, thoughts, beliefs, desires, and other events "within the head" by reference to vaguely conceived benefits?
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Therefore, the parallel architecture opens the door for linguistics to participate far more fully in the mainstream ofevolutionarypsychology, yet another desirable connection. 10.
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This way of framing twoprocess theories provides almost complete rapprochement between the perspectives ofevolutionarypsychologyand the heuristics-and-biases approach.
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Two purported syntheses in particular -evolutionarypsychologyand dynamical social psychology - are noteworthy.
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If it is to flourish,evolutionarypsychologymust demonstrate a willingness to engage other researchers on equal terms.
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Is it, perhaps, not the targetevolutionarypsychologyneeds to overturn to instigate its conceptual revolution?
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He seeks to explain these gender dynamics in terms ofevolutionarypsychology, offering a standard socio-biological account of sexuality.
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Presently, undue procrastination on such theoretical developments putsevolutionarypsychologyin danger of being reduced to a rhetorical tool.
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This criticism can also be leveled atevolutionarypsychology, where the two are often conflated, so we archaeologists are not alone.
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By contrast with behaviourism,evolutionarypsychologyaims to understand behaviour through a theory of mind, incorporating cognitive, emotional, and motivational dimensions.
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Other work has examined individual differences from an evolutionary genetic standpoint and meta-theory withinevolutionarypsychology.
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It then sketches the tenets ofevolutionarypsychologyapplied to propensities for behaviour and the function of that behaviour.
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This criticism has been passed on to the emerging science ofevolutionarypsychologyand stands as its most general challenge.
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