evolutionary psychology
noun
: the study of human cognition and behavior with respect to their evolutionary origins
evolutionary psychologist
noun
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Casting necessitates finding actors willing to put in months of training and do the research required by the filmmakers, specifically reading books on philosophy and evolutionary psychology.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
But this is a just-so story without sufficient evidentiary support, despite its pervasiveness in disciplines like evolutionary psychology.
—Sarah Lacy, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
For fields like population genetics, evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, the gene is a unit of calculation in the exact sense formulated by Johannsen in 1909.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2013
He's generally argued that our closest relatives are smarter than people had previously believed, with major implications for evolutionary psychology.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2010
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
But this is a just-so story without sufficient evidentiary support, despite its pervasiveness in disciplines like evolutionary psychology.
—Sarah Lacy, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
For fields like population genetics, evolutionary psychology and sociobiology, the gene is a unit of calculation in the exact sense formulated by Johannsen in 1909.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2013
He's generally argued that our closest relatives are smarter than people had previously believed, with major implications for evolutionary psychology.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2010
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“Evolutionary psychology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evolutionary%20psychology. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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