How to Use evolutionary psychology in a Sentence

evolutionary psychology

noun
Definition of evolutionary psychologynext
  • The book launched the field of evolutionary psychology and won Wilson the first of two Pulitzer Prizes.
    — Andrea Stone, Culture, 27 Dec. 2021
  • This is a finding that crops up time and time again within evolutionary psychology.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 Sep. 2019
  • This is an idea rooted in part in evolutionary psychology, suggesting that getting the doldrums once served a vital purpose in pushing us to change course.
    — Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2021
  • These findings jibe with the research of Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at Oxford.
    — Teddy Wayne, New York Times, 12 May 2018
  • Before shooting, the Wachowskis sent him to martial-arts training camp but also told him to read Baudrillard and books on evolutionary psychology and cybernetics.
    — Alex Pappademas, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Another is megapundit Robert Wright, an old friend, with whom I’ve often argued about evolutionary psychology and Buddhism.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The book offers a summary of the basics of evolutionary theory and then moves on to address three additional topics: evolutionary psychology, the evolution of consciousness and the existence of free will.
    — Yonat Shimron, Houston Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2018
  • That interpretation reflects a common error in evolutionary psychology, which is that observations based on present-day humans represents what happened in the past.
    — Jv Chamary, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2021
  • 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.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Some scholars have criticized attempts to explain social behavior in terms of biology as overly reductionist, and many facets of evolutionary psychology, in particular, have faced skepticism in recent years.
    — Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2021
  • But, said Gallup, who has lectured about Oliver in his evolutionary psychology course, there are other possiblities holding infinitely more complicated implications.
    — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Most scholars of evolutionary psychology reject Mr. MacDonald’s methods and conclusions.
    — Abraham Miller, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
  • According to evolutionary psychology, our natural anxieties include social anxieties.
    — Robert Wright, WSJ, 28 July 2017

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