Definition of evolutionary psychology
: the study of human cognition and behavior with respect to their evolutionary origins
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These findings jibe with the research of Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at Oxford.
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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.
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Most scholars of evolutionary psychology reject Mr. MacDonald’s methods and conclusions.
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According to evolutionary psychology, our natural anxieties include social anxieties.
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First Known Use of evolutionary psychology
1890
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