Evolutionary Psychology

Although the term “evolutionary psychology” would appear both simple and self‐explanatory, suggesting a rather straightforward application of evolutionary theory to both human and nonhuman psychology, appearances can be deceptive. The status of the discipline and its recent history are far from straightforward, and debates between various schools of thought have been rather fraught at times. This entry lays out the origins of evolutionary psychology, human behavioral ecology, and gene–culture coevolutionary theory; explores their central tenets, and discusses the links between them. It also identifies areas of tension and discusses some of the criticisms leveled at these different approaches, from both within and outside the discipline. The need for a more pluralist, biosocial stance is considered, in which cultural explanations are not considered distinct from biological ones nor as complementary but as fully intertwined

Biosocial theory · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Evolutionary psychology · Evolutionary theory · Personality · Sociology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Language and cultural evolution · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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• On aims and methods of Ethology

  Open Access•N Tinbergen•Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie•1963

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• Applied Evolutionary Anthropology

  Open Access•Margaret A Gibson, Mhairi A Gibson et al.•Applied evolutionary anthropology•2014

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• Cultural Evolution

  Alex Mesoudi•Cultural Evolution•2011

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• Cultural transmission and evolution

  Open Access•G Ainsworth Harrison•Endeavour•1982

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• Modularity in cognition

  H Clark Barrett, Robert Kurzban•Psychological Review•2006

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• The past explains the present

  Open Access•John Tooby, Leda Cosmides•Ethology and Sociobiology•1990

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• Niche construction, human behavior, and the adaptive-lag hypothesis

  Open Access•Kevin N Laland, Gillian R Brown•Evolutionary Anthropology Issues…•2006

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• Analyzing adaptive strategies

  Open Access•B Winterhalder, E A Smith•Evolutionary Anthropology Issues…•2000

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• Evolutionary psychology

  David M Bu, David M Buss•Evolutionary Psychology•2019

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• Sociobiology

  Edward O Wilson•Sociobiology•2000

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