evolutionary psychology
Evolutionary psychology is a field that studies how human behavior and cognition have been shaped by the process of natural selection, focusing on how our ancestors' traits and behaviors have been passed down over generations to enhance survival and reproduction.
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Related Concepts (30)
- adaptation
- altruistic behavior
- brain evolution and intelligence
- cognitive processes
- cognitive science
- cultural evolution
- darwinian evolution
- emotion and affect
- evolution of intelligence
- evolution of language
- evolution of morality
- evolutionary biology
- evolutionary medicine
- evolutionary theory
- gene-culture coevolution
- genetic variation
- human behavior
- human-level intelligence
- language evolution and intelligence
- mate selection
- natural selection
- parental investment
- psychological adaptations
- psychological theories
- psychological traits
- reproductive success
- sapience
- selective pressures
- sexual dimorphism
- social cognition
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- evolutionary psychology of consumer decision-making
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- evolutionary theories
- evolutionary theories of human behavior
- neuroevolution
- rationality and evolutionary psychology