evolutionary psychology

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the branch of psychology that studies the mental adaptations of humans to a changing environment, especially differences in behavior, cognition, and brain structure.

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Origin of evolutionary psychology

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby evolutionary psychology

evolutionary, evolutionary algorithm, evolutionary biology, evolutionary fitness, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary psychology, evolutionist, evolution of carbon dioxide, evolutive, evolve, evonymus

Example sentences from the Web for evolutionary psychology

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.
There’s a right and wrong way to be bored|Sara Chodosh|January 22, 2021|Popular Science
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To regain their relevancy, Democrats need to go back to their evolutionary roots.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The psychology of BDSM is lacking in other formal training regiments and interactions,” added Stella.
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Ambassador Shirley Temple Black attributed this to the “deeply risk-averse psychology of the Czech people.”
How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is the only book that I know which goes deeply into the corrupting, demoralizing psychology of prison life.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
The creation doctrine is as old almost as thinking man; the evolutionary doctrine belongs in effect to our own generation.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
With the scientific world, of course, its victory was speedy; the new doctrine was in line with recognized evolutionary teaching.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
But a man cannot afford to ponder such problems in feminine psychology too closely if he has anything else to do!
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
The social regulations from the viewpoint of individual psychology.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard

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