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'''Evolutionary psychology''' is an approach to [[psychology]] that attempts to explain psychological traits using the [[Theory of Evolution]], by considering them as adaptations to their [[environment]], i.e., as the functional products of [[natural selection]]. The purpose of this approach is to bring the functional way of thinking about [[biology | biological]] mechanisms such as the [[heart]] or the immune system, into the field of psychology, and to approach psychological mechanisms.

'''Evolutionary psychology''' is an approach to [[psychology]] that attempts to explain psychological traits using the [[Theory of Evolution]], by considering them as adaptations to their [[environment]], i.e., as the functional products of [[natural selection]]. The purpose of this approach is to bring the functional way of thinking about [[biology | biological]] mechanisms such as the [[heart]] or the immune system, into the field of psychology, and to approach psychological mechanisms.

Evolutionary psychology is not an area of study, such as [[memory]] or [[attention]] but instead is a way of viewing psychology and framing research. Research has focused on a diverse range of topics from facial recognition to mate to choice to [[altruism]]. It is one of the youngest paradigms in psychology formalizing in the 1980s. Only with in the last ten years have Universities created specific departments for evolutionary psychology and conferred specific degrees in the field.  

Evolutionary psychology is not an area of study, such as [[memory]] or [[attention]] but instead is a way of viewing psychology and framing research. Research has focused on a diverse range of topics from facial recognition to mate to choice to [[altruism]]. It is one of the youngest paradigms in psychology formalizing in the 1980s. Only within the last ten years have universities created specific departments for evolutionary psychology and conferred specific degrees in the field.  

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