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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, such as face recognition or language acquisition, in a similar way. | 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, such as face recognition or language acquisition, in a similar way. | ||
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Revision as of 10:55, April 24, 2007
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 biological mechanisms such as the heart or the immune system, into the field of psychology, and to approach psychological mechanisms, such as face recognition or language acquisition, in a similar way.