Evolutionary Psychology: History and Current Status

Griffiths, Paul E (2001) Evolutionary Psychology: History and Current Status.

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Abstract

The development of evolutionary approaches to psychology from Classical Ethology through Sociobiology to Evolutionary Psychology is outlined and the main tenets of today's Evolutionary Psychology briefly examined: the heuristic value of evolutionary thinking for psychology, the massive modularity thesis and the monomorphic mind thesis.

Keywords:	ethology psychoevolution evolutionary psychology sociobiology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences: Biology: Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences: Cognitive Science
ID Code:	393
Deposited By:	Griffiths, Paul Edmund
Deposited On:	02 September 2001