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Evolutionary Psychology: History and Current Status

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

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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.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Griffiths, Paul E
Keywords: ethology psychoevolution evolutionary psychology sociobiology
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science
Depositing User: Professor Paul Edmund Griffiths
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2001
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:10
Item ID: 393
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science
Date: July 2001
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/393

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