evolutionary psychology

noun

A theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

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Meanings

nounevolutionary psychology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableevolutionary theoryhuman sciencesA theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

    You’ll have to forgive this exceptionally long post here, but for many critics of (and in) the manosphere of evolutionary psychology the following post articulates things better than I could.

    2015 June 9, Rollo Tomassi, “In Defense of Evo-Psych”, in The Rational Male

    Synonyms: evo-psych

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.

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Translations

Czech evoluční psychologie
  • evoluční psychologieapproach to psychology
Estonian evolutsioonipsühholoogia
  • evolutsioonipsühholoogiaapproach to psychology
Finnish evoluutiopsykologia
  • evoluutiopsykologiaapproach to psychology
French psychologie évolutionniste
  • psychologie évolutionnisteapproach to psychology
Hungarian evolúciós pszichológia
  • evolúciós pszichológiaapproach to psychology
Italian psicologia evoluzionista
  • psicologia evoluzionistaapproach to psychology
Polish psychologia ewolucyjna
  • psychologia ewolucyjnaapproach to psychology
Portuguese psicologia evolutiva, psicologia evolucionária
  • psicologia evolutivaapproach to psychology
  • psicologia evolucionáriaapproach to psychology
Russian эволюционная психология
  • эволюционная психология (evoljucionnaja psixologija)approach to psychology
Spanish psicología evolucionista
  • psicología evolucionistaapproach to psychology
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Chicago

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