Title: Evolutionary Psychology [The Human Condition]
Headings: Evolutionary Psychology
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Table of Contents
Evolutionary Psychology
What We Think
So it's all about Sex?
Selfishness, Violence and Prejudice
Internal Controversies
Discussion
The Development of Consciousness

Content: Evolutionary Psychology [The Human Condition]
analysis: evolution: evolutionary_psychology
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Table of Contents
Evolutionary Psychology
What We Think
So it's all about Sex? Selfishness, Violence and Prejudice
Internal Controversies
Discussion
Evolutionary Psychology
Why do we act the way that we do, so typically human? Without applying evolutionary theory there is no scientific way to say whether a behavior is adaptive (serves a purpose) or not (see Intentional Design .) Ordinary psychology is to evolutionary psychology as geography is to geology. Geography describes the shape of the land, while geology is concerned with the processes that shaped the land—how it got the way that it is. Evolutionary psychology attempts to explain human motivations and behavior as being the consequence of evolution. Behaviors and capacities are assumed to be adaptive: to enhance survival and reproductive success.