Title: Evolutionary Psychology | Psychology Today
Headings: Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Contents
The Science of Evolutionary Psychology
What are some basic principles of evolutionary psychology?
What is evolutionary behavior?
What is evolutionary mismatch?
What is an example of evolutionary mismatch?
Concepts In Evolutionary Psychology
What is the fight-or-flight response?
What triggers fight or flight?
What is kin selection?
What is reproductive fitness?
What is parental investment?
Human Nature, Explained
Why are we naturally empathic?
Why are we naturally drawn to our tribe?
Why do people lie?
Why Evolutionary Psychology Is Controversial
What is the naturalistic fallacy?
What is the moralistic fallacy?
Why do both conservatives and liberals criticize evolutionary psychology?
Why do feminists question evolutionary psychology?
Can evolutionary psychology explain homosexuality?

Content: What are some basic principles of evolutionary psychology? Created with Sketch. Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers proposed a number of theories on evolutionary psychology, including why we engage in reciprocal altruism, the nature of sex differences, and parent-offspring investment. Altruism among strangers, for example, can naturally develop because people cooperate with the expectation of receiving similar treatment from others. What is evolutionary behavior? Created with Sketch. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors passed down behavioral traits that are, for the most part, advantageous to us. For example, we are mindful of danger in dark alleyways. This caution is innate and within our behavioral make-up. And our predetermined response to gravitate to that 800-calorie Cinnabon can wreak havoc, but our ancestors made us do it.