The social effects of evolutionary thought have been considerable. As the scientific explanation of life's diversity has developed, it has often displaced...

process of self-consciousness inquiry and the study of social behaviour with reference to theories about social relationships. The principle of reflexivity...

Evolutionary ethics is a field of inquiry that explores how evolutionary theory might bear on our understanding of ethics or morality. The range of issues...

Polyvagal theory (PVT) is a collection of proposed evolutionary, neuroscientific, and psychological constructs pertaining to the role of the vagus nerve...

evolutionary theory can provide a foundational, metatheoretical framework that integrates the entire field of psychology in the same way evolutionary...

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Aquatic ape theory Evolutionary models of human drug use Psilocybin Psilocybin mushroom Drunken monkey hypothesis McKenna, Terence (1999). Food of the Gods:...

Social comparison theory, initially proposed by social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954, centers on the belief that individuals drive to gain accurate...

selection theory selection – selective breeding – selfish DNA – The Selfish Gene – sexual selection – signalling theory – sociobiology – social effects of evolutionary...

Terror management theory (TMT) is both a social and evolutionary psychology theory originally proposed by Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, and Tom Pyszczynski...

Evolutionary game theory (EGT) is the application of game theory to evolving populations in biology. It defines a framework of contests, strategies, and...

the theory of evolution Objections to evolution Social effects of evolutionary theory – Effects on human societies of the scientific explanation of life's...

Social rank theory provides an evolutionary paradigm that locates affiliative and ranking structures at the core of many psychological disorders. In this...

Evolutionary leadership theory analyses the concept of leadership from an evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary psychology assumes that our thinking,...

Attachment theory is a psychological and evolutionary framework, concerning the relationships between humans, particularly the importance of early bonds...

The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism—often expressed using Ernst Haeckel's phrase "ontogeny recapitulates...

Cultural selection theory is the study of cultural change modelled on theories of evolutionary biology. Cultural selection theory has so far never been...

Evolutionary mismatch (also "mismatch theory" or "evolutionary trap") is the evolutionary biology concept that a previously advantageous trait may become...

including the modern evolutionary synthesis, the extended evolutionary synthesis, and universal Darwinism. Evolutionary theory was transformed by Charles...

Sociobiological theories of rape explore how evolutionary adaptation influences the psychology of rapists. Such theories are highly controversial, as traditional...

Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly...

in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection...

Although rejected by Charles Darwin, the theory's application to the social sciences was supported by some evolutionary biologists, most notably Ernst Haeckel...

Evolutionary linguistics or Darwinian linguistics is a sociobiological approach to the study of language. Evolutionary linguists consider linguistics as...

sophisticated but limited movement. Science portal Social effects of evolutionary theory Reactions to On the Origin of Species Thurs, Daniel Patrick (2004). Science...

Some proponents claim that the gene-centered view is the aspect of evolutionary theory that is the most empirically validated, has the greatest predictive...

modularity of mind theory used in evolutionary psychology (massive modularity). Critics argue in favor of other theories. One method employed by evolutionary psychologists...

The evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory is a conceptual framework which seeks to explain trends in violent and criminal behavior from an evolutionary...

by social learning theory, developed by Albert Bandura. Social learning theory suggests that one way in which human beings learn is by the process of modeling...

Attachment theory, originating in the work of John Bowlby, is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory...