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

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

The history of evolutionary psychology began with Charles Darwin, who said that humans have social instincts that evolved by natural selection. Darwin's...

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...

Darwinian theory, and towards the end of his life recommended psychoanalysts should study evolutionary theory. Bowlby's attachment theory was developed...

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

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

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

media theory since its inception. However, there is much dispute as to what those effects are, how serious the ramifications are and if these effects are...

Social dominance theory (SDT) is a social psychological theory of intergroup relations that examines the caste-like features of group-based social hierarchies...

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

Evolutionary economics is a school of economic thought that is inspired by evolutionary biology. Although not defined by a strict set of principles and...

Evolutionary ecology lies at the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology. It approaches the study of ecology in a way that explicitly considers...

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

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

genetic basis, and is therefore subject to the effects of natural selection and evolution. Evolutionary psychologists seek to understand cognitive processes...

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

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

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

criticisms below). Nonetheless, social cognitive theory was arguably the most dominant paradigm of media violence effects for many years, although it has...

evolution. These theories originated with Charles Darwin's work, including his speculations about the evolutionary origins of social instincts in humans...

Evolutionary epistemology refers to three distinct topics: (1) the biological evolution of cognitive mechanisms in animals and humans, (2) a theory that...

Evolutionary leadership theory analyses leadership from an evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary psychology assumes that our thinking, feeling and doing...

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

development of the child, but, unless the changes were in nucleic acids, they would have no long-term evolutionary effects. — Maynard Smith The rejection of the...

Scholars note that much of the research on the effects of pornography often confuses correlation with causation. Sexual Strategies Theory can be strongly linked...

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